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 
23,765 
756 
1,412 
2,284 
2,669 
2,058 
Female 
4,243 
31 
67 
102 
213 
275 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
15,434 
753 
1,410 
2,209 
2,450 
1,678 
Other 
12,574 
34 
69 
177 
432 
655 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
22,057 
675 
1,297 
2,044 
2,415 
1,830 
Not on farm operated 
5,951 
112 
182 
342 
467 
503 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
12,116 
597 
1,076 
1,613 
1,642 
1,103 
Any 
15,892 
190 
403 
773 
1,240 
1,230 
1 to 49 days 
2,688 
38 
128 
234 
312 
229 
50 to 99 days 
1,232 
20 
54 
77 
131 
125 
100 to 199 days 
2,383 
22 
46 
113 
241 
252 
200 days or more 
9,589 
110 
175 
349 
556 
624 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
962 
14 
14 
46 
93 
73 
3 or 4 years 
1,195 
14 
37 
68 
117 
107 
5 to 9 years 
3,851 
51 
104 
151 
290 
330 
10 years or more 
22,000 
708 
1,324 
2,121 
2,382 
1,823 
Average years on present farm 
23.3 
28.5 
29.3 
28.6 
26.3 
25.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
690 
5 
9 
30 
53 
41 
3 or 4 years 
882 
5 
19 
42 
72 
78 
5 to 9 years 
3,141 
29 
76 
112 
233 
251 
10 years or more 
23,295 
748 
1,375 
2,202 
2,524 
1,963 
Average years operating any farm 
26.1 
31.4 
32.0 
31.4 
29.2 
28.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
123 
- 
3 
12 
20 
13 
25 to 34 years 
1,264 
21 
62 
124 
179 
149 
35 to 44 years 
2,690 
76 
152 
217 
307 
269 
45 to 49 years 
2,226 
85 
120 
228 
211 
174 
50 to 54 years 
3,641 
144 
265 
359 
438 
234 
55 to 59 years 
4,371 
158 
272 
456 
465 
354 
60 to 64 years 
4,375 
122 
258 
360 
434 
364 
65 to 69 years 
3,354 
82 
153 
259 
338 
253 
70 years and over 
5,964 
99 
194 
371 
490 
523 
Average age 
58.9 
57.0 
56.8 
57.1 
57.0 
58.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
246 
6 
4 
11 
7 
17 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1,318 
13 
23 
57 
112 
118 
Asian 
31 
- 
1 
- 
5 
4 
Black or African American 
10 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
26,494 
771 
1,449 
2,319 
2,750 
2,196 
More than one race reported 
148 
3 
6 
8 
15 
15 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,773 
68 
180 
300 
438 
408 
2 people 
14,681 
401 
788 
1,258 
1,493 
1,214 
3 people 
3,310 
121 
174 
290 
345 
255 
4 people 
2,925 
98 
187 
307 
368 
253 
5 or more people 
2,319 
99 
150 
231 
238 
203 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,877 
92 
177 
361 
538 
791 
25 to 49 percent 
2,158 
37 
79 
158 
320 
344 
50 to 74 percent 
3,062 
139 
196 
407 
653 
538 
75 to 99 percent 
3,446 
246 
553 
812 
832 
419 
1 00 percent 
2,465 
273 
474 
648 
539 
241 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,394 
167 
164 
263 
191 
137 
acres 
11,729,886 
4,010,796 
1,310,580 
1,615,839 
1,532,107 
533,599 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
20,884 
700 
1,299 
1,998 
2,270 
1,706 
Dial-up service 
1,854 
49 
115 
154 
211 
151 
DSL service 
9,435 
333 
599 
899 
1,053 
792 
Cable modem service 
1,730 
36 
69 
110 
124 
121 
Fiber-optic service 
2,210 
121 
244 
318 
322 
210 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,896 
87 
151 
211 
231 
183 
Satellite service 
4,738 
197 
298 
532 
577 
384 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
359 
8 
22 
26 
34 
39 
Other Internet service 
452 
16 
26 
34 
31 
17 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
22,265 
398 
850 
1,521 
2,188 
1,862 
2 households 
4,239 
192 
400 
662 
553 
356 
3 households 
928 
123 
148 
155 
97 
64 
4 households 
380 
53 
58 
27 
30 
35 
5 or more households 
196 
21 
23 
21 
14 
16 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
