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 
4,218 
3,123 
2,133 
5,218 
2,348 
1,054 
501 
Not on farm operated 
1,079 
833 
519 
1,198 
500 
269 
104 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,109 
1,538 
1,107 
3,010 
1,581 
803 
440 
Any 
3,188 
2,418 
1,545 
3,406 
1,267 
520 
165 
1 to 49 days 
383 
286 
168 
426 
195 
111 
35 
50 to 99 days 
240 
177 
126 
229 
116 
36 
12 
100 to 199 days 
488 
408 
266 
544 
212 
87 
20 
200 days or more 
2,077 
1,547 
985 
2,207 
744 
286 
98 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
134 
89 
69 
119 
40 
7 
6 
3 or 4 years 
190 
143 
76 
168 
64 
14 
6 
5 to 9 years 
537 
370 
207 
506 
192 
71 
25 
1 0 years or more 
4,436 
3,354 
2,300 
5,623 
2,552 
1,231 
568 
Average years on present farm 
25.4 
26.2 
26.9 
28.0 
30.2 
30.1 
32.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
83 
53 
36 
71 
21 
4 
5 
3 or 4 years 
144 
103 
54 
118 
40 
12 
3 
5 to 9 years 
408 
280 
164 
375 
135 
55 
22 
1 0 years or more 
4,662 
3,520 
2,398 
5,852 
2,652 
1,252 
575 
Average years operating any farm 
28.5 
29.2 
30.3 
31.4 
32.8 
32.0 
33.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
22 
12 
7 
29 
21 
3 
- 
25 to 34 years 
220 
189 
107 
251 
121 
49 
19 
35 to 44 years 
488 
380 
193 
568 
236 
150 
72 
45 to 49 years 
406 
324 
251 
504 
251 
139 
74 
50 to 54 years 
622 
428 
299 
804 
360 
193 
87 
55 to 59 years 
714 
544 
418 
943 
412 
221 
102 
60 to 64 years 
796 
616 
404 
955 
430 
201 
89 
65 to 69 years 
681 
513 
300 
840 
397 
156 
69 
70 years and over 
1,348 
950 
673 
1,522 
620 
211 
93 
Average age 
60.0 
59.5 
59.9 
59.6 
59.0 
57.2 
57.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
43 
12 
13 
28 
6 
1 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
13 
5 
4 
10 
3 
- 
- 
Asian 
4 
8 
- 
7 
2 
4 
- 
Black or African American 
19 
10 
13 
11 
6 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
5,250 
3,920 
2,628 
6,375 
2,833 
1,315 
605 
More than one race reported 
11 
11 
7 
13 
4 
4 
" 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
747 
514 
335 
862 
332 
126 
32 
2 people 
2,908 
2,116 
1,409 
3,353 
1,471 
638 
334 
3 people 
703 
583 
413 
1,006 
483 
224 
84 
4 people 
591 
437 
302 
715 
348 
203 
95 
5 or more people 
348 
306 
193 
480 
214 
132 
60 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,523 
2,375 
1,410 
2,942 
962 
325 
86 
25 to 49 percent 
826 
628 
488 
1,115 
373 
107 
37 
50 to 74 percent 
563 
536 
429 
1,267 
629 
287 
108 
75 to 99 percent 
233 
271 
170 
686 
515 
334 
196 
1 00 percent 
152 
146 
155 
406 
369 
270 
178 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
67 
61 
58 
153 
100 
103 
45 
acres 
10,247 
12,125 
13,978 
54,408 
69,493 
137,292 
175,406 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,314 
2,439 
1,688 
4,171 
2,080 
1,040 
505 
Dial-up service 
376 
263 
158 
387 
202 
90 
52 
DSL service 
1,640 
1,233 
817 
2,065 
940 
509 
269 
Cable modem service 
462 
354 
255 
543 
281 
132 
53 
Fiber-optic service 
133 
105 
88 
181 
104 
56 
19 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
456 
382 
240 
657 
355 
229 
111 
Satellite service 
522 
356 
306 
748 
421 
223 
94 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
139 
97 
76 
178 
109 
46 
15 
Other Internet service 
44 
38 
25 
65 
26 
21 
7 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,997 
2,903 
1,893 
4,472 
1,840 
826 
288 
2 households 
1,095 
852 
643 
1,513 
751 
341 
184 
3 households 
125 
137 
67 
305 
182 
87 
80 
4 households 
62 
40 
22 
81 
49 
41 
32 
5 or more households 
18 
24 
27 
45 
26 
28 
21 
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 
5,146 
3,828 
2,539 
6,142 
2,700 
1,241 
555 
acres 
807,312 
756,470 
605,938 
2,136,055 
1,787,530 
1,635,281 
1,886,491 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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