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 
2,084 
2,462 
1,962 
1,657 
1,736 
4,685 
Female 
358 
576 
495 
455 
465 
1,206 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,398 
1,376 
896 
781 
729 
1,754 
Other 
1,044 
1,662 
1,561 
1,331 
1,472 
4,137 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,792 
2,138 
1,796 
1,633 
1,771 
4,666 
Not on farm operated 
650 
900 
661 
479 
430 
1,225 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
940 
1,026 
813 
692 
694 
1,920 
Any 
1,502 
2,012 
1,644 
1,420 
1,507 
3,971 
1 to 49 days 
241 
318 
224 
244 
210 
510 
50 to 99 days 
136 
132 
107 
111 
104 
235 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
240 
303 
213 
179 
210 
564 
200 days or more 
885 
1,259 
1,100 
886 
983 
2,662 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
115 
108 
84 
94 
113 
208 
3 or 4 years 
106 
162 
149 
113 
89 
233 
5 to 9 years 
348 
505 
362 
348 
405 
957 
1 0 years or more 
1,873 
2,263 
1,862 
1,557 
1,594 
4,493 
Average years on present farm 
24.2 
22.2 
21.5 
20.7 
19.6 
20.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
87 
87 
66 
64 
81 
167 
3 or 4 years 
86 
112 
124 
82 
67 
195 
5 to 9 years 
285 
414 
297 
296 
350 
798 
1 0 years or more 
1,984 
2,425 
1,970 
1,670 
1,703 
4,731 
Average years operating any farm 
27.1 
25.2 
24.1 
23.6 
22.4 
22.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
13 
19 
8 
13 
9 
13 
25 to 34 years 
165 
153 
115 
78 
76 
142 
35 to 44 years 
219 
289 
200 
183 
204 
574 
45 to 49 years 
190 
225 
183 
177 
186 
447 
50 to 54 years 
268 
371 
321 
243 
261 
737 
55 to 59 years 
353 
444 
357 
306 
290 
916 
60 to 64 years 
352 
466 
376 
336 
356 
951 
65 to 69 years 
285 
344 
306 
246 
293 
795 
70 years and over 
597 
727 
591 
530 
526 
1,316 
Average age 
59.1 
59.4 
59.8 
60.0 
59.8 
59.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
12 
42 
27 
30 
31 
59 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
128 
158 
143 
106 
80 
380 
Asian 
4 
6 
6 
1 
2 
2 
Black or African American 
- 
1 
2 
1 
- 
4 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
White 
2,288 
2,843 
2,299 
1,997 
2,113 
5,469 
More than one race reported 
19 
27 
7 
7 
6 
35 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
476 
560 
422 
389 
412 
1,120 
2 people 
1,281 
1,550 
1,312 
1,109 
1,130 
3,145 
3 people 
266 
372 
282 
224 
256 
725 
4 people 
238 
308 
229 
224 
222 
491 
5 or more people 
181 
248 
212 
166 
181 
410 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,158 
2,140 
2,079 
1,892 
2,067 
5,582 
25 to 49 percent 
433 
400 
157 
75 
54 
101 
50 to 74 percent 
449 
313 
137 
65 
51 
114 
75 to 99 percent 
283 
115 
48 
61 
15 
62 
100 percent 
119 
70 
36 
19 
14 
32 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
97 
104 
51 
49 
30 
141 
acres 
255,562 
(D) 
74,010 
(D) 
(D) 
1,330,716 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,720 
2,137 
1,717 
1,579 
1,592 
4,166 
Dial-up service 
166 
177 
150 
135 
122 
424 
DSL service 
752 
996 
771 
683 
783 
1,774 
Cable modem service 
188 
206 
203 
158 
163 
352 
Fiber-optic service 
179 
200 
143 
118 
99 
256 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
268 
330 
274 
260 
258 
643 
Satellite service 
370 
453 
343 
352 
298 
934 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
30 
36 
25 
37 
25 
77 
Other Internet service 
37 
42 
37 
41 
58 
113 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,944 
2,447 
2,084 
1,813 
1,928 
5,230 
2 households 
395 
429 
296 
246 
233 
477 
3 households 
64 
84 
32 
26 
21 
114 
4 households 
28 
48 
33 
17 
7 
44 
5 or more households 
11 
30 
12 
10 
12 
26 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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