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 
6,433 
11,671 
10,193 
8,544 
8,333 
13,455 
Female 
523 
1,290 
1,255 
1,145 
1,242 
2,234 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,847 
5,853 
4,096 
3,064 
2,740 
4,424 
Other 
3,109 
7,108 
7,352 
6,625 
6,835 
11,265 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
5,587 
10,318 
9,111 
7,795 
7,585 
12,723 
Not on farm operated 
1,369 
2,643 
2,337 
1,894 
1,990 
2,966 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,681 
4,685 
3,689 
3,019 
2,778 
4,834 
Any 
4,275 
8,276 
7,759 
6,670 
6,797 
10,855 
1 to 49 days 
504 
931 
874 
801 
753 
1,198 
50 to 99 days 
293 
544 
517 
426 
494 
655 
100 to 199 days 
782 
1,332 
1,060 
863 
854 
1,400 
200 days or more 
2,696 
5,469 
5,308 
4,580 
4,696 
7,602 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
191 
412 
410 
382 
456 
796 
3 or 4 years 
256 
496 
558 
516 
575 
1,030 
5 to 9 years 
694 
1,536 
1,513 
1,530 
1,622 
2,775 
10 years or more 
5,815 
10,517 
8,967 
7,261 
6,922 
11,088 
Average years on present farm 
26.0 
24.3 
22.3 
20.7 
19.6 
18.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
116 
247 
259 
256 
338 
575 
3 or 4 years 
177 
371 
435 
437 
477 
842 
5 to 9 years 
476 
1,192 
1,233 
1,342 
1,364 
2,428 
1 0 years or more 
6,187 
11,151 
9,521 
7,654 
7,396 
1 1 ,844 
Average years operating any farm 
29.8 
27.5 
25.1 
22.9 
21.8 
20.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
37 
80 
48 
45 
50 
79 
25 to 34 years 
400 
585 
534 
473 
542 
775 
35 to 44 years 
700 
1,234 
1,223 
1,141 
1,246 
2,077 
45 to 49 years 
578 
1,073 
1,005 
949 
935 
1,750 
50 to 54 years 
783 
1,553 
1,469 
1,197 
1,229 
2,173 
55 to 59 years 
977 
1,707 
1,606 
1,331 
1,386 
2,327 
60 to 64 years 
998 
1,897 
1,627 
1,413 
1,410 
2,256 
65 to 69 years 
862 
1,676 
1,412 
1,222 
1,068 
1,706 
70 years and over 
1,621 
3,156 
2,524 
1,918 
1,709 
2,546 
Average age 
58.7 
59.3 
58.5 
57.9 
56.8 
56.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
36 
55 
73 
71 
57 
134 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
10 
16 
27 
20 
25 
71 
Asian 
16 
13 
6 
8 
6 
16 
Black or African American 
18 
64 
77 
81 
65 
117 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
- 
2 
2 
- 
3 
White 
6,895 
12,819 
11,300 
9,546 
9,453 
15,402 
More than one race reported 
15 
49 
36 
32 
26 
80 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
866 
1,930 
1,631 
1,473 
1,359 
2,228 
2 people 
3,748 
6,783 
5,890 
4,910 
4,650 
7,642 
3 people 
1,009 
1,964 
1,745 
1,436 
1,597 
2,494 
4 people 
775 
1,475 
1,410 
1,158 
1,217 
2,114 
5 or more people 
558 
809 
772 
712 
752 
1,211 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,240 
8,939 
9,710 
8,875 
8,993 
14,944 
25 to 49 percent 
1,749 
2,133 
917 
383 
254 
310 
50 to 74 percent 
1,225 
1,285 
552 
275 
210 
254 
75 to 99 percent 
456 
358 
148 
92 
53 
74 
1 00 percent 
286 
246 
121 
64 
65 
107 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
136 
181 
104 
117 
90 
130 
acres 
28,936 
29,039 
10,852 
7,818 
10,105 
17,241 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,430 
8,113 
7,107 
6,263 
6,243 
10,161 
Dial-up service 
358 
812 
728 
598 
595 
930 
DSL service 
2,265 
4,072 
3,557 
3,168 
3,227 
5,100 
Cable modem service 
703 
1,143 
1,018 
924 
861 
1,405 
Fiber-optic service 
190 
365 
299 
229 
214 
322 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
682 
1,177 
965 
837 
785 
1,487 
Satellite service 
657 
1,316 
1,153 
922 
929 
1,464 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
179 
328 
271 
261 
241 
376 
Other Internet service 
59 
130 
122 
112 
120 
185 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,966 
9,764 
8,993 
7,843 
7,871 
13,489 
2 households 
1,629 
2,675 
2,024 
1,559 
1,402 
1,766 
3 households 
235 
345 
258 
167 
168 
242 
4 households 
88 
116 
94 
64 
86 
122 
5 or more households 
38 
61 
79 
56 
48 
70 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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