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 
1,703 
1,901 
1,297 
1,182 
914 
3,990 
Not on farm operated 
578 
626 
470 
313 
212 
2,829 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
711 
709 
390 
305 
251 
2,024 
Any 
1,570 
1,818 
1,377 
1,190 
875 
4,795 
1 to 49 days 
184 
188 
129 
113 
115 
813 
50 to 99 days 
108 
121 
98 
60 
52 
234 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
247 
233 
143 
152 
78 
444 
200 days or more 
1,031 
1,276 
1,007 
865 
630 
3,304 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
75 
129 
53 
49 
55 
179 
3 or 4 years 
141 
117 
96 
67 
62 
330 
5 to 9 years 
328 
318 
249 
286 
171 
890 
1 0 years or more 
1,737 
1,963 
1,369 
1,093 
838 
5,420 
Average years on present farm 
24.1 
22.4 
21.3 
18.8 
19.0 
23.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
57 
88 
41 
37 
45 
134 
3 or 4 years 
100 
86 
82 
53 
46 
245 
5 to 9 years 
265 
269 
210 
248 
133 
769 
1 0 years or more 
1,859 
2,084 
1,434 
1,157 
902 
5,671 
Average years operating any farm 
26.4 
25.1 
23.2 
21.5 
21.6 
24.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
32 
24 
30 
13 
11 
18 
25 to 34 years 
246 
262 
172 
143 
90 
333 
35 to 44 years 
314 
293 
233 
194 
172 
627 
45 to 49 years 
203 
242 
186 
137 
133 
548 
50 to 54 years 
264 
319 
213 
204 
135 
852 
55 to 59 years 
292 
356 
232 
208 
138 
904 
60 to 64 years 
315 
364 
265 
250 
197 
939 
65 to 69 years 
186 
246 
132 
153 
124 
897 
70 years and over 
429 
421 
304 
193 
126 
1,701 
Average age 
55.2 
55.3 
54.8 
54.7 
54.3 
60.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
18 
15 
2 
9 
13 
32 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
101 
117 
57 
47 
14 
205 
Asian 
1 
1 
- 
3 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,165 
2,396 
1,709 
1,445 
1,112 
6,584 
More than one race reported 
11 
13 
1 
- 
- 
28 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
369 
414 
256 
189 
155 
1,359 
2 people 
1,053 
1,148 
794 
732 
504 
3,436 
3 people 
286 
324 
258 
217 
174 
765 
4 people 
302 
351 
224 
194 
161 
750 
5 or more people 
271 
290 
235 
163 
132 
509 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,025 
1,640 
1,397 
1,258 
1,012 
5,408 
25 to 49 percent 
470 
405 
163 
93 
46 
561 
50 to 74 percent 
431 
253 
122 
94 
45 
492 
75 to 99 percent 
231 
121 
55 
43 
15 
260 
1 00 percent 
124 
108 
30 
7 
8 
98 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
67 
53 
28 
10 
13 
299 
acres 
42,409 
26,640 
6,033 
6,922 
2,379 
708,327 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,561 
1,803 
1,330 
1,138 
830 
4,718 
Dial-up service 
155 
156 
106 
121 
54 
375 
DSL service 
545 
676 
436 
373 
294 
1,465 
Cable modem service 
272 
328 
254 
163 
124 
1,228 
Fiber-optic service 
268 
270 
214 
180 
141 
695 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
254 
270 
223 
227 
120 
808 
Satellite service 
225 
250 
205 
165 
147 
554 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
26 
57 
44 
40 
30 
174 
Other Internet service 
24 
34 
35 
42 
21 
159 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,841 
2,099 
1,470 
1,250 
962 
5,494 
2 households 
345 
316 
203 
180 
139 
916 
3 households 
51 
64 
33 
29 
18 
210 
4 households 
33 
34 
18 
13 
4 
135 
5 or more households 
11 
14 
43 
23 
3 
64 
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 
2,239 
2,459 
1,708 
1,478 
1,110 
6,469 
acres 
1,207,541 
720,576 
515,342 
183,989 
83,550 
3,306,093 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
69 
36 
37 
28 
14 
299 
acres 
52,157 
11,777 
12,196 
7,756 
4,239 
104,147 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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