Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
97 
56 
52 
217 
267 
181 
239 
Not on farm operated 
25 
19 
13 
52 
27 
26 
43 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
42 
27 
27 
145 
150 
105 
190 
Any 
80 
48 
38 
124 
144 
102 
92 
1 to 49 days 
7 
3 
8 
22 
37 
18 
16 
50 to 99 days 
6 
1 
4 
14 
19 
8 
7 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
10 
13 
2 
18 
24 
11 
10 
200 days or more 
57 
31 
24 
70 
64 
65 
59 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
7 
- 
6 
13 
9 
3 
13 
3 or 4 years 
4 
- 
1 
7 
8 
1 
11 
5 to 9 years 
15 
10 
1 
37 
26 
31 
49 
1 0 years or more 
96 
65 
57 
212 
251 
172 
209 
Average years on present farm 
20.3 
21.7 
23.9 
23.8 
23.5 
24.0 
23.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
- 
6 
12 
2 
1 
3 
3 or 4 years 
1 
- 
1 
3 
2 
- 
9 
5 to 9 years 
8 
8 
- 
24 
8 
11 
37 
1 0 years or more 
113 
67 
58 
230 
282 
195 
233 
Average years operating any farm 
24.5 
28.4 
27.6 
28.2 
29.7 
28.3 
27.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
3 
11 
2 
16 
8 
10 
17 
35 to 44 years 
11 
7 
1 
15 
19 
26 
22 
45 to 49 years 
12 
- 
1 
16 
20 
9 
18 
50 to 54 years 
11 
8 
21 
44 
55 
25 
35 
55 to 59 years 
13 
9 
9 
28 
51 
35 
44 
60 to 64 years 
16 
7 
11 
27 
41 
43 
35 
65 to 69 years 
29 
12 
2 
40 
39 
25 
43 
70 years and over 
26 
21 
18 
83 
61 
34 
68 
Average age 
60.6 
58.9 
60.5 
61.4 
59.2 
57.9 
60.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1 
- 
- 
9 
21 
7 
9 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
6 
1 
22 
39 
18 
8 
17 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
115 
74 
43 
230 
274 
199 
265 
More than one race reported 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
19 
9 
12 
42 
15 
22 
33 
2 people 
58 
34 
34 
136 
169 
109 
132 
3 people 
23 
9 
9 
40 
30 
31 
48 
4 people 
12 
16 
7 
34 
34 
13 
36 
5 or more people 
10 
7 
3 
17 
46 
32 
33 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
86 
50 
41 
132 
68 
62 
98 
25 to 49 percent 
8 
11 
2 
32 
29 
20 
19 
50 to 74 percent 
13 
9 
16 
49 
65 
56 
30 
75 to 99 percent 
12 
5 
5 
35 
96 
34 
73 
1 00 percent 
3 
- 
1 
21 
36 
35 
62 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
4 
5 
1 
10 
17 
23 
71 
acres 
609 
1,024 
(D) 
3,463 
12,071 
38,459 
1,787,052 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
80 
56 
38 
203 
228 
168 
235 
Dial-up service 
14 
5 
5 
11 
5 
3 
5 
DSL service 
30 
20 
12 
53 
92 
48 
61 
Cable modem service 
7 
5 
4 
23 
3 
13 
11 
Fiber-optic service 
4 
7 
8 
7 
3 
5 
5 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
14 
8 
6 
34 
52 
36 
50 
Satellite service 
22 
17 
12 
86 
86 
94 
121 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1 
1 
- 
6 
1 
1 
4 
Other Internet service 
1 
- 
- 
6 
5 
2 
6 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
93 
47 
57 
210 
184 
148 
149 
2 households 
17 
23 
8 
49 
95 
43 
79 
3 households 
5 
- 
- 
7 
14 
14 
29 
4 households 
6 
5 
- 
3 
- 
1 
19 
5 or more households 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
6 
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 
118 
72 
64 
255 
276 
185 
225 
acres 
18,691 
14,457 
15,033 
92,515 
185,799 
251,290 
3,387,396 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Nevada 67 
