Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
68,864 
51,514 
14,520 
2,830 
41,054 
27,810 
Female 
8,200 
7,150 
730 
320 
4,307 
3,893 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
32,137 
22,128 
8,518 
1,491 
19,833 
12,304 
Other 
44,927 
36,536 
6,732 
1,659 
25,528 
19,399 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
61,992 
47,430 
12,961 
1,601 
35,726 
26,266 
Not on farm operated 
15,072 
1 1 ,234 
2,289 
1,549 
9,635 
5,437 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
27,516 
20,832 
5,731 
953 
17,371 
10,145 
Any 
49,548 
37,832 
9,519 
2,197 
27,990 
21,558 
1 to 49 days 
5,862 
4,626 
1,008 
228 
3,621 
2,241 
50 to 99 days 
3,329 
2,552 
637 
140 
2,041 
1,288 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
7,062 
5,228 
1,519 
315 
4,018 
3,044 
200 days or more 
33,295 
25,426 
6,355 
1,514 
18,310 
14,985 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,866 
2,024 
472 
370 
1,520 
1,346 
3 or 4 years 
3,752 
2,767 
596 
389 
2,012 
1,740 
5 to 9 years 
10,639 
8,226 
1,767 
646 
5,322 
5,317 
1 0 years or more 
59,807 
45,647 
12,415 
1,745 
36,507 
23,300 
Average years on present farm 
22.4 
22.3 
24.0 
15.1 
23.7 
20.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,901 
1,401 
244 
256 
944 
957 
3 or 4 years 
2,956 
2,236 
402 
318 
1,597 
1,359 
5 to 9 years 
8,738 
6,849 
1,311 
578 
4,326 
4,412 
1 0 years or more 
63,469 
48,178 
13,293 
1,998 
38,494 
24,975 
Average years operating any farm 
25.1 
24.9 
27.3 
18.3 
26.4 
23.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
406 
175 
80 
151 
259 
147 
25 to 34 years 
4,073 
2,326 
1,127 
620 
2,173 
1,900 
35 to 44 years 
8,909 
6,148 
2,187 
574 
4,792 
4,117 
45 to 49 years 
7,312 
5,297 
1,686 
329 
3,912 
3,400 
50 to 54 years 
9,818 
7,234 
2,231 
353 
5,243 
4,575 
55 to 59 years 
11,028 
8,290 
2,399 
339 
6,322 
4,706 
60 to 64 years 
11,039 
8,628 
2,127 
284 
6,587 
4,452 
65 to 69 years 
9,184 
7,385 
1,597 
202 
5,650 
3,534 
70 years and over 
15,295 
13,181 
1,816 
298 
10,423 
4,872 
Average age 
57.6 
59.0 
54.5 
48.1 
58.8 
56.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
482 
383 
67 
32 
314 
168 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
178 
150 
24 
4 
95 
83 
Asian 
71 
66 
5 
- 
25 
46 
Black or African American 
437 
367 
56 
14 
306 
131 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
7 
2 
- 
2 
7 
White 
76,116 
57,853 
15,136 
3,127 
44,791 
31,325 
More than one race reported 
253 
221 
27 
5 
142 
111 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
10,536 
8,530 
1,553 
453 
8,960 
1,576 
2 people 
38,806 
30,198 
7,299 
1,309 
21,971 
16,835 
3 people 
12,014 
8,739 
2,687 
588 
6,234 
5,780 
4 people 
9,675 
6,879 
2,308 
488 
4,988 
4,687 
5 or more people 
6,033 
4,318 
1,403 
312 
3,208 
2,825 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
57,321 
47,461 
7,776 
2,084 
33,387 
23,934 
25 to 49 percent 
7,245 
4,726 
2,166 
353 
4,385 
2,860 
50 to 74 percent 
6,459 
3,735 
2,371 
353 
3,863 
2,596 
75 to 99 percent 
3,465 
1,654 
1,640 
171 
2,109 
1,356 
1 00 percent 
2,574 
1,088 
1,297 
189 
1,617 
957 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,214 
803 
297 
114 
735 
479 
acres 
505,564 
194,082 
255,357 
56,125 
280,848 
224,716 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
49,889 
36,996 
10,796 
2,097 
26,465 
23,424 
Dial-up service 
4,712 
3,553 
1,001 
158 
2,568 
2,144 
DSL service 
25,093 
18,473 
5,566 
1,054 
13,341 
11,752 
Cable modem service 
7,055 
5,326 
1,419 
310 
3,876 
3,179 
Fiber-optic service 
1,991 
1,432 
468 
91 
1,077 
914 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
7,313 
5,121 
1,741 
451 
3,283 
4,030 
Satellite service 
7,782 
5,757 
1,753 
272 
3,974 
3,808 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,991 
1,474 
445 
72 
1,023 
968 
Other Internet service 
865 
683 
148 
34 
470 
395 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
60,000 
46,682 
10,990 
2,328 
37,684 
22,316 
2 households 
13,748 
9,819 
3,311 
618 
6,141 
7,607 
3 households 
2,057 
1,308 
632 
117 
886 
1,171 
4 households 
781 
511 
211 
59 
416 
365 
5 or more households 
478 
344 
106 
28 
234 
244 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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