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 
61,992 
868 
806 
1,235 
2,457 
3,098 
Not on farm operated 
15,072 
175 
128 
199 
472 
784 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
27,516 
723 
619 
925 
1,558 
1,748 
Any 
49,548 
320 
315 
509 
1,371 
2,134 
1 to 49 days 
5,862 
64 
73 
117 
227 
285 
50 to 99 days 
3,329 
26 
37 
44 
115 
156 
100 to 199 days 
7,062 
55 
33 
75 
219 
345 
200 days or more 
33,295 
175 
172 
273 
810 
1,348 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,866 
13 
6 
11 
62 
115 
3 or 4 years 
3,752 
22 
15 
38 
93 
136 
5 to 9 years 
10,639 
93 
78 
117 
267 
391 
1 0 years or more 
59,807 
915 
835 
1,268 
2,507 
3,240 
Average years on present farm 
22.4 
26.0 
29.1 
28.6 
26.9 
26.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,901 
9 
3 
5 
38 
47 
3 or 4 years 
2,956 
15 
12 
17 
54 
102 
5 to 9 years 
8,738 
73 
50 
84 
207 
269 
10 years or more 
63,469 
946 
869 
1,328 
2,630 
3,464 
Average years operating any farm 
25.1 
28.1 
31.3 
31.3 
30.4 
30.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
406 
1 
8 
9 
22 
26 
25 to 34 years 
4,073 
64 
51 
98 
230 
304 
35 to 44 years 
8,909 
177 
114 
170 
397 
404 
45 to 49 years 
7,312 
151 
101 
154 
251 
321 
50 to 54 years 
9,818 
144 
144 
236 
394 
438 
55 to 59 years 
11,028 
178 
144 
232 
485 
585 
60 to 64 years 
11,039 
132 
152 
192 
355 
511 
65 to 69 years 
9,184 
89 
103 
160 
322 
501 
70 years and over 
15,295 
107 
117 
183 
473 
792 
Average age 
57.6 
53.7 
55.5 
55.2 
55.5 
57.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
482 
5 
5 
6 
5 
35 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
178 
3 
- 
1 
3 
2 
Asian 
71 
2 
- 
- 
2 
2 
Black or African American 
437 
2 
1 
1 
4 
7 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
76,116 
1,036 
931 
1,430 
2,912 
3,868 
More than one race reported 
253 
2 
2 
8 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
10,536 
69 
84 
142 
269 
424 
2 people 
38,806 
466 
414 
650 
1,370 
1,980 
3 people 
12,014 
138 
190 
277 
471 
615 
4 people 
9,675 
195 
147 
186 
442 
504 
5 or more people 
6,033 
175 
99 
179 
377 
359 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
57,321 
85 
111 
225 
681 
1,322 
25 to 49 percent 
7,245 
73 
78 
104 
368 
771 
50 to 74 percent 
6,459 
220 
213 
357 
756 
991 
75 to 99 percent 
3,465 
329 
288 
434 
671 
498 
1 00 percent 
2,574 
336 
244 
314 
453 
300 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,214 
109 
69 
90 
99 
70 
acres 
505,564 
174,804 
67,116 
81,394 
45,909 
22,044 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
49,889 
882 
740 
1,051 
1,975 
2,579 
Dial-up service 
4,712 
77 
71 
78 
179 
248 
DSL service 
25,093 
451 
393 
525 
957 
1,197 
Cable modem service 
7,055 
72 
77 
114 
287 
408 
Fiber-optic service 
1,991 
47 
37 
54 
87 
127 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
7,313 
170 
169 
230 
350 
410 
Satellite service 
7,782 
172 
146 
232 
332 
411 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,991 
38 
27 
39 
105 
119 
Other Internet service 
865 
27 
14 
15 
30 
43 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
60,000 
602 
532 
952 
1,955 
2,669 
2 households 
13,748 
276 
267 
352 
734 
947 
3 households 
2,057 
100 
85 
96 
158 
186 
4 households 
781 
39 
25 
21 
49 
62 
5 or more households 
478 
26 
25 
13 
33 
18 
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 
74,943 
963 
877 
1,366 
2,796 
3,756 
acres 
12,431,340 
1,699,234 
961,062 
950,345 
1,190,401 
1,072,569 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,700 
127 
99 
102 
187 
171 
acres 
829,152 
215,977 
123,522 
71,282 
101,255 
54,089 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Kentucky 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
