Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
898 
525 
397 
1,691 
1,731 
2,008 
5,500 
Not on farm operated 
460 
145 
154 
923 
829 
763 
981 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
473 
238 
226 
1,050 
1,113 
1,339 
4,207 
Any 
885 
432 
325 
1,564 
1,447 
1,432 
2,274 
1 to 49 days 
139 
66 
50 
233 
246 
294 
575 
50 to 99 days 
55 
45 
23 
109 
116 
129 
238 
100 to 199 days 
137 
64 
49 
221 
256 
250 
351 
200 days or more 
554 
257 
203 
1,001 
829 
759 
1,110 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
57 
17 
11 
84 
97 
97 
139 
3 or 4 years 
94 
33 
12 
148 
115 
107 
193 
5 to 9 years 
196 
96 
79 
387 
332 
306 
486 
1 0 years or more 
1,011 
524 
449 
1,995 
2,016 
2,261 
5,663 
Average years on present farm 
21.4 
22.3 
24.0 
23.4 
25.2 
27.2 
28.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
49 
15 
9 
56 
67 
66 
90 
3 or 4 years 
73 
23 
9 
109 
86 
85 
104 
5 to 9 years 
175 
75 
54 
330 
270 
255 
338 
1 0 years or more 
1,061 
557 
479 
2,119 
2,137 
2,365 
5,949 
Average years operating any farm 
24.0 
25.2 
26.9 
26.3 
28.0 
29.8 
31.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10 
2 
1 
20 
3 
14 
29 
25 to 34 years 
51 
20 
18 
136 
117 
181 
277 
35 to 44 years 
130 
44 
49 
198 
235 
268 
567 
45 to 49 years 
102 
49 
46 
147 
178 
224 
519 
50 to 54 years 
141 
87 
54 
273 
303 
316 
1,018 
55 to 59 years 
164 
114 
80 
416 
378 
403 
1,119 
60 to 64 years 
254 
103 
74 
397 
377 
423 
1,057 
65 to 69 years 
161 
97 
91 
329 
317 
313 
712 
70 years and over 
345 
154 
138 
698 
652 
629 
1,183 
Average age 
60.2 
60.5 
60.8 
60.5 
60.3 
58.9 
58.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9 
- 
11 
26 
20 
15 
22 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
115 
55 
30 
195 
146 
148 
222 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
5 
5 
2 
5 
Black or African American 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
- 
- 
2 
3 
- 
- 
White 
1,229 
612 
512 
2,400 
2,393 
2,606 
6,223 
More than one race reported 
10 
3 
7 
12 
13 
15 
29 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
276 
98 
109 
578 
506 
556 
881 
2 people 
691 
380 
272 
1,351 
1,319 
1,411 
3,447 
3 people 
150 
82 
63 
248 
262 
308 
782 
4 people 
139 
74 
59 
211 
289 
282 
730 
5 or more people 
102 
36 
48 
226 
184 
214 
641 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,058 
514 
380 
1,677 
1,264 
1,002 
1,309 
25 to 49 percent 
107 
57 
57 
308 
333 
329 
493 
50 to 74 percent 
104 
55 
60 
306 
446 
546 
1,085 
75 to 99 percent 
53 
36 
39 
206 
333 
555 
2,007 
100 percent 
36 
8 
15 
117 
184 
339 
1,587 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
32 
25 
15 
78 
113 
180 
756 
acres 
5,077 
4,847 
3,561 
28,278 
81,203 
264,120 
11,336,166 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
905 
499 
387 
1,789 
1,810 
2,011 
5,249 
Dial-up service 
79 
44 
42 
175 
162 
177 
471 
DSL service 
407 
241 
154 
801 
838 
930 
2,387 
Cable modem service 
83 
28 
28 
174 
167 
149 
285 
Fiber-optic service 
66 
52 
34 
191 
205 
288 
863 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
142 
85 
60 
248 
230 
242 
514 
Satellite service 
198 
93 
105 
379 
388 
437 
1,372 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
16 
11 
5 
31 
32 
29 
85 
Other Internet service 
20 
16 
7 
37 
25 
37 
89 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,155 
583 
462 
2,110 
1,994 
2,092 
4,187 
2 households 
163 
62 
75 
381 
407 
486 
1,593 
3 households 
26 
11 
9 
63 
83 
114 
462 
4 households 
12 
6 
3 
35 
48 
54 
165 
5 or more households 
2 
8 
2 
25 
28 
25 
74 
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 
1,305 
645 
535 
2,489 
2,425 
2,611 
5,890 
acres 
206,233 
127,045 
127,522 
891,385 
1,755,528 
3,692,751 
43,022,830 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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