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 
1,631 
2,014 
1,659 
1,490 
1,681 
5,540 
Not on farm operated 
422 
517 
329 
257 
246 
2,703 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
761 
839 
628 
547 
606 
2,889 
Any 
1,292 
1,692 
1,360 
1,200 
1,321 
5,354 
1 to 49 days 
207 
250 
181 
204 
185 
761 
50 to 99 days 
123 
122 
98 
98 
82 
308 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
205 
268 
202 
156 
183 
715 
200 days or more 
757 
1,052 
879 
742 
871 
3,570 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
103 
98 
67 
81 
100 
286 
3 or 4 years 
104 
140 
119 
89 
80 
343 
5 to 9 years 
316 
442 
312 
296 
342 
1,254 
1 0 years or more 
1,530 
1,851 
1,490 
1,281 
1,405 
6,360 
Average years on present farm 
22.6 
21.1 
20.9 
20.0 
19.4 
21.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
75 
82 
49 
60 
71 
224 
3 or 4 years 
81 
93 
99 
65 
60 
281 
5 to 9 years 
260 
357 
250 
251 
293 
1,056 
1 0 years or more 
1,637 
1,999 
1,590 
1,371 
1,503 
6,682 
Average years operating any farm 
25.7 
24.1 
23.7 
22.8 
22.4 
24.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
13 
21 
6 
11 
11 
15 
25 to 34 years 
160 
144 
101 
69 
68 
199 
35 to 44 years 
208 
273 
183 
173 
163 
692 
45 to 49 years 
174 
194 
172 
162 
174 
555 
50 to 54 years 
249 
322 
282 
201 
250 
926 
55 to 59 years 
299 
377 
313 
264 
261 
1,198 
60 to 64 years 
302 
372 
277 
278 
293 
1,371 
65 to 69 years 
229 
302 
220 
198 
255 
1,106 
70 years and over 
419 
526 
434 
391 
452 
2,181 
Average age 
57.5 
58.0 
58.5 
58.8 
59.5 
61.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
10 
36 
22 
30 
29 
76 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
118 
150 
115 
89 
70 
476 
Asian 
3 
3 
10 
1 
2 
4 
Black or African American 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
6 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
White 
1,913 
2,351 
1,854 
1,649 
1,847 
7,717 
More than one race reported 
16 
23 
9 
7 
8 
39 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
377 
421 
303 
288 
330 
1,743 
2 people 
1,054 
1,275 
1,051 
932 
994 
4,404 
3 people 
237 
338 
251 
183 
249 
891 
4 people 
227 
282 
204 
201 
201 
632 
5 or more people 
158 
215 
179 
143 
153 
573 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
954 
1,771 
1,678 
1,573 
1,810 
7,240 
25 to 49 percent 
376 
326 
134 
56 
48 
332 
50 to 74 percent 
354 
270 
107 
46 
45 
382 
75 to 99 percent 
267 
94 
41 
48 
12 
211 
1 00 percent 
102 
70 
28 
24 
12 
78 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
63 
93 
46 
43 
23 
225 
acres 
106,773 
(D) 
74,773 
23,898 
(D) 
1,725,481 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,483 
1,834 
1,436 
1,351 
1,404 
5,636 
Dial-up service 
150 
161 
134 
124 
100 
531 
DSL service 
635 
838 
651 
551 
688 
2,488 
Cable modem service 
137 
164 
136 
126 
137 
599 
Fiber-optic service 
154 
141 
114 
92 
91 
438 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
237 
292 
239 
239 
234 
812 
Satellite service 
344 
419 
305 
332 
271 
1,129 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
21 
29 
20 
32 
27 
106 
Other Internet service 
32 
39 
33 
37 
55 
135 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,656 
2,096 
1,710 
1,529 
1,685 
7,028 
2 households 
325 
344 
235 
186 
211 
836 
3 households 
39 
50 
18 
18 
16 
212 
4 households 
19 
24 
18 
9 
10 
105 
5 or more households 
14 
17 
7 
5 
5 
62 
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 
1,950 
2,458 
1,929 
1,704 
1,885 
7,842 
acres 
1,781,258 
1,339,103 
524,739 
274,648 
191,959 
3,529,321 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
129 
149 
112 
84 
71 
419 
acres 
140,498 
61,717 
46,865 
21,256 
28,815 
443,294 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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