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 
2,348 
1,771 
1,360 
3,477 
1,665 
622 
277 
Not on farm operated 
311 
260 
155 
423 
207 
140 
67 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,212 
1,033 
818 
2,302 
1,297 
546 
280 
Any 
1,447 
998 
697 
1,598 
575 
216 
64 
1 to 49 days 
222 
168 
112 
289 
131 
44 
19 
50 to 99 days 
105 
86 
48 
145 
51 
24 
6 
100 to 199 days 
224 
187 
120 
277 
86 
24 
4 
200 days or more 
896 
557 
417 
887 
307 
124 
35 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
55 
60 
23 
75 
24 
8 
2 
3 or 4 years 
117 
107 
62 
108 
32 
19 
4 
5 to 9 years 
329 
237 
165 
344 
113 
35 
20 
1 0 years or more 
2,158 
1,627 
1,265 
3,373 
1,703 
700 
318 
Average years on present farm 
24.9 
25.4 
27.0 
28.4 
30.2 
31.0 
32.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
31 
40 
15 
43 
10 
4 
1 
3 or 4 years 
87 
65 
40 
70 
22 
16 
1 
5 to 9 years 
270 
189 
128 
274 
86 
21 
13 
1 0 years or more 
2,271 
1,737 
1,332 
3,513 
1,754 
721 
329 
Average years operating any farm 
27.3 
27.7 
29.4 
30.7 
32.5 
32.9 
34.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
15 
19 
3 
11 
5 
1 
- 
25 to 34 years 
166 
124 
73 
176 
66 
20 
6 
35 to 44 years 
277 
181 
185 
393 
184 
78 
28 
45 to 49 years 
246 
210 
140 
352 
188 
86 
36 
50 to 54 years 
365 
273 
220 
594 
302 
106 
54 
55 to 59 years 
372 
291 
229 
599 
312 
153 
56 
60 to 64 years 
346 
284 
198 
555 
259 
108 
69 
65 to 69 years 
324 
240 
157 
442 
226 
84 
42 
70 years and over 
548 
409 
310 
778 
330 
126 
53 
Average age 
57.9 
57.7 
57.9 
58.0 
57.8 
57.7 
58.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
17 
13 
7 
19 
10 
1 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5 
2 
3 
14 
2 
1 
1 
Asian 
9 
7 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
1 
1 
3 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
6 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,631 
2,020 
1,508 
3,872 
1,863 
759 
342 
More than one race reported 
7 
1 
1 
6 
7 
2 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
357 
269 
187 
470 
175 
79 
27 
2 people 
1,190 
891 
674 
1,802 
845 
340 
175 
3 people 
387 
328 
238 
613 
309 
132 
55 
4 people 
311 
229 
199 
512 
285 
99 
35 
5 or more people 
414 
314 
217 
503 
258 
112 
52 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,630 
1,167 
775 
1,607 
511 
171 
45 
25 to 49 percent 
269 
237 
175 
443 
181 
65 
24 
50 to 74 percent 
293 
194 
193 
548 
325 
137 
67 
75 to 99 percent 
209 
171 
118 
506 
335 
161 
87 
100 percent 
258 
262 
254 
796 
520 
228 
121 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
57 
57 
49 
144 
121 
80 
59 
acres 
8,803 
11,184 
11,648 
52,212 
87,483 
107,650 
236,227 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,710 
1,288 
995 
2,640 
1,358 
600 
309 
Dial-up service 
195 
158 
127 
325 
148 
57 
18 
DSL service 
631 
452 
358 
877 
487 
201 
105 
Cable modem service 
423 
353 
272 
681 
344 
160 
108 
Fiber-optic service 
46 
37 
22 
68 
32 
19 
10 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
300 
199 
172 
418 
252 
146 
77 
Satellite service 
238 
171 
130 
436 
230 
108 
53 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
35 
29 
16 
48 
23 
15 
10 
Other Internet service 
16 
18 
18 
34 
15 
6 
5 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,338 
1,716 
1,269 
3,071 
1,175 
382 
126 
2 households 
267 
232 
190 
678 
465 
217 
105 
3 households 
24 
51 
27 
109 
151 
101 
61 
4 households 
9 
19 
24 
24 
49 
32 
28 
5 or more households 
21 
13 
5 
18 
32 
30 
24 
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 
2,596 
1,977 
1,471 
3,735 
1,737 
678 
302 
acres 
408,121 
391,028 
350,130 
1,307,180 
1,153,880 
897,704 
1,043,142 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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