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 
3,243 
129 
154 
322 
236 
209 
Female 
894 
7 
8 
12 
10 
36 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,194 
115 
149 
295 
197 
174 
Other 
1,943 
21 
13 
39 
49 
71 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,588 
110 
135 
272 
202 
215 
Not on farm operated 
549 
26 
27 
62 
44 
30 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,590 
98 
92 
183 
122 
98 
Any 
2,547 
38 
70 
151 
124 
147 
1 to 49 days 
308 
10 
12 
34 
25 
18 
50 to 99 days 
196 
1 
4 
21 
17 
10 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
418 
6 
1 
15 
25 
39 
200 days or more 
1,625 
21 
53 
81 
57 
80 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
120 
- 
2 
14 
19 
6 
3 or 4 years 
231 
3 
11 
13 
6 
12 
5 to 9 years 
664 
18 
29 
53 
18 
38 
1 0 years or more 
3,122 
115 
120 
254 
203 
189 
Average years on present farm 
20.4 
24.6 
24.9 
23.6 
22.1 
22.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
79 
- 
1 
5 
9 
5 
3 or 4 years 
162 
3 
4 
7 
5 
8 
5 to 9 years 
493 
12 
6 
33 
16 
25 
1 0 years or more 
3,403 
121 
151 
289 
216 
207 
Average years operating any farm 
23.9 
26.7 
31.7 
29.4 
26.9 
26.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
25 to 34 years 
160 
12 
4 
33 
11 
4 
35 to 44 years 
281 
16 
19 
8 
25 
20 
45 to 49 years 
327 
12 
14 
22 
13 
30 
50 to 54 years 
603 
26 
15 
73 
31 
28 
55 to 59 years 
585 
17 
26 
41 
50 
30 
60 to 64 years 
665 
15 
16 
46 
41 
42 
65 to 69 years 
620 
11 
31 
38 
38 
41 
70 years and over 
887 
26 
37 
73 
36 
50 
Average age 
59.8 
55.5 
59.9 
58.1 
58.4 
60.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
192 
5 
9 
18 
4 
12 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
344 
- 
3 
13 
7 
31 
Asian 
13 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
Black or African American 
9 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
White 
3,749 
136 
159 
320 
238 
210 
More than one race reported 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
581 
13 
30 
29 
22 
32 
2 people 
2,278 
50 
67 
197 
131 
114 
3 people 
482 
21 
20 
44 
44 
43 
4 people 
418 
22 
22 
28 
22 
18 
5 or more people 
378 
30 
23 
36 
27 
38 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,043 
24 
33 
69 
63 
142 
25 to 49 percent 
249 
15 
18 
38 
40 
19 
50 to 74 percent 
318 
15 
19 
77 
61 
48 
75 to 99 percent 
308 
41 
62 
86 
55 
25 
1 00 percent 
219 
41 
30 
64 
27 
11 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
211 
40 
26 
30 
22 
20 
acres 
1,846,251 
1,303,225 
80,205 
115,341 
65,622 
9,393 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,216 
122 
142 
267 
195 
196 
Dial-up service 
229 
5 
5 
- 
10 
15 
DSL service 
1,146 
47 
62 
84 
56 
73 
Cable modem service 
376 
4 
10 
22 
13 
30 
Fiber-optic service 
181 
5 
4 
11 
8 
10 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
563 
27 
33 
59 
26 
47 
Satellite service 
948 
50 
60 
100 
87 
55 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
57 
5 
1 
7 
1 
2 
Other Internet service 
93 
6 
1 
11 
2 
3 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,460 
60 
85 
193 
192 
198 
2 households 
528 
43 
55 
102 
43 
36 
3 households 
96 
23 
12 
26 
8 
4 
4 households 
41 
7 
8 
12 
1 
7 
5 or more households 
12 
3 
2 
1 
2 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
114 Nevada 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
