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 
4,481 
7,125 
5,779 
5,003 
4,598 
8,562 
Female 
492 
1,108 
1,029 
1,084 
1,100 
2,978 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,816 
3,787 
2,672 
2,044 
1,783 
4,001 
Other 
2,157 
4,446 
4,136 
4,043 
3,915 
7,539 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,198 
6,993 
5,685 
5,085 
4,824 
9,980 
Not on farm operated 
775 
1,240 
1,123 
1,002 
874 
1,560 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,941 
2,924 
2,369 
1,999 
1,858 
4,001 
Any 
3,032 
5,309 
4,439 
4,088 
3,840 
7,539 
1 to 49 days 
380 
518 
446 
411 
480 
820 
50 to 99 days 
240 
407 
298 
280 
222 
480 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
500 
792 
618 
521 
477 
901 
200 days or more 
1,912 
3,592 
3,077 
2,876 
2,661 
5,338 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
147 
245 
174 
145 
178 
389 
3 or 4 years 
202 
387 
334 
333 
324 
494 
5 to 9 years 
628 
987 
993 
938 
848 
1,757 
1 0 years or more 
3,996 
6,614 
5,307 
4,671 
4,348 
8,900 
Average years on present farm 
24.7 
24.7 
23.2 
22.4 
21.7 
21.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
108 
180 
126 
106 
128 
289 
3 or 4 years 
149 
321 
272 
284 
287 
422 
5 to 9 years 
548 
872 
879 
841 
744 
1,520 
1 0 years or more 
4,168 
6,860 
5,531 
4,856 
4,539 
9,309 
Average years operating any farm 
26.9 
26.6 
25.0 
24.0 
23.4 
22.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
36 
60 
37 
37 
22 
30 
25 to 34 years 
414 
500 
342 
326 
274 
476 
35 to 44 years 
581 
863 
695 
586 
585 
1,208 
45 to 49 years 
438 
660 
647 
551 
517 
1,175 
50 to 54 years 
635 
1,081 
914 
809 
725 
1,758 
55 to 59 years 
659 
1,190 
925 
875 
797 
1,763 
60 to 64 years 
699 
1,077 
919 
847 
897 
1,641 
65 to 69 years 
534 
994 
837 
692 
658 
1,296 
70 years and over 
977 
1,808 
1,492 
1,364 
1,223 
2,193 
Average age 
56.7 
58.1 
58.4 
58.4 
58.5 
57.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
35 
71 
43 
31 
22 
93 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5 
9 
11 
14 
10 
18 
Asian 
5 
6 
5 
13 
16 
11 
Black or African American 
6 
3 
11 
7 
4 
29 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 
- 
White 
4,945 
8,192 
6,756 
6,042 
5,650 
1 1 ,437 
More than one race reported 
12 
23 
25 
10 
13 
45 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
639 
1,096 
912 
831 
801 
1,685 
2 people 
2,277 
4,085 
3,299 
2,981 
2,767 
5,655 
3 people 
775 
1,221 
1,069 
938 
855 
1,719 
4 people 
504 
958 
836 
749 
703 
1,417 
5 or more people 
778 
873 
692 
588 
572 
1,064 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,914 
6,440 
6,001 
5,620 
5,370 
10,834 
25 to 49 percent 
774 
810 
361 
182 
127 
224 
50 to 74 percent 
687 
562 
240 
160 
136 
234 
75 to 99 percent 
325 
212 
101 
62 
31 
104 
1 00 percent 
273 
209 
105 
63 
34 
144 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
98 
151 
91 
86 
37 
176 
acres 
13,430 
15,919 
11,901 
8,806 
2,526 
43,892 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,014 
5,242 
4,478 
4,023 
3,856 
7,963 
Dial-up service 
377 
503 
467 
398 
391 
666 
DSL service 
1,453 
2,590 
2,168 
1,988 
1,845 
3,602 
Cable modem service 
727 
1,268 
1,044 
1,011 
908 
2,309 
Fiber-optic service 
135 
246 
183 
157 
219 
387 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
359 
555 
559 
477 
410 
1,100 
Satellite service 
225 
435 
381 
301 
306 
596 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
70 
137 
98 
104 
101 
182 
Other Internet service 
25 
38 
28 
22 
34 
45 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,222 
7,043 
5,985 
5,389 
5,145 
10,440 
2 households 
590 
981 
665 
579 
436 
866 
3 households 
107 
128 
93 
61 
59 
144 
4 households 
32 
56 
43 
41 
33 
62 
5 or more households 
22 
25 
22 
17 
25 
28 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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