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 
$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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
14,579 
29,616 
29,482 
26,956 
28,456 
54,995 
Female 
2,173 
4,767 
5,628 
5,248 
5,937 
12,576 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
8,935 
15,647 
14,008 
1 1 ,539 
1 1 ,472 
22,095 
Other 
7,817 
18,736 
21,102 
20,665 
22,921 
45,476 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
11,356 
23,160 
23,773 
22,587 
25,443 
48,396 
Not on farm operated 
5,396 
11,223 
1 1 ,337 
9,617 
8,950 
19,175 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
6,637 
12,437 
12,146 
10,265 
10,536 
21,599 
Any 
10,115 
21,946 
22,964 
21,939 
23,857 
45,972 
1 to 49 days 
1,186 
2,576 
2,765 
2,646 
3,083 
5,948 
50 to 99 days 
884 
1,841 
1,953 
1,812 
1,858 
3,880 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
1,633 
3,476 
3,621 
3,268 
3,359 
6,039 
200 days or more 
6,412 
14,053 
14,625 
14,213 
15,557 
30,105 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
419 
942 
1,117 
1,162 
1,343 
3,004 
3 or 4 years 
670 
1,609 
1,868 
1,940 
2,429 
4,472 
5 to 9 years 
2,018 
5,006 
6,174 
6,245 
6,888 
13,305 
1 0 years or more 
13,645 
26,826 
25,951 
22,857 
23,733 
46,790 
Average years on present farm 
24.7 
22.4 
20.4 
18.8 
17.7 
17.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
284 
538 
791 
801 
917 
2,059 
3 or 4 years 
494 
1,226 
1,480 
1,537 
1,961 
3,750 
5 to 9 years 
1,592 
4,074 
5,117 
5,364 
5,965 
11,831 
1 0 years or more 
14,382 
28,545 
27,722 
24,502 
25,550 
49,931 
Average years operating any farm 
27.6 
25.3 
22.9 
21.1 
19.7 
19.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
56 
88 
144 
78 
94 
181 
25 to 34 years 
590 
1,219 
1,098 
1,145 
1,361 
2,211 
35 to 44 years 
1,174 
2,452 
2,684 
2,853 
3,356 
5,992 
45 to 49 years 
1,088 
2,397 
2,836 
2,841 
3,304 
6,270 
50 to 54 years 
1,811 
3,805 
4,134 
4,278 
4,610 
9,547 
55 to 59 years 
2,191 
4,489 
4,565 
4,312 
4,792 
9,518 
60 to 64 years 
2,474 
4,974 
4,918 
4,361 
4,684 
9,827 
65 to 69 years 
2,287 
4,619 
4,785 
4,389 
4,472 
8,799 
70 years and over 
5,081 
10,340 
9,946 
7,947 
7,720 
15,226 
Average age 
61.9 
61.7 
61.2 
59.9 
59.0 
59.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1,035 
2,549 
2,921 
3,224 
3,968 
8,656 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
110 
286 
336 
362 
446 
974 
Asian 
40 
69 
75 
58 
96 
236 
Black or African American 
329 
864 
1,240 
1,602 
1,495 
2,819 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
5 
- 
3 
4 
12 
White 
16,228 
33,003 
33,227 
29,988 
32,169 
63,079 
More than one race reported 
45 
156 
232 
191 
183 
451 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
2,605 
5,678 
5,698 
5,084 
5,331 
1 1 ,439 
2 people 
9,723 
19,452 
19,245 
17,102 
17,391 
34,400 
3 people 
1,913 
4,355 
4,718 
4,538 
5,031 
9,804 
4 people 
1,594 
3,137 
3,497 
3,404 
4,088 
7,217 
5 or more people 
917 
1,761 
1,952 
2,076 
2,552 
4,711 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
11,143 
27,776 
31,482 
30,069 
32,794 
65,179 
25 to 49 percent 
2,508 
3,457 
1,743 
981 
675 
861 
50 to 74 percent 
1,916 
2,115 
1,213 
733 
609 
852 
75 to 99 percent 
764 
642 
403 
234 
161 
281 
1 00 percent 
421 
393 
269 
187 
154 
398 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
558 
818 
688 
537 
555 
1,283 
acres 
766,392 
618,042 
206,352 
(D) 
(D) 
909,145 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
11,496 
23,327 
23,345 
21,676 
23,565 
44,371 
Dial-up service 
1,119 
2,392 
2,369 
2,228 
2,352 
4,404 
DSL service 
3,872 
7,909 
7,844 
7,245 
7,798 
14,674 
Cable modem service 
1,381 
2,891 
3,024 
2,588 
2,637 
5,499 
Fiber-optic service 
417 
787 
753 
631 
726 
1,543 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,314 
4,681 
4,561 
4,572 
4,981 
9,071 
Satellite service 
3,191 
6,180 
5,984 
5,447 
6,115 
11,159 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
324 
623 
703 
621 
691 
1,332 
Other Internet service 
338 
856 
902 
912 
1,039 
1,826 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
13,312 
27,662 
28,941 
27,000 
29,509 
59,374 
2 households 
2,624 
5,291 
4,881 
4,170 
3,840 
6,552 
3 households 
512 
910 
741 
606 
599 
918 
4 households 
185 
309 
329 
259 
301 
400 
5 or more households 
119 
211 
218 
169 
144 
327 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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