Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
443 
346 
208 
523 
289 
113 
33 
Not on farm operated 
78 
61 
49 
131 
43 
44 
22 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
205 
156 
119 
326 
189 
105 
32 
Any 
316 
251 
138 
328 
143 
52 
23 
1 to 49 days 
69 
38 
24 
59 
21 
7 
2 
50 to 99 days 
26 
19 
6 
40 
8 
8 
1 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
81 
26 
32 
53 
28 
8 
2 
200 days or more 
140 
168 
76 
176 
86 
29 
18 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
12 
18 
6 
18 
5 
1 
1 
3 or 4 years 
28 
26 
6 
36 
9 
- 
1 
5 to 9 years 
94 
27 
26 
70 
43 
7 
4 
1 0 years or more 
387 
336 
219 
530 
275 
149 
49 
Average years on present farm 
24.4 
23.7 
27.3 
26.1 
27.2 
31.2 
25.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
11 
7 
6 
10 
5 
1 
- 
3 or 4 years 
27 
31 
5 
29 
5 
- 
1 
5 to 9 years 
73 
18 
19 
51 
34 
4 
1 
1 0 years or more 
410 
351 
227 
564 
288 
152 
53 
Average years operating any farm 
26.1 
26.4 
28.3 
28.4 
29.1 
33.4 
29.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2 
2 
- 
12 
4 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
29 
14 
7 
25 
16 
1 
1 
35 to 44 years 
44 
19 
10 
57 
21 
9 
7 
45 to 49 years 
33 
45 
25 
72 
17 
23 
5 
50 to 54 years 
81 
62 
36 
64 
58 
19 
8 
55 to 59 years 
56 
57 
36 
108 
55 
30 
8 
60 to 64 years 
87 
60 
36 
102 
63 
14 
6 
65 to 69 years 
61 
58 
42 
68 
31 
29 
12 
70 years and over 
128 
90 
65 
146 
67 
32 
8 
Average age 
59.6 
60.1 
60.8 
58.5 
58.5 
60.1 
57.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
2 
4 
13 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
512 
405 
257 
652 
327 
157 
54 
More than one race reported 
7 
- 
- 
1 
4 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
57 
44 
25 
79 
49 
8 
9 
2 people 
316 
207 
154 
356 
164 
78 
28 
3 people 
57 
67 
34 
87 
73 
32 
2 
4 people 
63 
55 
34 
71 
23 
21 
10 
5 or more people 
28 
34 
10 
61 
23 
18 
6 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
396 
299 
185 
336 
144 
54 
20 
25 to 49 percent 
49 
36 
20 
73 
29 
19 
1 
50 to 74 percent 
37 
32 
31 
87 
46 
20 
12 
75 to 99 percent 
23 
20 
7 
55 
54 
35 
13 
1 00 percent 
16 
20 
14 
103 
59 
29 
9 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
16 
7 
2 
40 
34 
15 
11 
acres 
2,466 
1,364 
(D) 
14,880 
22,710 
21,093 
108,653 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
411 
300 
201 
481 
274 
135 
52 
Dial-up service 
39 
22 
16 
46 
23 
5 
4 
DSL service 
166 
143 
91 
216 
135 
45 
21 
Cable modem service 
109 
86 
50 
115 
64 
36 
10 
Fiber-optic service 
12 
2 
5 
13 
6 
1 
6 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
59 
35 
18 
58 
30 
18 
6 
Satellite service 
38 
20 
21 
40 
25 
17 
7 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
20 
10 
16 
22 
15 
16 
3 
Other Internet service 
2 
9 
4 
18 
4 
4 
3 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
450 
358 
221 
515 
232 
86 
35 
2 households 
59 
40 
26 
94 
72 
40 
7 
3 households 
8 
8 
8 
25 
20 
16 
8 
4 households 
3 
1 
2 
14 
5 
10 
3 
5 or more households 
1 
- 
- 
6 
3 
5 
2 
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 
491 
401 
254 
619 
315 
146 
45 
acres 
76,963 
78,385 
60,508 
218,982 
211,959 
192,047 
221,083 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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