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 
1,942 
2,740 
2,476 
2,144 
1,776 
1,996 
Female 
206 
544 
589 
676 
448 
453 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,050 
1,107 
770 
563 
474 
547 
Other 
1,098 
2,177 
2,295 
2,257 
1,750 
1,902 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,471 
1,825 
1,361 
1,167 
990 
1,470 
Not on farm operated 
677 
1,459 
1,704 
1,653 
1,234 
979 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
714 
1,080 
1,083 
925 
729 
762 
Any 
1,434 
2,204 
1,982 
1,895 
1,495 
1,687 
1 to 49 days 
169 
273 
249 
254 
139 
181 
50 to 99 days 
128 
135 
127 
89 
79 
75 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
228 
379 
240 
236 
227 
191 
200 days or more 
909 
1,417 
1,366 
1,316 
1,050 
1,240 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
70 
107 
126 
92 
62 
101 
3 or 4 years 
108 
192 
134 
140 
101 
96 
5 to 9 years 
264 
383 
423 
354 
233 
289 
1 0 years or more 
1,706 
2,602 
2,382 
2,234 
1,828 
1,963 
Average years on present farm 
25.9 
26.0 
25.3 
24.6 
24.9 
22.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
46 
86 
96 
74 
43 
76 
3 or 4 years 
82 
163 
126 
127 
87 
66 
5 to 9 years 
220 
342 
378 
313 
207 
249 
1 0 years or more 
1,800 
2,693 
2,465 
2,306 
1,887 
2,058 
Average years operating any farm 
28.4 
27.8 
27.0 
25.9 
26.0 
24.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
37 
35 
20 
19 
11 
15 
25 to 34 years 
174 
189 
150 
122 
100 
141 
35 to 44 years 
232 
278 
298 
263 
182 
238 
45 to 49 years 
165 
234 
154 
171 
152 
206 
50 to 54 years 
294 
386 
310 
258 
180 
304 
55 to 59 years 
253 
406 
363 
400 
344 
337 
60 to 64 years 
280 
428 
428 
436 
291 
277 
65 to 69 years 
226 
399 
382 
350 
292 
406 
70 years and over 
487 
929 
960 
801 
672 
525 
Average age 
57.3 
60.4 
61.6 
61.4 
61.6 
59.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
5 
9 
18 
10 
10 
14 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
40 
36 
34 
58 
25 
83 
Asian 
2 
6 
5 
3 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,106 
3,231 
3,020 
2,749 
2,190 
2,365 
More than one race reported 
- 
5 
6 
10 
9 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
431 
754 
772 
713 
577 
625 
2 people 
1,025 
1,687 
1,472 
1,409 
1,101 
1,141 
3 people 
246 
292 
278 
230 
194 
243 
4 people 
239 
288 
318 
280 
219 
270 
5 or more people 
207 
263 
225 
188 
133 
170 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,105 
2,074 
2,317 
2,280 
1,842 
2,126 
25 to 49 percent 
390 
521 
298 
204 
165 
142 
50 to 74 percent 
396 
411 
257 
185 
126 
114 
75 to 99 percent 
189 
214 
136 
109 
72 
56 
1 00 percent 
68 
64 
57 
42 
19 
11 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
34 
49 
24 
41 
28 
41 
acres 
22,272 
14,827 
7,618 
7,358 
4,990 
531,478 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,464 
2,288 
2,067 
1,914 
1,491 
1,592 
Dial-up service 
98 
169 
139 
178 
120 
172 
DSL service 
622 
944 
827 
711 
545 
563 
Cable modem service 
237 
424 
511 
466 
308 
257 
Fiber-optic service 
384 
532 
420 
351 
288 
381 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
184 
295 
323 
263 
251 
259 
Satellite service 
147 
230 
174 
115 
123 
163 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
19 
23 
16 
33 
14 
19 
Other Internet service 
17 
27 
50 
45 
39 
28 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,698 
2,627 
2,470 
2,267 
1,845 
2,083 
2 households 
333 
470 
407 
365 
252 
268 
3 households 
63 
100 
124 
102 
73 
60 
4 households 
23 
45 
26 
46 
28 
19 
5 or more households 
31 
42 
38 
40 
26 
19 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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