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 
3,351 
2,298 
1,624 
3,674 
1,516 
426 
96 
Not on farm operated 
552 
362 
242 
550 
252 
89 
43 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,748 
1,280 
956 
2,477 
1,222 
387 
96 
Any 
2,155 
1,380 
910 
1,747 
546 
128 
43 
1 to 49 days 
331 
203 
163 
316 
114 
34 
13 
50 to 99 days 
177 
104 
81 
162 
37 
12 
3 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
310 
216 
151 
280 
63 
8 
4 
200 days or more 
1,337 
857 
515 
989 
332 
74 
23 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
90 
60 
43 
88 
13 
6 
1 
3 or 4 years 
107 
107 
63 
102 
39 
9 
4 
5 to 9 years 
411 
250 
124 
312 
104 
30 
10 
1 0 years or more 
3,295 
2,243 
1,636 
3,722 
1,612 
470 
124 
Average years on present farm 
26.1 
26.5 
27.3 
29.0 
30.9 
29.9 
29.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
63 
46 
29 
63 
8 
2 
- 
3 or 4 years 
77 
89 
38 
76 
26 
5 
2 
5 to 9 years 
336 
193 
120 
227 
73 
21 
7 
1 0 years or more 
3,427 
2,332 
1,679 
3,858 
1,661 
487 
130 
Average years operating any farm 
28.2 
28.8 
29.4 
31.2 
33.0 
32.1 
31.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
23 
21 
11 
10 
8 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
229 
153 
92 
187 
50 
12 
2 
35 to 44 years 
425 
253 
198 
472 
173 
66 
16 
45 to 49 years 
381 
251 
183 
413 
158 
51 
10 
50 to 54 years 
553 
396 
298 
606 
246 
77 
29 
55 to 59 years 
579 
389 
298 
640 
332 
108 
23 
60 to 64 years 
474 
348 
229 
627 
279 
75 
23 
65 to 69 years 
408 
302 
211 
447 
200 
56 
16 
70 years and over 
831 
547 
346 
822 
322 
70 
20 
Average age 
57.6 
57.7 
57.4 
57.8 
58.2 
56.8 
57.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
6 
23 
7 
14 
7 
- 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
2 
2 
2 
4 
- 
2 
- 
Asian 
2 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,878 
2,655 
1,861 
4,210 
1,764 
511 
137 
More than one race reported 
13 
1 
3 
9 
4 
2 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
452 
319 
208 
459 
166 
42 
8 
2 people 
1,748 
1,202 
814 
1,869 
844 
230 
68 
3 people 
588 
414 
283 
723 
302 
89 
19 
4 people 
483 
289 
224 
542 
195 
83 
24 
5 or more people 
632 
436 
337 
631 
261 
71 
20 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,309 
1,466 
866 
1,642 
506 
88 
29 
25 to 49 percent 
379 
260 
194 
401 
126 
38 
9 
50 to 74 percent 
411 
357 
228 
699 
294 
108 
24 
75 to 99 percent 
354 
240 
252 
624 
368 
116 
33 
1 00 percent 
450 
337 
326 
858 
474 
165 
44 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
82 
69 
48 
168 
79 
52 
27 
acres 
13,017 
13,459 
11,198 
60,826 
53,495 
72,112 
127,046 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,228 
1,596 
1,130 
2,671 
1,258 
415 
117 
Dial-up service 
251 
201 
141 
300 
139 
29 
5 
DSL service 
1,133 
799 
592 
1,458 
686 
231 
71 
Cable modem service 
399 
335 
195 
480 
278 
87 
22 
Fiber-optic service 
110 
62 
53 
119 
38 
23 
10 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
243 
182 
129 
312 
117 
63 
20 
Satellite service 
199 
137 
115 
259 
117 
47 
18 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
59 
37 
17 
50 
33 
9 
5 
Other Internet service 
15 
23 
7 
17 
8 
1 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,256 
2,146 
1,478 
3,070 
1,079 
260 
65 
2 households 
510 
401 
291 
894 
423 
130 
31 
3 households 
79 
77 
57 
190 
186 
73 
12 
4 households 
33 
25 
16 
38 
45 
20 
14 
5 or more households 
25 
11 
24 
32 
35 
32 
17 
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 
3,795 
2,572 
1,787 
3,978 
1,622 
472 
109 
acres 
594,362 
508,201 
424,489 
1 ,383,264 
1,071,158 
627,562 
389,462 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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