Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,328 
1,336 
968 
707 
617 
3,570 
Not on farm operated 
489 
480 
307 
269 
161 
6,099 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
578 
524 
351 
225 
177 
3,585 
Any 
1,239 
1,292 
924 
751 
601 
6,084 
1 to 49 days 
153 
135 
98 
106 
52 
768 
50 to 99 days 
111 
84 
55 
39 
35 
330 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
192 
242 
143 
106 
94 
750 
200 days or more 
783 
831 
628 
500 
420 
4,236 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
66 
68 
59 
41 
23 
306 
3 or 4 years 
105 
118 
93 
75 
61 
333 
5 to 9 years 
219 
213 
197 
161 
104 
1,082 
1 0 years or more 
1,427 
1,417 
926 
699 
590 
7,948 
Average years on present farm 
25.3 
23.7 
22.2 
20.8 
20.7 
26.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
42 
53 
45 
27 
10 
246 
3 or 4 years 
79 
99 
85 
68 
57 
277 
5 to 9 years 
183 
184 
184 
136 
93 
961 
1 0 years or more 
1,513 
1,480 
961 
745 
618 
8,185 
Average years operating any farm 
27.7 
25.9 
24.1 
22.7 
22.4 
27.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
29 
34 
21 
16 
8 
29 
25 to 34 years 
165 
153 
122 
96 
60 
299 
35 to 44 years 
212 
197 
170 
145 
116 
679 
45 to 49 years 
135 
190 
101 
105 
84 
479 
50 to 54 years 
278 
256 
144 
116 
103 
882 
55 to 59 years 
219 
234 
178 
127 
125 
1,251 
60 to 64 years 
248 
242 
165 
133 
89 
1,326 
65 to 69 years 
192 
216 
137 
91 
83 
1,381 
70 years and over 
339 
294 
237 
147 
110 
3,343 
Average age 
56.0 
55.8 
55.6 
54.3 
54.7 
63.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
11 
4 
8 
6 
6 
41 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
40 
29 
26 
29 
20 
141 
Asian 
2 
- 
6 
- 
- 
8 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,769 
1,782 
1,239 
939 
751 
9,507 
More than one race reported 
6 
1 
4 
8 
7 
11 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
352 
282 
242 
178 
136 
2,749 
2 people 
830 
885 
617 
417 
345 
4,907 
3 people 
230 
218 
154 
114 
130 
686 
4 people 
233 
218 
144 
149 
97 
817 
5 or more people 
172 
213 
118 
118 
70 
510 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
877 
1,195 
988 
793 
661 
7,364 
25 to 49 percent 
364 
284 
118 
54 
44 
924 
50 to 74 percent 
371 
227 
97 
63 
51 
765 
75 to 99 percent 
142 
75 
44 
49 
19 
484 
1 00 percent 
63 
35 
28 
17 
3 
132 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
24 
27 
10 
10 
6 
140 
acres 
13,629 
5,472 
3,018 
1,366 
963 
564,095 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,272 
1,360 
973 
778 
581 
6,100 
Dial-up service 
82 
94 
51 
50 
39 
574 
DSL service 
543 
602 
423 
347 
228 
2,165 
Cable modem service 
198 
186 
178 
115 
78 
1,495 
Fiber-optic service 
352 
334 
267 
193 
170 
1,114 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
161 
164 
136 
77 
75 
993 
Satellite service 
141 
165 
105 
70 
59 
443 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
9 
12 
2 
14 
6 
82 
Other Internet service 
13 
17 
15 
8 
7 
150 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,443 
1,489 
1,071 
827 
658 
7,761 
2 households 
279 
269 
160 
129 
86 
1,228 
3 households 
43 
28 
27 
10 
28 
394 
4 households 
23 
26 
12 
8 
1 
128 
5 or more households 
29 
4 
5 
2 
5 
158 
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 
1,771 
1,769 
1,238 
961 
766 
9,311 
acres 
807,831 
578,275 
266,069 
148,717 
88,361 
3,044,670 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
19 
46 
16 
18 
11 
334 
acres 
(D) 
23,068 
4,185 
3,815 
(D) 
96,336 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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