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 
1,185 
588 
574 
2,552 
3,452 
3,514 
4,880 
Not on farm operated 
861 
298 
289 
1,052 
777 
561 
757 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
628 
255 
276 
1,388 
2,264 
2,586 
4,054 
Any 
1,418 
631 
587 
2,216 
1,965 
1,489 
1,583 
1 to 49 days 
221 
77 
92 
363 
390 
420 
416 
50 to 99 days 
97 
31 
41 
171 
191 
130 
129 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
167 
102 
86 
307 
306 
220 
218 
200 days or more 
933 
421 
368 
1,375 
1,078 
719 
820 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
83 
26 
41 
101 
44 
35 
58 
3 or 4 years 
131 
46 
37 
160 
119 
75 
87 
5 to 9 years 
307 
127 
95 
433 
400 
278 
269 
1 0 years or more 
1,525 
687 
690 
2,910 
3,666 
3,687 
5,223 
Average years on present farm 
22.8 
23.0 
25.4 
26.1 
28.7 
29.7 
31.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
66 
22 
35 
58 
27 
22 
21 
3 or 4 years 
91 
42 
28 
116 
91 
60 
54 
5 to 9 years 
283 
119 
84 
370 
350 
200 
200 
1 0 years or more 
1,606 
703 
716 
3,060 
3,761 
3,793 
5,362 
Average years operating any farm 
24.8 
24.8 
27.6 
28.3 
30.0 
31.2 
32.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
30 
14 
9 
39 
56 
16 
4 
25 to 34 years 
136 
77 
76 
377 
372 
289 
270 
35 to 44 years 
208 
121 
73 
387 
489 
550 
680 
45 to 49 years 
161 
80 
63 
294 
383 
414 
547 
50 to 54 years 
241 
102 
101 
410 
600 
653 
955 
55 to 59 years 
254 
117 
120 
484 
617 
668 
973 
60 to 64 years 
282 
124 
95 
466 
676 
598 
794 
65 to 69 years 
218 
81 
108 
372 
402 
345 
569 
70 years and over 
516 
170 
218 
775 
634 
542 
845 
Average age 
58.4 
55.9 
58.4 
56.6 
55.4 
55.1 
56.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
6 
9 
4 
17 
33 
20 
50 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
78 
17 
14 
84 
47 
79 
296 
Asian 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,962 
866 
845 
3,501 
4,173 
3,985 
5,305 
More than one race reported 
6 
2 
4 
16 
8 
11 
36 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
386 
168 
156 
615 
666 
536 
587 
2 people 
1,009 
413 
398 
1,831 
1,999 
1,931 
2,648 
3 people 
263 
121 
130 
411 
604 
525 
797 
4 people 
187 
113 
110 
414 
497 
570 
831 
5 or more people 
201 
71 
69 
333 
463 
513 
774 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,264 
495 
429 
1,389 
974 
642 
733 
25 to 49 percent 
314 
142 
154 
524 
417 
262 
358 
50 to 74 percent 
256 
128 
130 
738 
852 
806 
1,050 
75 to 99 percent 
158 
80 
114 
642 
1,173 
1,292 
1,783 
1 00 percent 
54 
41 
36 
311 
813 
1,073 
1,713 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
46 
22 
24 
114 
84 
152 
396 
acres 
7,302 
4,412 
5,676 
39,332 
57,956 
219,716 
3,311,207 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,362 
621 
578 
2,509 
3,116 
3,221 
4,761 
Dial-up service 
120 
54 
49 
224 
319 
313 
351 
DSL service 
429 
222 
201 
854 
1,068 
1,278 
1,997 
Cable modem service 
330 
124 
133 
480 
470 
355 
474 
Fiber-optic service 
199 
86 
98 
459 
654 
728 
1,241 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
265 
110 
92 
440 
477 
482 
633 
Satellite service 
149 
76 
85 
314 
452 
558 
793 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
44 
15 
23 
50 
65 
61 
99 
Other Internet service 
39 
14 
13 
42 
63 
52 
85 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,647 
716 
666 
2,811 
3,335 
3,094 
3,562 
2 households 
283 
115 
144 
627 
674 
723 
1,408 
3 households 
60 
22 
27 
101 
99 
149 
446 
4 households 
43 
21 
17 
40 
59 
64 
139 
5 or more households 
13 
12 
9 
25 
62 
45 
82 
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 
1,956 
856 
832 
3,508 
4,117 
3,937 
5,371 
acres 
308,919 
169,252 
198,216 
1,287,860 
2,958,256 
5,506,411 
30,007,673 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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