Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
24,334 
1,902 
2,261 
3,209 
3,726 
2,249 
Not on farm operated 
7,655 
355 
292 
499 
784 
697 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,049 
1,769 
1,890 
2,405 
2,453 
1,142 
Any 
17,940 
488 
663 
1,303 
2,057 
1,804 
1 to 49 days 
2,991 
130 
237 
372 
433 
277 
50 to 99 days 
1,190 
36 
44 
80 
196 
161 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,208 
51 
72 
198 
317 
273 
200 days or more 
11,551 
271 
310 
653 
1,111 
1,093 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
787 
12 
13 
39 
91 
92 
3 or 4 years 
1,268 
31 
42 
71 
168 
143 
5 to 9 years 
3,569 
87 
125 
288 
477 
350 
1 0 years or more 
26,365 
2,127 
2,373 
3,310 
3,774 
2,361 
Average years on present farm 
25.5 
30.5 
30.7 
29.2 
28.1 
26.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
535 
5 
4 
25 
56 
43 
3 or 4 years 
949 
15 
32 
44 
136 
110 
5 to 9 years 
3,000 
58 
95 
246 
404 
303 
1 0 years or more 
27,505 
2,179 
2,422 
3,393 
3,914 
2,490 
Average years operating any farm 
27.4 
31.9 
32.0 
30.5 
29.9 
28.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
258 
2 
6 
36 
52 
34 
25 to 34 years 
2,631 
107 
142 
306 
512 
318 
35 to 44 years 
3,922 
312 
337 
558 
503 
379 
45 to 49 years 
3,034 
250 
294 
382 
377 
282 
50 to 54 years 
4,411 
421 
445 
550 
615 
393 
55 to 59 years 
4,639 
440 
454 
593 
658 
364 
60 to 64 years 
4,543 
307 
374 
504 
660 
368 
65 to 69 years 
3,188 
200 
227 
330 
428 
265 
70 years and over 
5,363 
218 
274 
449 
705 
543 
Average age 
55.9 
54.7 
54.8 
54.0 
54.9 
55.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
200 
8 
17 
25 
34 
27 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
817 
14 
19 
64 
115 
64 
Asian 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
31,052 
2,240 
2,527 
3,631 
4,376 
2,867 
More than one race reported 
109 
3 
7 
13 
18 
15 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,792 
190 
263 
443 
667 
487 
2 people 
15,111 
988 
1,238 
1,695 
2,134 
1,389 
3 people 
4,295 
344 
287 
550 
678 
412 
4 people 
4,167 
346 
393 
516 
575 
355 
5 or more people 
3,624 
389 
372 
504 
456 
303 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
14,268 
195 
199 
344 
809 
981 
25 to 49 percent 
3,140 
126 
110 
232 
485 
449 
50 to 74 percent 
4,697 
340 
513 
767 
956 
684 
75 to 99 percent 
5,600 
742 
896 
1,332 
1,368 
537 
1 00 percent 
4,284 
854 
835 
1,033 
892 
295 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,168 
246 
134 
131 
108 
79 
acres 
3,663,551 
1 ,476,764 
519,011 
437,397 
346,679 
90,990 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
24,110 
2,064 
2,256 
3,016 
3,392 
2,002 
Dial-up service 
2,021 
122 
163 
260 
315 
194 
DSL service 
8,570 
826 
919 
1,139 
1,232 
665 
Cable modem service 
4,018 
216 
228 
356 
509 
340 
Fiber-optic service 
4,765 
589 
606 
742 
688 
372 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,864 
314 
346 
433 
568 
301 
Satellite service 
3,578 
345 
383 
517 
502 
285 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
644 
58 
35 
62 
62 
56 
Other Internet service 
553 
24 
44 
50 
66 
54 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
24,737 
1,294 
1,721 
2,751 
3,534 
2,321 
2 households 
5,245 
576 
637 
706 
740 
487 
3 households 
1,155 
244 
133 
174 
126 
73 
4 households 
502 
87 
44 
43 
50 
41 
5 or more households 
350 
56 
18 
34 
60 
24 
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 
30,911 
2,062 
2,460 
3,636 
4,408 
2,882 
acres 
40,934,161 
10,678,148 
7,713,724 
7,931 ,479 
6,424,349 
2,169,370 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
944 
91 
90 
106 
97 
77 
acres 
1,832,507 
459,621 
451,428 
412,261 
217,174 
99,751 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
94 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
