Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,510 
7 
48 
110 
423 
469 
453 
Female 
433 
- 
10 
44 
108 
147 
124 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
1,943 
7 
58 
154 
531 
616 
577 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,605 
- 
34 
135 
446 
530 
460 
Not on farm operated 
338 
7 
24 
19 
85 
86 
117 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
256 
- 
- 
4 
30 
79 
143 
Any 
1,687 
7 
58 
150 
501 
537 
434 
1 to 49 days 
153 
- 
- 
9 
49 
33 
62 
50 to 99 days 
88 
- 
2 
13 
22 
37 
14 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
268 
- 
20 
27 
61 
89 
71 
200 days or more 
1,178 
7 
36 
101 
369 
378 
287 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
55 
- 
14 
11 
15 
12 
3 
3 or 4 years 
119 
6 
14 
35 
27 
28 
9 
5 to 9 years 
359 
1 
24 
44 
115 
114 
61 
1 0 years or more 
1,410 
- 
6 
64 
374 
462 
504 
Average years on present farm 
18.1 
3.7 
5.8 
10.1 
14.7 
17.5 
25.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
34 
- 
12 
9 
6 
7 
- 
3 or 4 years 
99 
6 
11 
31 
21 
22 
8 
5 to 9 years 
294 
1 
25 
31 
100 
88 
49 
1 0 years or more 
1,516 
- 
10 
83 
404 
499 
520 
Average years operating any farm 
20.8 
3.7 
6.8 
12.0 
16.1 
20.0 
30.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
7 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
58 
- 
58 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
154 
- 
- 
154 
- 
- 
- 
45 to 49 years 
200 
- 
- 
- 
200 
- 
- 
50 to 54 years 
331 
- 
- 
- 
331 
- 
- 
55 to 59 years 
296 
- 
- 
- 
- 
296 
- 
60 to 64 years 
320 
- 
- 
- 
- 
320 
- 
65 to 69 years 
266 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
266 
70 years and over 
311 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
311 
Average age 
58.4 
23.9 
30.2 
41.1 
50.4 
59.6 
72.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
80 
- 
- 
8 
7 
28 
37 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
160 
- 
- 
2 
59 
16 
83 
Asian 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,763 
7 
58 
152 
471 
586 
489 
More than one race reported 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
288 
7 
5 
12 
42 
115 
107 
2 people 
1,028 
- 
15 
49 
224 
347 
393 
3 people 
204 
- 
13 
18 
96 
58 
19 
4 people 
230 
- 
18 
24 
90 
61 
37 
5 or more people 
193 
- 
7 
51 
79 
35 
21 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,802 
7 
50 
140 
486 
571 
548 
25 to 49 percent 
64 
- 
3 
1 
26 
21 
13 
50 to 74 percent 
48 
- 
5 
9 
13 
13 
8 
75 to 99 percent 
18 
- 
- 
4 
3 
5 
6 
1 00 percent 
11 
- 
- 
- 
3 
6 
2 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
40 
- 
4 
2 
23 
4 
7 
acres 
109,954 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2,139 
(D) 
100,746 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,576 
7 
57 
146 
457 
498 
411 
Dial-up service 
130 
1 
9 
6 
36 
18 
60 
DSL service 
591 
6 
11 
72 
179 
219 
104 
Cable modem service 
198 
- 
12 
9 
50 
56 
71 
Fiber-optic service 
117 
- 
9 
11 
15 
32 
50 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
220 
- 
16 
27 
57 
75 
45 
Satellite service 
433 
- 
26 
43 
138 
118 
108 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
32 
- 
5 
- 
14 
8 
5 
Other Internet service 
29 
- 
- 
- 
18 
10 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,769 
7 
49 
138 
485 
563 
527 
2 households 
145 
- 
4 
13 
36 
52 
40 
3 households 
16 
- 
- 
3 
4 
1 
8 
4 households 
10 
- 
5 
- 
5 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Nevada 191 
