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 
2,443 
4,151 
3,139 
2,574 
2,294 
5,388 
Female 
398 
878 
717 
666 
746 
2,351 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,789 
2,652 
1,763 
1,344 
1,177 
3,151 
Other 
1,052 
2,377 
2,093 
1,896 
1,863 
4,588 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,406 
4,382 
3,346 
2,865 
2,624 
6,680 
Not on farm operated 
435 
647 
510 
375 
416 
1,059 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,197 
1,882 
1,319 
1,085 
1,010 
2,835 
Any 
1,644 
3,147 
2,537 
2,155 
2,030 
4,904 
1 to 49 days 
259 
319 
284 
222 
233 
608 
50 to 99 days 
130 
260 
174 
118 
134 
298 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
272 
561 
394 
401 
311 
712 
200 days or more 
983 
2,007 
1,685 
1,414 
1,352 
3,286 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
89 
156 
153 
112 
112 
266 
3 or 4 years 
129 
291 
197 
222 
193 
385 
5 to 9 years 
402 
722 
570 
493 
508 
1,276 
1 0 years or more 
2,221 
3,860 
2,936 
2,413 
2,227 
5,812 
Average years on present farm 
24.4 
23.9 
22.6 
21.6 
21.3 
20.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
55 
114 
86 
69 
79 
182 
3 or 4 years 
101 
214 
158 
169 
171 
315 
5 to 9 years 
318 
586 
499 
436 
429 
1,136 
1 0 years or more 
2,367 
4,115 
3,113 
2,566 
2,361 
6,106 
Average years operating any farm 
26.9 
26.5 
25.1 
23.9 
23.7 
22.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
25 
15 
14 
17 
17 
32 
25 to 34 years 
172 
272 
195 
132 
129 
265 
35 to 44 years 
269 
493 
340 
353 
308 
724 
45 to 49 years 
294 
482 
397 
312 
290 
797 
50 to 54 years 
359 
680 
489 
496 
405 
1,201 
55 to 59 years 
434 
715 
587 
439 
477 
1,108 
60 to 64 years 
409 
766 
611 
482 
451 
1,248 
65 to 69 years 
338 
587 
480 
376 
356 
1,015 
70 years and over 
541 
1,019 
743 
633 
607 
1,349 
Average age 
57.5 
58.2 
58.2 
58.0 
58.2 
58.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
24 
37 
47 
37 
21 
57 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
13 
5 
7 
8 
9 
32 
Asian 
9 
23 
6 
4 
6 
15 
Black or African American 
2 
23 
7 
4 
6 
24 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
White 
2,807 
4,967 
3,825 
3,214 
3,011 
7,631 
More than one race reported 
9 
11 
11 
9 
8 
37 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
381 
676 
530 
432 
417 
1,063 
2 people 
1,293 
2,408 
1,854 
1,597 
1,455 
3,966 
3 people 
418 
804 
599 
462 
443 
1,115 
4 people 
372 
619 
464 
416 
411 
881 
5 or more people 
377 
522 
409 
333 
314 
714 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,569 
3,678 
3,269 
2,915 
2,814 
7,010 
25 to 49 percent 
445 
650 
265 
147 
99 
223 
50 to 74 percent 
387 
372 
168 
88 
65 
198 
75 to 99 percent 
236 
170 
81 
41 
33 
133 
100 percent 
204 
159 
73 
49 
29 
175 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
84 
100 
56 
37 
33 
231 
acres 
21,336 
16,507 
10,212 
2,721 
2,912 
34,694 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,904 
3,557 
2,852 
2,393 
2,265 
5,808 
Dial-up service 
215 
349 
348 
247 
249 
571 
DSL service 
616 
1,185 
914 
789 
747 
1,739 
Cable modem service 
645 
1,146 
823 
751 
674 
2,018 
Fiber-optic service 
67 
112 
87 
82 
60 
194 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
245 
533 
459 
368 
335 
991 
Satellite service 
226 
478 
369 
320 
352 
730 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
44 
81 
79 
49 
57 
161 
Other Internet service 
30 
22 
39 
27 
21 
65 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,429 
4,383 
3,414 
2,915 
2,733 
7,083 
2 households 
326 
538 
360 
259 
259 
550 
3 households 
47 
60 
41 
32 
34 
64 
4 households 
18 
35 
25 
22 
11 
26 
5 or more households 
21 
13 
16 
12 
3 
16 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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