Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
3,243 
2,463 
550 
230 
1,398 
1,845 
Female 
894 
764 
81 
49 
479 
415 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,194 
1,584 
441 
169 
928 
1,266 
Other 
1,943 
1,643 
190 
110 
949 
994 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,588 
2,838 
560 
190 
1,541 
2,047 
Not on farm operated 
549 
389 
71 
89 
336 
213 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,590 
1,205 
312 
73 
741 
849 
Any 
2,547 
2,022 
319 
206 
1,136 
1,411 
1 to 49 days 
308 
236 
60 
12 
144 
164 
50 to 99 days 
196 
166 
18 
12 
88 
108 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
418 
300 
66 
52 
202 
216 
200 days or more 
1,625 
1,320 
175 
130 
702 
923 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
120 
78 
24 
18 
62 
58 
3 or 4 years 
231 
163 
20 
48 
99 
132 
5 to 9 years 
664 
526 
72 
66 
229 
435 
1 0 years or more 
3,122 
2,460 
515 
147 
1,487 
1,635 
Average years on present farm 
20.4 
20.4 
22.9 
15.2 
21.6 
19.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
79 
54 
17 
8 
39 
40 
3 or 4 years 
162 
107 
18 
37 
74 
88 
5 to 9 years 
493 
405 
48 
40 
176 
317 
1 0 years or more 
3,403 
2,661 
548 
194 
1,588 
1,815 
Average years operating any farm 
23.9 
23.7 
26.3 
21.1 
24.9 
23.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
8 
1 
- 
7 
2 
25 to 34 years 
160 
91 
36 
33 
84 
76 
35 to 44 years 
281 
159 
68 
54 
96 
185 
45 to 49 years 
327 
267 
42 
18 
157 
170 
50 to 54 years 
603 
472 
94 
37 
222 
381 
55 to 59 years 
585 
455 
88 
42 
247 
338 
60 to 64 years 
665 
547 
93 
25 
298 
367 
65 to 69 years 
620 
508 
82 
30 
310 
310 
70 years and over 
887 
720 
127 
40 
456 
431 
Average age 
59.8 
60.7 
58.3 
53.3 
60.8 
59.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
192 
150 
30 
12 
111 
81 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
344 
232 
55 
57 
210 
134 
Asian 
13 
12 
- 
1 
1 
12 
Black or African American 
9 
8 
- 
1 
8 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
White 
3,749 
2,955 
574 
220 
1,650 
2,099 
More than one race reported 
21 
19 
2 
- 
7 
14 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
581 
487 
61 
33 
492 
89 
2 people 
2,278 
1,842 
327 
109 
912 
1,366 
3 people 
482 
342 
82 
58 
162 
320 
4 people 
418 
315 
68 
35 
173 
245 
5 or more people 
378 
241 
93 
44 
138 
240 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,043 
2,512 
344 
187 
1,375 
1,668 
25 to 49 percent 
249 
184 
51 
14 
104 
145 
50 to 74 percent 
318 
207 
94 
17 
154 
164 
75 to 99 percent 
308 
192 
77 
39 
154 
154 
1 00 percent 
219 
132 
65 
22 
90 
129 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
211 
147 
38 
26 
98 
113 
acres 
1,846,251 
1,413,717 
361,505 
71,029 
1,424,149 
422,102 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,216 
2,494 
515 
207 
1,310 
1,906 
Dial-up service 
229 
199 
16 
14 
119 
110 
DSL service 
1,146 
870 
206 
70 
448 
698 
Cable modem service 
376 
297 
50 
29 
164 
212 
Fiber-optic service 
181 
139 
32 
10 
102 
79 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
563 
406 
121 
36 
188 
375 
Satellite service 
948 
702 
181 
65 
353 
595 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
57 
43 
13 
1 
6 
51 
Other Internet service 
93 
82 
10 
1 
17 
76 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,460 
2,760 
472 
228 
1,655 
1,805 
2 households 
528 
369 
122 
37 
173 
355 
3 households 
96 
61 
26 
9 
36 
60 
4 households 
41 
29 
7 
5 
10 
31 
5 or more households 
12 
8 
4 
- 
3 
9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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