Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
22,057 
626 
1,217 
1,950 
2,488 
1,761 
Not on farm operated 
5,951 
102 
175 
326 
457 
417 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
12,116 
552 
1,017 
1,557 
1,704 
1,016 
Any 
15,892 
176 
375 
719 
1,241 
1,162 
1 to 49 days 
2,688 
34 
111 
223 
330 
202 
50 to 99 days 
1,232 
20 
49 
66 
133 
133 
100 to 199 days 
2,383 
20 
45 
105 
234 
250 
200 days or more 
9,589 
102 
170 
325 
544 
577 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
962 
14 
12 
45 
87 
69 
3 or 4 years 
1,195 
14 
35 
55 
123 
93 
5 to 9 years 
3,851 
51 
96 
137 
291 
314 
1 0 years or more 
22,000 
649 
1,249 
2,039 
2,444 
1,702 
Average years on present farm 
23.3 
28.3 
29.0 
28.8 
26.6 
25.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
690 
5 
7 
31 
49 
37 
3 or 4 years 
882 
5 
19 
34 
73 
72 
5 to 9 years 
3,141 
29 
70 
106 
227 
242 
10 years or more 
23,295 
689 
1,296 
2,105 
2,596 
1,827 
Average years operating any farm 
26.1 
31.2 
31.7 
31.5 
29.5 
27.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
123 
- 
3 
11 
19 
13 
25 to 34 years 
1,264 
21 
57 
119 
180 
146 
35 to 44 years 
2,690 
72 
148 
197 
309 
272 
45 to 49 years 
2,226 
70 
124 
216 
230 
155 
50 to 54 years 
3,641 
131 
253 
344 
441 
242 
55 to 59 years 
4,371 
148 
259 
420 
503 
329 
60 to 64 years 
4,375 
115 
233 
362 
437 
335 
65 to 69 years 
3,354 
78 
139 
250 
340 
237 
70 years and over 
5,964 
93 
176 
357 
486 
449 
Average age 
58.9 
57.1 
56.5 
57.2 
57.0 
57.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
246 
6 
4 
11 
7 
15 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1,318 
10 
26 
47 
113 
104 
Asian 
31 
- 
1 
- 
5 
2 
Black or African American 
10 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
26,494 
715 
1,359 
2,221 
2,811 
2,057 
More than one race reported 
148 
3 
6 
8 
14 
15 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,773 
60 
172 
290 
428 
361 
2 people 
14,681 
378 
725 
1,215 
1,526 
1,127 
3 people 
3,310 
109 
170 
276 
359 
247 
4 people 
2,925 
93 
175 
280 
390 
240 
5 or more people 
2,319 
88 
150 
215 
242 
203 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,877 
92 
156 
344 
531 
728 
25 to 49 percent 
2,158 
33 
79 
139 
319 
316 
50 to 74 percent 
3,062 
129 
181 
375 
662 
511 
75 to 99 percent 
3,446 
217 
526 
791 
860 
379 
1 00 percent 
2,465 
257 
450 
627 
573 
244 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,394 
159 
152 
259 
200 
131 
acres 
11,729,886 
3,945,428 
1,244,414 
1,637,296 
1,315,476 
604,660 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
20,884 
645 
1,223 
1,918 
2,337 
1,617 
Dial-up service 
1,854 
48 
105 
148 
224 
129 
DSL service 
9,435 
306 
571 
866 
1,068 
773 
Cable modem service 
1,730 
33 
71 
84 
143 
100 
Fiber-optic service 
2,210 
116 
211 
307 
350 
196 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,896 
73 
155 
206 
229 
180 
Satellite service 
4,738 
186 
282 
520 
580 
370 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
359 
8 
22 
20 
38 
36 
Other Internet service 
452 
14 
26 
35 
32 
14 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
22,265 
365 
784 
1,457 
2,199 
1,756 
2 households 
4,239 
179 
382 
610 
602 
329 
3 households 
928 
113 
151 
154 
100 
57 
4 households 
380 
50 
54 
34 
28 
29 
5 or more households 
196 
21 
21 
21 
16 
7 
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 
26,644 
619 
1,271 
2,119 
2,796 
2,071 
acres 
50,227,611 
9,948,267 
9,890,313 
10,938,993 
8,310,365 
3,498,645 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,576 
56 
80 
139 
176 
161 
acres 
4,248,782 
1,121,089 
669,494 
773,373 
670,772 
271,609 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
94 Montana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
