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 
5,180 
9,295 
8,352 
7,100 
6,667 
16,934 
Not on farm operated 
1,278 
2,158 
1,961 
1,555 
1,401 
4,961 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,443 
4,040 
3,219 
2,599 
2,165 
7,477 
Any 
4,015 
7,413 
7,094 
6,056 
5,903 
14,418 
1 to 49 days 
474 
791 
757 
729 
615 
1,730 
50 to 99 days 
281 
493 
465 
385 
447 
880 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
737 
1,215 
1,025 
765 
769 
1,824 
200 days or more 
2,523 
4,914 
4,847 
4,177 
4,072 
9,984 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
170 
376 
401 
366 
401 
945 
3 or 4 years 
240 
443 
520 
493 
545 
1,207 
5 to 9 years 
646 
1,409 
1,420 
1,427 
1,438 
3,353 
1 0 years or more 
5,402 
9,225 
7,972 
6,369 
5,684 
16,390 
Average years on present farm 
25.9 
24.1 
21.8 
20.4 
18.9 
20.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
101 
223 
259 
245 
297 
674 
3 or 4 years 
171 
327 
405 
413 
443 
997 
5 to 9 years 
451 
1,077 
1,144 
1,247 
1,245 
2,891 
1 0 years or more 
5,735 
9,826 
8,505 
6,750 
6,083 
17,333 
Average years operating any farm 
29.5 
27.5 
24.7 
22.9 
21.2 
22.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
34 
76 
48 
47 
52 
83 
25 to 34 years 
396 
575 
533 
442 
509 
871 
35 to 44 years 
661 
1,125 
1,187 
1,031 
1,111 
2,532 
45 to 49 years 
549 
971 
917 
893 
828 
2,176 
50 to 54 years 
732 
1,402 
1,371 
1,098 
1,101 
2,758 
55 to 59 years 
955 
1,489 
1,467 
1,198 
1,186 
3,109 
60 to 64 years 
945 
1,699 
1,444 
1,266 
1,163 
3,180 
65 to 69 years 
768 
1,470 
1,251 
1,072 
864 
2,584 
70 years and over 
1,418 
2,646 
2,095 
1,608 
1,254 
4,602 
Average age 
58.2 
58.8 
57.8 
57.4 
55.8 
58.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
28 
54 
50 
75 
40 
179 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
7 
19 
22 
20 
23 
78 
Asian 
10 
19 
3 
8 
6 
19 
Black or African American 
13 
61 
56 
69 
45 
178 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
- 
2 
2 
- 
3 
White 
6,415 
11,313 
10,200 
8,532 
7,970 
21,509 
More than one race reported 
11 
41 
30 
24 
24 
108 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
757 
1,621 
1,351 
1,278 
1,095 
3,446 
2 people 
3,482 
5,980 
5,300 
4,350 
3,846 
10,968 
3 people 
953 
1,784 
1,634 
1,315 
1,378 
3,259 
4 people 
725 
1,324 
1,298 
1,070 
1,115 
2,669 
5 or more people 
541 
744 
730 
642 
634 
1,553 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,877 
7,660 
8,587 
7,909 
7,561 
20,303 
25 to 49 percent 
1,625 
2,009 
908 
344 
218 
747 
50 to 74 percent 
1,205 
1,193 
544 
257 
180 
543 
75 to 99 percent 
458 
351 
154 
80 
55 
147 
1 00 percent 
293 
240 
120 
65 
54 
155 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
131 
166 
110 
91 
75 
204 
acres 
32,513 
26,543 
11,206 
6,104 
6,698 
31,233 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,151 
7,245 
6,573 
5,605 
5,433 
13,655 
Dial-up service 
337 
712 
650 
534 
512 
1,314 
DSL service 
2,137 
3,619 
3,276 
2,861 
2,755 
6,922 
Cable modem service 
646 
1,025 
965 
801 
769 
1,891 
Fiber-optic service 
184 
315 
273 
173 
194 
500 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
638 
1,085 
893 
753 
704 
1,911 
Satellite service 
614 
1,194 
1,071 
864 
865 
1,881 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
169 
300 
253 
233 
217 
491 
Other Internet service 
58 
116 
113 
83 
89 
277 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,565 
8,558 
8,071 
6,984 
6,626 
18,486 
2 households 
1,529 
2,425 
1,879 
1,422 
1,182 
2,735 
3 households 
220 
303 
229 
138 
146 
396 
4 households 
98 
111 
74 
58 
75 
169 
5 or more households 
46 
56 
60 
53 
39 
109 
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 
6,249 
11,148 
10,056 
8,437 
7,927 
21,368 
acres 
1,305,869 
1,600,472 
947,072 
605,794 
463,158 
1,635,364 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
266 
384 
246 
218 
194 
706 
acres 
66,581 
58,538 
27,716 
23,346 
11,784 
75,062 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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