Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
50,849 
33,671 
13,437 
3,741 
28,677 
22,172 
Female 
8,460 
7,117 
898 
445 
3,955 
4,505 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
30,638 
17,852 
10,027 
2,759 
16,694 
13,944 
Other 
28,671 
22,936 
4,308 
1,427 
15,938 
12,733 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
50,860 
35,109 
12,970 
2,781 
27,574 
23,286 
Not on farm operated 
8,449 
5,679 
1,365 
1,405 
5,058 
3,391 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
24,370 
15,716 
6,963 
1,691 
13,595 
10,775 
Any 
34,939 
25,072 
7,372 
2,495 
19,037 
15,902 
1 to 49 days 
4,873 
3,134 
1,218 
521 
2,683 
2,190 
50 to 99 days 
2,458 
1,765 
515 
178 
1,389 
1,069 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
4,595 
3,345 
976 
274 
2,461 
2,134 
200 days or more 
23,013 
16,828 
4,663 
1,522 
12,504 
10,509 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,720 
1,075 
261 
384 
857 
863 
3 or 4 years 
2,828 
1,793 
465 
570 
1,245 
1,583 
5 to 9 years 
8,038 
5,486 
1,491 
1,061 
3,992 
4,046 
1 0 years or more 
46,723 
32,434 
12,118 
2,171 
26,538 
20,185 
Average years on present farm 
23.0 
23.1 
25.2 
14.2 
24.2 
21.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,229 
789 
176 
264 
625 
604 
3 or 4 years 
2,316 
1,456 
366 
494 
1,012 
1,304 
5 to 9 years 
6,947 
4,839 
1,109 
999 
3,471 
3,476 
1 0 years or more 
48,817 
33,704 
12,684 
2,429 
27,524 
21,293 
Average years operating any farm 
24.8 
24.8 
27.5 
16.1 
26.0 
23.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
426 
150 
86 
190 
199 
227 
25 to 34 years 
4,483 
1,974 
1,131 
1,378 
2,035 
2,448 
35 to 44 years 
7,546 
4,555 
2,169 
822 
4,023 
3,523 
45 to 49 years 
5,732 
3,708 
1,674 
350 
2,920 
2,812 
50 to 54 years 
8,170 
5,612 
2,147 
411 
4,386 
3,784 
55 to 59 years 
8,444 
5,857 
2,228 
359 
4,538 
3,906 
60 to 64 years 
7,783 
5,675 
1,840 
268 
4,294 
3,489 
65 to 69 years 
6,101 
4,603 
1,331 
167 
3,517 
2,584 
70 years and over 
10,624 
8,654 
1,729 
241 
6,720 
3,904 
Average age 
56.1 
58.2 
54.0 
43.5 
57.3 
54.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
373 
261 
75 
37 
203 
170 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
78 
63 
14 
1 
48 
30 
Asian 
62 
50 
6 
6 
22 
40 
Black or African American 
61 
45 
16 
- 
28 
33 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
6 
6 
- 
- 
6 
- 
White 
58,951 
40,515 
14,265 
4,171 
32,442 
26,509 
More than one race reported 
151 
109 
34 
8 
86 
65 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,948 
5,388 
1,103 
457 
5,922 
1,026 
2 people 
25,964 
19,179 
5,689 
1,096 
13,739 
12,225 
3 people 
8,778 
5,848 
2,270 
660 
4,146 
4,632 
4 people 
7,331 
4,662 
1,935 
734 
3,553 
3,778 
5 or more people 
10,288 
5,711 
3,338 
1,239 
5,272 
5,016 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
40,637 
32,475 
6,198 
1,964 
22,866 
17,771 
25 to 49 percent 
4,018 
2,252 
1,398 
368 
2,273 
1,745 
50 to 74 percent 
4,770 
2,346 
1,984 
440 
2,568 
2,202 
75 to 99 percent 
4,535 
1,841 
2,118 
576 
2,259 
2,276 
1 00 percent 
5,349 
1,874 
2,637 
838 
2,666 
2,683 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,410 
799 
423 
188 
716 
694 
acres 
398,590 
164,600 
197,405 
36,585 
180,953 
217,637 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
36,794 
25,742 
8,840 
2,212 
18,344 
18,450 
Dial-up service 
3,709 
2,604 
918 
187 
1,964 
1,745 
DSL service 
17,874 
12,221 
4,558 
1,095 
8,783 
9,091 
Cable modem service 
8,964 
6,460 
1,899 
605 
4,510 
4,454 
Fiber-optic service 
1,761 
1,243 
406 
112 
880 
881 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,453 
3,067 
1,020 
366 
2,018 
2,435 
Satellite service 
2,936 
2,068 
728 
140 
1,386 
1,550 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
860 
621 
208 
31 
427 
433 
Other Internet service 
277 
177 
83 
17 
125 
152 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
50,269 
35,653 
11,107 
3,509 
29,435 
20,834 
2 households 
6,906 
4,025 
2,384 
497 
2,439 
4,467 
3 households 
1,252 
631 
527 
94 
390 
862 
4 households 
500 
291 
163 
46 
215 
285 
5 or more households 
382 
188 
154 
40 
153 
229 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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