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 
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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29,656 
2,324 
2,584 
3,669 
4,400 
2,876 
Female 
2,333 
34 
51 
90 
151 
162 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
18,844 
2,272 
2,515 
3,384 
3,636 
1,911 
Other 
13,145 
86 
120 
375 
915 
1,127 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
24,334 
1,986 
2,331 
3,259 
3,753 
2,279 
Not on farm operated 
7,655 
372 
304 
500 
798 
759 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,049 
1,852 
1,924 
2,442 
2,413 
1,183 
Any 
17,940 
506 
711 
1,317 
2,138 
1,855 
1 to 49 days 
2,991 
135 
254 
365 
451 
270 
50 to 99 days 
1,190 
36 
44 
84 
203 
182 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,208 
55 
74 
196 
338 
284 
200 days or more 
11,551 
280 
339 
672 
1,146 
1,119 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
787 
12 
13 
39 
94 
97 
3 or 4 years 
1,268 
31 
42 
72 
178 
140 
5 to 9 years 
3,569 
93 
130 
299 
475 
368 
1 0 years or more 
26,365 
2,222 
2,450 
3,349 
3,804 
2,433 
Average years on present farm 
25.5 
30.5 
30.8 
29.2 
28.0 
26.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
535 
5 
4 
25 
58 
47 
3 or 4 years 
949 
15 
32 
45 
146 
106 
5 to 9 years 
3,000 
63 
101 
249 
404 
319 
1 0 years or more 
27,505 
2,275 
2,498 
3,440 
3,943 
2,566 
Average years operating any farm 
27.4 
32.0 
32.1 
30.6 
29.8 
28.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
258 
2 
6 
36 
55 
33 
25 to 34 years 
2,631 
109 
149 
307 
523 
329 
35 to 44 years 
3,922 
325 
341 
558 
507 
391 
45 to 49 years 
3,034 
257 
312 
383 
363 
294 
50 to 54 years 
4,411 
455 
437 
562 
623 
396 
55 to 59 years 
4,639 
458 
476 
608 
641 
365 
60 to 64 years 
4,543 
319 
405 
489 
694 
366 
65 to 69 years 
3,188 
206 
226 
340 
439 
282 
70 years and over 
5,363 
227 
283 
476 
706 
582 
Average age 
55.9 
54.7 
54.9 
54.2 
54.9 
55.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
200 
8 
21 
22 
33 
27 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
817 
14 
21 
66 
127 
85 
Asian 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
31,052 
2,341 
2,607 
3,679 
4,404 
2,938 
More than one race reported 
109 
3 
7 
14 
19 
13 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,792 
194 
286 
447 
671 
511 
2 people 
15,111 
1,049 
1,272 
1,720 
2,164 
1,417 
3 people 
4,295 
351 
311 
559 
672 
436 
4 people 
4,167 
367 
389 
522 
582 
369 
5 or more people 
3,624 
397 
377 
511 
462 
305 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
14,268 
200 
213 
350 
843 
1,067 
25 to 49 percent 
3,140 
129 
109 
247 
502 
469 
50 to 74 percent 
4,697 
365 
532 
786 
962 
695 
75 to 99 percent 
5,600 
772 
913 
1,357 
1,375 
505 
1 00 percent 
4,284 
892 
868 
1,019 
869 
302 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,168 
246 
141 
130 
107 
88 
acres 
3,663,551 
1,476,764 
557,571 
426,120 
330,817 
94,674 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
24,110 
2,160 
2,318 
3,014 
3,436 
2,051 
Dial-up service 
2,021 
125 
172 
266 
318 
200 
DSL service 
8,570 
857 
961 
1,122 
1,261 
661 
Cable modem service 
4,018 
231 
227 
367 
505 
367 
Fiber-optic service 
4,765 
628 
604 
728 
686 
388 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,864 
327 
357 
436 
563 
334 
Satellite service 
3,578 
360 
395 
506 
521 
287 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
644 
58 
39 
61 
65 
54 
Other Internet service 
553 
24 
44 
57 
67 
48 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
24,737 
1,361 
1,792 
2,795 
3,580 
2,392 
2 households 
5,245 
596 
652 
703 
740 
507 
3 households 
1,155 
253 
133 
179 
122 
76 
4 households 
502 
92 
39 
44 
51 
42 
5 or more households 
350 
56 
19 
38 
58 
21 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
120 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
