Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
210,357 
3,191 
2,816 
3,868 
7,486 
8,912 
Female 
38,452 
147 
131 
202 
596 
1,047 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
104,769 
2,942 
2,597 
3,403 
5,964 
6,167 
Other 
144,040 
396 
350 
667 
2,118 
3,792 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
172,899 
2,015 
1,896 
2,473 
5,197 
6,603 
Not on farm operated 
75,910 
1,323 
1,051 
1,597 
2,885 
3,356 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
88,616 
2,233 
1,953 
2,463 
4,188 
4,159 
Any 
160,193 
1,105 
994 
1,607 
3,894 
5,800 
1 to 49 days 
20,437 
203 
197 
321 
707 
805 
50 to 99 days 
13,494 
80 
84 
165 
396 
541 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
23,315 
113 
104 
232 
566 
904 
200 days or more 
102,947 
709 
609 
889 
2,225 
3,550 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
8,601 
50 
40 
94 
207 
223 
3 or 4 years 
14,089 
101 
96 
170 
335 
399 
5 to 9 years 
42,857 
378 
328 
432 
915 
1,168 
1 0 years or more 
183,262 
2,809 
2,483 
3,374 
6,625 
8,169 
Average years on present farm 
20.3 
24.9 
26.9 
27.1 
26.7 
26.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
5,765 
31 
18 
54 
135 
137 
3 or 4 years 
11,217 
56 
58 
109 
252 
294 
5 to 9 years 
36,320 
248 
231 
353 
665 
880 
1 0 years or more 
195,507 
3,003 
2,640 
3,554 
7,030 
8,648 
Average years operating any farm 
22.6 
27.6 
29.5 
29.7 
29.8 
29.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
793 
6 
19 
40 
45 
42 
25 to 34 years 
9,298 
162 
244 
342 
535 
391 
35 to 44 years 
21,103 
466 
334 
401 
661 
730 
45 to 49 years 
20,987 
384 
285 
319 
622 
641 
50 to 54 years 
31,701 
533 
395 
515 
932 
1,141 
55 to 59 years 
33,866 
545 
472 
606 
1,114 
1,262 
60 to 64 years 
35,218 
463 
435 
600 
1,087 
1,395 
65 to 69 years 
32,716 
293 
276 
441 
974 
1,381 
70 years and over 
63,127 
486 
487 
806 
2,112 
2,976 
Average age 
60.1 
55.7 
55.9 
57.0 
59.4 
61.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
23,689 
135 
111 
184 
423 
483 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
2,693 
12 
8 
40 
48 
71 
Asian 
718 
63 
14 
10 
32 
25 
Black or African American 
8,551 
26 
6 
11 
54 
105 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
27 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
White 
235,449 
3,229 
2,908 
3,997 
7,918 
9,703 
More than one race reported 
1,371 
7 
10 
11 
30 
55 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
39,787 
332 
343 
554 
1,162 
1,561 
2 people 
132,811 
1,594 
1,521 
2,155 
4,486 
5,742 
3 people 
33,927 
461 
390 
508 
1,024 
1,185 
4 people 
26,342 
524 
406 
565 
937 
973 
5 or more people 
15,942 
427 
287 
288 
473 
498 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
209,217 
602 
562 
1,155 
3,154 
5,301 
25 to 49 percent 
13,999 
301 
270 
512 
1,050 
1,641 
50 to 74 percent 
12,588 
586 
546 
744 
1,611 
1,663 
75 to 99 percent 
7,529 
948 
836 
960 
1,365 
935 
1 00 percent 
5,476 
901 
733 
699 
902 
419 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
6,612 
533 
289 
391 
483 
477 
acres 
17,575,493 
5,752,785 
2,799,866 
2,894,089 
2,262,591 
1,126,249 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
169,720 
2,969 
2,507 
3,291 
6,113 
7,060 
Dial-up service 
16,767 
199 
182 
242 
548 
732 
DSL service 
57,358 
1,169 
950 
1,295 
2,156 
2,446 
Cable modem service 
20,469 
289 
274 
369 
709 
808 
Fiber-optic service 
6,007 
222 
136 
170 
325 
297 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
34,633 
562 
506 
693 
1,222 
1,470 
Satellite service 
44,390 
937 
720 
846 
1,782 
2,029 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
5,016 
130 
95 
113 
203 
181 
Other Internet service 
6,375 
82 
59 
73 
122 
166 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
206,593 
2,089 
2,102 
2,907 
6,040 
7,657 
2 households 
32,700 
757 
562 
823 
1,522 
1,678 
3 households 
5,602 
271 
161 
205 
308 
371 
4 households 
2,321 
129 
69 
79 
116 
145 
5 or more households 
1,593 
92 
53 
56 
96 
108 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
126 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
