Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
10,786 
22,384 
22,885 
21,862 
24,995 
52,775 
Not on farm operated 
4,719 
9,397 
9,259 
8,099 
7,584 
27,421 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
6,166 
1 1 ,309 
10,888 
9,357 
9,759 
26,978 
Any 
9,339 
20,472 
21,256 
20,604 
22,820 
53,218 
1 to 49 days 
1,089 
2,334 
2,474 
2,466 
2,934 
7,045 
50 to 99 days 
820 
1,760 
1,823 
1,709 
1,769 
4,451 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
1,536 
3,308 
3,429 
3,172 
3,278 
6,802 
200 days or more 
5,894 
13,070 
13,530 
13,257 
14,839 
34,920 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
385 
857 
989 
1,032 
1,248 
3,523 
3 or 4 years 
603 
1,442 
1,688 
1,781 
2,332 
5,224 
5 to 9 years 
1,861 
4,616 
5,703 
5,886 
6,611 
15,147 
1 0 years or more 
12,656 
24,866 
23,764 
21,262 
22,388 
56,302 
Average years on present farm 
24.6 
22.4 
20.3 
18.7 
17.5 
18.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
251 
491 
691 
702 
838 
2,439 
3 or 4 years 
453 
1,098 
1,316 
1,411 
1,869 
4,368 
5 to 9 years 
1,467 
3,716 
4,717 
5,048 
5,726 
13,425 
1 0 years or more 
13,334 
26,476 
25,420 
22,800 
24,146 
59,964 
Average years operating any farm 
27.5 
25.3 
22.8 
20.9 
19.6 
20.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
59 
80 
122 
83 
92 
211 
25 to 34 years 
563 
1,158 
1,043 
1,055 
1,314 
2,566 
35 to 44 years 
1,084 
2,309 
2,561 
2,688 
3,266 
6,714 
45 to 49 years 
1,062 
2,251 
2,723 
2,719 
3,233 
6,849 
50 to 54 years 
1,712 
3,569 
3,949 
4,007 
4,449 
10,679 
55 to 59 years 
2,004 
4,236 
4,197 
4,106 
4,557 
10,944 
60 to 64 years 
2,293 
4,629 
4,558 
4,098 
4,426 
1 1 ,459 
65 to 69 years 
2,157 
4,307 
4,348 
4,100 
4,192 
10,498 
70 years and over 
4,571 
9,242 
8,643 
7,105 
7,050 
20,276 
Average age 
61.6 
61.4 
60.7 
59.6 
58.7 
60.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
898 
2,304 
2,769 
3,066 
3,794 
9,609 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
108 
265 
310 
349 
414 
1,075 
Asian 
37 
62 
73 
50 
88 
269 
Black or African American 
307 
807 
1,190 
1,541 
1,536 
2,994 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
5 
- 
3 
4 
12 
White 
15,014 
30,503 
30,381 
27,842 
30,356 
75,309 
More than one race reported 
39 
139 
190 
176 
181 
537 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
2,292 
5,068 
4,973 
4,513 
4,864 
14,465 
2 people 
9,047 
18,030 
17,549 
15,987 
16,397 
41,294 
3 people 
1,788 
4,069 
4,469 
4,287 
4,885 
1 1 ,039 
4 people 
1,520 
2,951 
3,301 
3,254 
3,947 
8,124 
5 or more people 
858 
1,663 
1,852 
1,920 
2,486 
5,274 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
10,237 
25,587 
28,922 
28,038 
31,071 
75,468 
25 to 49 percent 
2,335 
3,255 
1,600 
888 
639 
1,772 
50 to 74 percent 
1,785 
2,009 
1,071 
658 
586 
1,645 
75 to 99 percent 
739 
575 
293 
197 
142 
759 
1 00 percent 
409 
355 
258 
180 
141 
552 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
503 
744 
609 
469 
536 
1,642 
acres 
728,937 
615,726 
187,601 
81,006 
110,645 
1 ,255,460 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
10,687 
21,726 
21,545 
20,400 
22,535 
52,092 
Dial-up service 
1,060 
2,272 
2,188 
2,160 
2,243 
5,059 
DSL service 
3,562 
7,320 
7,214 
6,783 
7,391 
17,497 
Cable modem service 
1,199 
2,460 
2,492 
2,263 
2,375 
7,424 
Fiber-optic service 
374 
659 
621 
531 
660 
2,072 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,192 
4,475 
4,297 
4,358 
4,857 
10,237 
Satellite service 
3,023 
5,921 
5,728 
5,203 
5,953 
12,572 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
301 
572 
646 
584 
679 
1,541 
Other Internet service 
320 
808 
845 
895 
1,013 
2,015 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
12,291 
25,669 
26,708 
25,281 
28,041 
69,130 
2 households 
2,481 
4,927 
4,450 
3,864 
3,685 
8,248 
3 households 
472 
785 
587 
495 
489 
1,542 
4 households 
171 
245 
258 
205 
263 
666 
5 or more households 
90 
155 
141 
116 
101 
610 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage. 
or adoption farms 
14,932 
30,924 
31,433 
29,417 
32,118 
78,092 
acres 
10,528,506 
11,235,571 
5,763,929 
3,481,389 
2,482,993 
17,204,985 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
790 
1,231 
963 
774 
781 
2,175 
acres 
968,624 
853,693 
331,407 
201,994 
144,098 
1,473,670 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Texas 101 
