Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,588 
906 
1,047 
165 
200 
161 
Not on farm operated 
549 
97 
150 
31 
29 
37 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,590 
309 
383 
92 
47 
73 
Any 
2,547 
694 
814 
104 
182 
125 
1 to 49 days 
308 
47 
108 
6 
19 
17 
50 to 99 days 
196 
40 
58 
24 
8 
7 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
418 
126 
125 
14 
41 
24 
200 days or more 
1,625 
481 
523 
60 
114 
77 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
120 
20 
36 
4 
4 
5 
3 or 4 years 
231 
100 
63 
8 
20 
8 
5 to 9 years 
664 
176 
217 
19 
56 
27 
1 0 years or more 
3,122 
707 
881 
165 
149 
158 
Average years on present farm 
20.4 
17.8 
19.2 
22.6 
18.4 
22.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
79 
19 
26 
4 
2 
4 
3 or 4 years 
162 
76 
47 
8 
8 
7 
5 to 9 years 
493 
160 
162 
16 
42 
17 
1 0 years or more 
3,403 
748 
962 
168 
177 
170 
Average years operating any farm 
23.9 
20.6 
22.1 
25.9 
21.5 
25.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
7 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
160 
29 
43 
2 
9 
10 
35 to 44 years 
281 
81 
62 
10 
22 
5 
45 to 49 years 
327 
101 
90 
27 
23 
10 
50 to 54 years 
603 
121 
190 
35 
32 
26 
55 to 59 years 
585 
159 
159 
21 
36 
21 
60 to 64 years 
665 
150 
222 
18 
30 
65 
65 to 69 years 
620 
177 
181 
16 
34 
22 
70 years and over 
887 
178 
250 
67 
43 
38 
Average age 
59.8 
59.1 
60.3 
62.0 
57.8 
60.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
192 
46 
63 
5 
11 
20 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
344 
34 
118 
16 
22 
43 
Asian 
13 
2 
7 
- 
- 
4 
Black or African American 
9 
- 
7 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,749 
956 
1,060 
177 
205 
151 
More than one race reported 
21 
10 
5 
3 
2 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
581 
144 
181 
33 
43 
28 
2 people 
2,278 
558 
694 
112 
134 
108 
3 people 
482 
97 
119 
19 
24 
33 
4 people 
418 
124 
117 
13 
6 
6 
5 or more people 
378 
80 
86 
19 
22 
23 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,043 
964 
1,067 
163 
178 
134 
25 to 49 percent 
249 
18 
56 
17 
28 
9 
50 to 74 percent 
318 
9 
41 
4 
9 
17 
75 to 99 percent 
308 
6 
7 
9 
7 
19 
1 00 percent 
219 
6 
26 
3 
7 
19 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
211 
20 
25 
16 
10 
9 
acres 
1,846,251 
99 
503 
971 
(D) 
978 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,216 
814 
942 
147 
166 
139 
Dial-up service 
229 
81 
64 
17 
14 
5 
DSL service 
1,146 
308 
378 
48 
56 
40 
Cable modem service 
376 
165 
96 
12 
14 
23 
Fiber-optic service 
181 
43 
71 
9 
10 
9 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
563 
135 
153 
30 
17 
28 
Satellite service 
948 
132 
233 
31 
60 
54 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
57 
13 
14 
2 
12 
2 
Other Internet service 
93 
24 
22 
3 
12 
12 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,460 
930 
1,084 
171 
214 
173 
2 households 
528 
66 
95 
18 
12 
23 
3 households 
96 
6 
10 
6 
3 
2 
4 households 
41 
- 
6 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
12 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
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 
3,893 
959 
1,150 
176 
225 
188 
acres 
4,045,739 
3,687 
27,073 
10,101 
18,234 
21,463 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
66 Nevada 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
