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 
$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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,354 
3,138 
2,316 
1,883 
1,677 
2,435 
Female 
164 
398 
327 
299 
254 
403 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,241 
1,341 
741 
587 
484 
732 
Other 
1,277 
2,195 
1,902 
1,595 
1,447 
2,106 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,820 
2,339 
1,708 
1,446 
1,297 
2,116 
Not on farm operated 
698 
1,197 
935 
736 
634 
722 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
753 
1,042 
691 
557 
489 
703 
Any 
1,765 
2,494 
1,952 
1,625 
1,442 
2,135 
1 to 49 days 
202 
319 
247 
231 
225 
292 
50 to 99 days 
126 
146 
119 
69 
70 
111 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
260 
309 
187 
166 
135 
204 
200 days or more 
1,177 
1,720 
1,399 
1,159 
1,012 
1,528 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
91 
148 
76 
60 
80 
77 
3 or 4 years 
160 
150 
163 
121 
95 
116 
5 to 9 years 
354 
431 
357 
361 
251 
450 
1 0 years or more 
1,913 
2,807 
2,047 
1,640 
1,505 
2,195 
Average years on present farm 
23.9 
23.4 
22.0 
20.9 
21.0 
21.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
68 
104 
53 
50 
64 
57 
3 or 4 years 
117 
109 
132 
98 
68 
81 
5 to 9 years 
295 
371 
305 
321 
194 
378 
1 0 years or more 
2,038 
2,952 
2,153 
1,713 
1,605 
2,322 
Average years operating any farm 
26.1 
25.9 
23.9 
22.7 
23.1 
22.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
32 
22 
30 
16 
11 
15 
25 to 34 years 
241 
283 
185 
166 
123 
216 
35 to 44 years 
330 
363 
293 
240 
231 
343 
45 to 49 years 
221 
302 
260 
191 
193 
258 
50 to 54 years 
301 
396 
312 
283 
229 
417 
55 to 59 years 
338 
500 
318 
293 
273 
369 
60 to 64 years 
355 
534 
391 
315 
290 
385 
65 to 69 years 
203 
385 
282 
269 
236 
320 
70 years and over 
497 
751 
572 
409 
345 
515 
Average age 
55.9 
57.7 
57.6 
57.3 
57.4 
56.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
20 
14 
13 
12 
16 
14 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
101 
115 
52 
55 
48 
133 
Asian 
1 
1 
- 
3 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,400 
3,405 
2,587 
2,123 
1,879 
2,689 
More than one race reported 
15 
15 
4 
1 
4 
14 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
408 
616 
472 
377 
353 
457 
2 people 
1,183 
1,727 
1,213 
1,072 
869 
1,425 
3 people 
296 
431 
366 
296 
250 
327 
4 people 
340 
421 
318 
243 
273 
343 
5 or more people 
291 
341 
274 
194 
186 
286 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,209 
2,349 
2,094 
1,791 
1,649 
2,503 
25 to 49 percent 
514 
531 
253 
167 
90 
129 
50 to 74 percent 
461 
354 
165 
145 
123 
109 
75 to 99 percent 
227 
190 
101 
54 
51 
55 
1 00 percent 
107 
112 
30 
25 
18 
42 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
72 
126 
62 
62 
52 
82 
acres 
100,456 
48,764 
7,220 
38,827 
3,484 
578,854 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,736 
2,457 
1,912 
1,569 
1,416 
2,041 
Dial-up service 
160 
216 
161 
147 
105 
151 
DSL service 
613 
853 
595 
505 
467 
675 
Cable modem service 
309 
564 
461 
326 
286 
375 
Fiber-optic service 
299 
391 
267 
235 
212 
327 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
286 
368 
314 
285 
196 
398 
Satellite service 
250 
302 
268 
203 
193 
293 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
40 
87 
64 
57 
67 
52 
Other Internet service 
26 
50 
50 
45 
64 
78 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,025 
2,814 
2,132 
1,798 
1,605 
2,443 
2 households 
378 
517 
351 
265 
258 
278 
3 households 
57 
105 
70 
57 
40 
63 
4 households 
40 
66 
39 
27 
17 
45 
5 or more households 
18 
34 
51 
35 
11 
9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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