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 
4,126 
6,666 
5,125 
4,478 
4,027 
12,446 
Not on farm operated 
757 
1,135 
877 
666 
536 
2,612 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,912 
2,745 
1,988 
1,599 
1,414 
5,489 
Any 
2,971 
5,056 
4,014 
3,545 
3,149 
9,569 
1 to 49 days 
365 
491 
384 
315 
344 
1,161 
50 to 99 days 
235 
377 
276 
251 
186 
605 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
489 
762 
567 
472 
408 
1,123 
200 days or more 
1,882 
3,426 
2,787 
2,507 
2,211 
6,680 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
140 
238 
162 
127 
148 
463 
3 or 4 years 
195 
381 
287 
293 
293 
626 
5 to 9 years 
606 
945 
848 
767 
687 
2,304 
1 0 years or more 
3,942 
6,237 
4,705 
3,957 
3,435 
11,665 
Average years on present farm 
24.8 
24.4 
23.0 
22.5 
21.5 
21.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
101 
180 
112 
92 
102 
350 
3 or 4 years 
143 
314 
239 
253 
256 
531 
5 to 9 years 
529 
832 
735 
682 
598 
2,030 
1 0 years or more 
4,110 
6,475 
4,916 
4,117 
3,607 
12,147 
Average years operating any farm 
26.9 
26.2 
24.9 
24.1 
23.2 
23.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
36 
60 
37 
37 
18 
34 
25 to 34 years 
402 
501 
323 
314 
271 
522 
35 to 44 years 
572 
846 
654 
531 
529 
1,397 
45 to 49 years 
433 
644 
579 
501 
437 
1,403 
50 to 54 years 
636 
1,035 
813 
707 
601 
2,143 
55 to 59 years 
650 
1,142 
850 
724 
622 
2,244 
60 to 64 years 
682 
1,014 
817 
705 
691 
2,184 
65 to 69 years 
524 
906 
734 
570 
544 
1,751 
70 years and over 
948 
1,653 
1,195 
1,055 
850 
3,380 
Average age 
56.6 
57.7 
57.7 
57.5 
57.3 
59.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
35 
71 
36 
38 
19 
96 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
4 
7 
13 
12 
8 
23 
Asian 
5 
6 
5 
9 
14 
17 
Black or African American 
6 
3 
11 
5 
4 
31 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 
- 
White 
4,856 
7,763 
5,952 
5,112 
4,521 
14,930 
More than one race reported 
12 
22 
21 
5 
11 
57 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
638 
980 
752 
623 
580 
2,405 
2 people 
2,222 
3,841 
2,865 
2,495 
2,141 
7,548 
3 people 
755 
1,198 
982 
822 
757 
2,080 
4 people 
504 
930 
766 
668 
575 
1,749 
5 or more people 
764 
852 
637 
536 
510 
1,276 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,834 
6,083 
5,296 
4,724 
4,291 
14,008 
25 to 49 percent 
764 
774 
310 
159 
102 
381 
50 to 74 percent 
692 
531 
205 
145 
113 
364 
75 to 99 percent 
325 
207 
88 
57 
31 
136 
1 00 percent 
268 
206 
103 
59 
26 
169 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
95 
143 
86 
75 
30 
213 
acres 
13,146 
13,069 
8,365 
4,222 
1,440 
56,508 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,933 
4,986 
3,986 
3,464 
3,133 
10,139 
Dial-up service 
370 
479 
405 
346 
335 
873 
DSL service 
1,413 
2,464 
1,917 
1,716 
1,506 
4,668 
Cable modem service 
697 
1,198 
954 
838 
712 
2,875 
Fiber-optic service 
137 
237 
160 
141 
180 
477 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
345 
542 
492 
421 
339 
1,328 
Satellite service 
221 
414 
351 
265 
261 
735 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
68 
133 
77 
87 
81 
246 
Other Internet service 
23 
37 
28 
18 
26 
61 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,141 
6,683 
5,314 
4,545 
4,131 
13,497 
2 households 
579 
925 
568 
481 
345 
1,234 
3 households 
107 
114 
70 
60 
45 
200 
4 households 
35 
55 
33 
41 
25 
84 
5 or more households 
21 
24 
17 
17 
17 
43 
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 
4,725 
7,592 
5,883 
5,060 
4,495 
14,647 
acres 
582,388 
760,992 
451,836 
293,476 
215,803 
1,022,660 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
220 
308 
157 
116 
89 
478 
acres 
23,826 
28,494 
15,678 
6,578 
4,647 
33,584 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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