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 
29,078 
18,510 
9,348 
1,220 
15,174 
13,904 
Female 
6,459 
5,285 
915 
259 
2,903 
3,556 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
20,400 
11,958 
7,507 
935 
10,367 
10,033 
Other 
15,137 
11,837 
2,756 
544 
7,710 
7,427 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
30,665 
20,621 
9,201 
843 
15,429 
15,236 
Not on farm operated 
4,872 
3,174 
1,062 
636 
2,648 
2,224 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
15,751 
9,658 
5,485 
608 
8,267 
7,484 
Any 
19,786 
14,137 
4,778 
871 
9,810 
9,976 
1 to 49 days 
2,794 
1,829 
809 
156 
1,507 
1,287 
50 to 99 days 
1,384 
997 
309 
78 
748 
636 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,194 
2,266 
783 
145 
1,648 
1,546 
200 days or more 
12,414 
9,045 
2,877 
492 
5,907 
6,507 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,150 
754 
235 
161 
536 
614 
3 or 4 years 
1,828 
1,194 
421 
213 
831 
997 
5 to 9 years 
5,038 
3,540 
1,181 
317 
2,273 
2,765 
1 0 years or more 
27,521 
18,307 
8,426 
788 
14,437 
13,084 
Average years on present farm 
23.2 
22.7 
25.4 
14.9 
24.4 
21.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
735 
502 
126 
107 
362 
373 
3 or 4 years 
1,412 
944 
305 
163 
623 
789 
5 to 9 years 
4,253 
3,026 
921 
306 
1,900 
2,353 
1 0 years or more 
29,137 
19,323 
8,911 
903 
15,192 
13,945 
Average years operating any farm 
25.5 
24.9 
28.0 
17.3 
26.7 
24.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
185 
71 
44 
70 
104 
81 
25 to 34 years 
1,964 
987 
653 
324 
896 
1,068 
35 to 44 years 
3,796 
2,216 
1,305 
275 
1,736 
2,060 
45 to 49 years 
3,605 
2,288 
1,175 
142 
1,657 
1,948 
50 to 54 years 
5,169 
3,382 
1,597 
190 
2,500 
2,669 
55 to 59 years 
5,306 
3,539 
1,619 
148 
2,685 
2,621 
60 to 64 years 
5,198 
3,651 
1,424 
123 
2,707 
2,491 
65 to 69 years 
4,128 
3,014 
1,032 
82 
2,255 
1,873 
70 years and over 
6,186 
4,647 
1,414 
125 
3,537 
2,649 
Average age 
57.1 
58.5 
55.4 
47.2 
58.1 
56.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
281 
194 
58 
29 
152 
129 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
85 
61 
21 
3 
50 
35 
Asian 
90 
68 
9 
13 
40 
50 
Black or African American 
70 
61 
8 
1 
31 
39 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
12 
10 
- 
2 
12 
- 
White 
35,179 
23,523 
10,200 
1,456 
17,886 
17,293 
More than one race reported 
101 
72 
25 
4 
58 
43 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,451 
3,222 
983 
246 
3,674 
777 
2 people 
16,559 
11,636 
4,403 
520 
7,990 
8,569 
3 people 
5,412 
3,496 
1,650 
266 
2,431 
2,981 
4 people 
4,578 
2,847 
1,525 
206 
1,944 
2,634 
5 or more people 
4,537 
2,594 
1,702 
241 
2,038 
2,499 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
23,689 
18,346 
4,538 
805 
12,240 
1 1 ,449 
25 to 49 percent 
2,896 
1,672 
1,084 
140 
1,517 
1,379 
50 to 74 percent 
3,003 
1,466 
1,372 
165 
1,497 
1,506 
75 to 99 percent 
2,481 
1,022 
1,336 
123 
1,179 
1,302 
1 00 percent 
3,468 
1,289 
1,933 
246 
1,644 
1,824 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,152 
702 
356 
94 
541 
611 
acres 
542,287 
151,679 
362,844 
27,764 
193,146 
349,141 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
25,480 
17,174 
7,217 
1,089 
11,857 
13,623 
Dial-up service 
2,607 
1,851 
690 
66 
1,288 
1,319 
DSL service 
8,308 
5,517 
2,463 
328 
3,742 
4,566 
Cable modem service 
8,174 
5,608 
2,147 
419 
3,889 
4,285 
Fiber-optic service 
795 
546 
191 
58 
379 
416 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,155 
2,679 
1,292 
184 
1,739 
2,416 
Satellite service 
3,405 
2,267 
1,033 
105 
1,513 
1,892 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
595 
395 
173 
27 
252 
343 
Other Internet service 
281 
184 
88 
9 
132 
149 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
29,978 
20,885 
7,876 
1,217 
16,389 
13,589 
2 households 
4,209 
2,321 
1,686 
202 
1,315 
2,894 
3 households 
797 
322 
443 
32 
188 
609 
4 households 
319 
150 
151 
18 
106 
213 
5 or more households 
234 
117 
107 
10 
79 
155 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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