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 
165 
305 
416 
323 
221 
763 
Female 
55 
100 
138 
111 
79 
338 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
152 
218 
250 
172 
118 
354 
Other 
68 
187 
304 
262 
182 
747 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
188 
343 
475 
404 
276 
968 
Not on farm operated 
32 
62 
79 
30 
24 
133 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
112 
151 
195 
103 
89 
347 
Any 
108 
254 
359 
331 
211 
754 
1 to 49 days 
22 
40 
53 
21 
18 
55 
50 to 99 days 
8 
16 
38 
18 
11 
52 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
22 
54 
59 
63 
26 
108 
200 days or more 
56 
144 
209 
229 
156 
539 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
7 
5 
23 
11 
2 
31 
3 or 4 years 
15 
27 
26 
30 
14 
74 
5 to 9 years 
28 
71 
63 
86 
72 
188 
1 0 years or more 
170 
302 
442 
307 
212 
808 
Average years on present farm 
22.2 
20.1 
20.0 
18.4 
17.8 
18.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
7 
2 
14 
11 
2 
23 
3 or 4 years 
8 
15 
22 
26 
9 
55 
5 to 9 years 
17 
54 
40 
73 
61 
156 
1 0 years or more 
188 
334 
478 
324 
228 
867 
Average years operating any farm 
25.9 
23.3 
25.1 
21.2 
20.0 
21.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
2 
21 
17 
16 
- 
40 
35 to 44 years 
13 
34 
25 
35 
24 
62 
45 to 49 years 
7 
23 
27 
47 
42 
90 
50 to 54 years 
39 
58 
82 
63 
48 
140 
55 to 59 years 
34 
28 
94 
60 
41 
164 
60 to 64 years 
38 
72 
96 
65 
48 
186 
65 to 69 years 
26 
77 
77 
56 
50 
175 
70 years and over 
61 
92 
136 
86 
47 
243 
Average age 
62.3 
60.3 
61.0 
57.8 
59.2 
60.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
3 
32 
19 
14 
33 
43 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
32 
43 
52 
26 
20 
117 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
7 
1 
1 
Black or African American 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
187 
359 
496 
398 
278 
968 
More than one race reported 
- 
3 
6 
3 
1 
8 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
28 
47 
77 
64 
41 
198 
2 people 
118 
228 
333 
248 
155 
637 
3 people 
34 
48 
55 
64 
42 
67 
4 people 
29 
37 
46 
27 
33 
134 
5 or more people 
11 
45 
43 
31 
29 
65 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
130 
336 
502 
408 
287 
1,049 
25 to 49 percent 
32 
27 
24 
9 
9 
18 
50 to 74 percent 
29 
17 
10 
12 
3 
27 
75 to 99 percent 
14 
11 
5 
2 
1 
6 
1 00 percent 
15 
14 
13 
3 
- 
1 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
15 
28 
7 
3 
1 
19 
acres 
8,491 
1,873 
648 
(D) 
(D) 
261,048 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
163 
300 
402 
331 
231 
867 
Dial-up service 
8 
19 
18 
22 
6 
121 
DSL service 
55 
113 
167 
129 
86 
274 
Cable modem service 
25 
28 
41 
44 
23 
136 
Fiber-optic service 
10 
29 
30 
16 
6 
52 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
25 
44 
71 
67 
47 
117 
Satellite service 
31 
100 
92 
92 
91 
190 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
2 
1 
12 
13 
2 
11 
Other Internet service 
13 
3 
23 
11 
2 
18 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
187 
380 
523 
377 
290 
975 
2 households 
25 
22 
28 
55 
4 
115 
3 households 
7 
2 
3 
2 
5 
4 
4 households 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 
5 or more households 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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