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 
68,864 
1,026 
931 
1,431 
2,912 
3,935 
Female 
8,200 
40 
28 
38 
156 
249 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
32,137 
976 
872 
1,266 
2,317 
2,682 
Other 
44,927 
90 
87 
203 
751 
1,502 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
61,992 
886 
831 
1,265 
2,565 
3,326 
Not on farm operated 
15,072 
180 
128 
204 
503 
858 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
27,516 
740 
635 
939 
1,640 
1,876 
Any 
49,548 
326 
324 
530 
1,428 
2,308 
1 to 49 days 
5,862 
65 
78 
117 
232 
309 
50 to 99 days 
3,329 
28 
37 
51 
114 
170 
100 to 199 days 
7,062 
57 
33 
74 
235 
372 
200 days or more 
33,295 
176 
176 
288 
847 
1,457 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,866 
13 
6 
15 
61 
124 
3 or 4 years 
3,752 
22 
15 
39 
101 
144 
5 to 9 years 
10,639 
95 
79 
118 
279 
398 
10 years or more 
59,807 
936 
859 
1,297 
2,627 
3,518 
Average years on present farm 
22.4 
26.0 
29.2 
28.8 
26.9 
26.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,901 
9 
3 
9 
37 
52 
3 or 4 years 
2,956 
15 
12 
17 
63 
110 
5 to 9 years 
8,738 
75 
50 
84 
215 
279 
10 years or more 
63,469 
967 
894 
1,359 
2,753 
3,743 
Average years operating any farm 
25.1 
28.2 
31.3 
31.6 
30.5 
30.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
406 
1 
9 
8 
23 
26 
25 to 34 years 
4,073 
66 
52 
101 
240 
305 
35 to 44 years 
8,909 
180 
115 
171 
403 
419 
45 to 49 years 
7,312 
152 
105 
150 
261 
354 
50 to 54 years 
9,818 
149 
147 
240 
427 
451 
55 to 59 years 
11,028 
183 
151 
233 
513 
614 
60 to 64 years 
11,039 
134 
155 
199 
365 
585 
65 to 69 years 
9,184 
90 
106 
161 
334 
547 
70 years and over 
15,295 
111 
119 
206 
502 
883 
Average age 
57.6 
53.7 
55.4 
55.6 
55.6 
57.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
482 
5 
6 
5 
6 
34 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
178 
3 
- 
1 
3 
2 
Asian 
71 
2 
- 
- 
2 
2 
Black or African American 
437 
2 
1 
2 
3 
7 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
76,116 
1,059 
954 
1,466 
3,052 
4,170 
More than one race reported 
253 
- 
4 
- 
8 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
10,536 
69 
85 
152 
281 
462 
2 people 
38,806 
481 
424 
664 
1,434 
2,180 
3 people 
12,014 
140 
195 
291 
513 
630 
4 people 
9,675 
201 
152 
187 
448 
538 
5 or more people 
6,033 
175 
103 
175 
392 
374 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
57,321 
89 
112 
237 
717 
1,465 
25 to 49 percent 
7,245 
73 
79 
115 
397 
835 
50 to 74 percent 
6,459 
226 
215 
374 
802 
1,041 
75 to 99 percent 
3,465 
333 
311 
427 
684 
529 
1 00 percent 
2,574 
345 
242 
316 
468 
314 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,214 
114 
64 
97 
96 
85 
acres 
505,564 
181,854 
60,066 
85,544 
45,467 
28,642 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
49,889 
902 
767 
1,054 
2,094 
2,755 
Dial-up service 
4,712 
79 
70 
90 
182 
270 
DSL service 
25,093 
464 
411 
521 
999 
1,309 
Cable modem service 
7,055 
73 
80 
112 
327 
409 
Fiber-optic service 
1,991 
47 
44 
52 
98 
131 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
7,313 
176 
179 
221 
358 
446 
Satellite service 
7,782 
176 
149 
234 
347 
435 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,991 
38 
30 
37 
106 
124 
Other Internet service 
865 
27 
14 
16 
33 
47 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
60,000 
615 
549 
967 
2,047 
2,896 
2 households 
13,748 
284 
268 
377 
760 
1,004 
3 households 
2,057 
100 
86 
98 
168 
190 
4 households 
781 
39 
28 
18 
59 
67 
5 or more households 
478 
28 
28 
9 
34 
27 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
