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 
518 
923 
941 
918 
852 
1,918 
Not on farm operated 
71 
158 
104 
104 
145 
364 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
242 
372 
320 
298 
374 
735 
Any 
347 
709 
725 
724 
623 
1,547 
1 to 49 days 
48 
115 
88 
89 
75 
252 
50 to 99 days 
36 
46 
85 
56 
42 
89 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
88 
171 
141 
111 
109 
216 
200 days or more 
175 
377 
411 
468 
397 
990 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
14 
44 
60 
37 
65 
122 
3 or 4 years 
37 
86 
98 
58 
95 
175 
5 to 9 years 
80 
202 
168 
204 
216 
407 
1 0 years or more 
458 
749 
719 
723 
621 
1,578 
Average years on present farm 
23.6 
20.6 
19.8 
20.5 
17.2 
18.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
6 
30 
32 
27 
55 
115 
3 or 4 years 
22 
75 
95 
46 
87 
155 
5 to 9 years 
67 
190 
147 
167 
197 
325 
1 0 years or more 
494 
786 
771 
782 
658 
1,687 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
22.2 
22.3 
23.3 
19.6 
20.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
8 
6 
2 
12 
22 
25 to 34 years 
40 
74 
63 
43 
64 
121 
35 to 44 years 
49 
113 
97 
93 
130 
222 
45 to 49 years 
64 
104 
101 
98 
97 
216 
50 to 54 years 
74 
134 
154 
148 
142 
315 
55 to 59 years 
78 
159 
143 
148 
123 
377 
60 to 64 years 
88 
170 
178 
191 
149 
318 
65 to 69 years 
93 
137 
129 
117 
99 
293 
70 years and over 
103 
182 
174 
182 
181 
398 
Average age 
57.9 
56.6 
57.3 
58.3 
56.3 
57.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
10 
3 
6 
7 
14 
10 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
4 
2 
2 
5 
1 
1 
Asian 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
12 
Black or African American 
- 
1 
1 
5 
39 
22 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
576 
1,073 
1,039 
1,007 
957 
2,223 
More than one race reported 
7 
5 
2 
5 
- 
24 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
62 
100 
99 
109 
89 
379 
2 people 
334 
582 
574 
555 
497 
1,141 
3 people 
90 
153 
161 
171 
167 
270 
4 people 
65 
140 
119 
104 
144 
311 
5 or more people 
38 
106 
92 
83 
100 
181 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
319 
776 
867 
877 
869 
2,051 
25 to 49 percent 
94 
113 
87 
57 
27 
68 
50 to 74 percent 
99 
100 
38 
61 
49 
82 
75 to 99 percent 
42 
42 
20 
4 
15 
30 
1 00 percent 
35 
50 
33 
23 
37 
51 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
19 
45 
26 
12 
15 
44 
acres 
4,438 
6,907 
1,201 
1,017 
1,694 
1 1 ,439 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
486 
839 
821 
807 
795 
1,684 
Dial-up service 
29 
76 
65 
90 
66 
203 
DSL service 
226 
333 
342 
368 
371 
712 
Cable modem service 
145 
284 
233 
247 
287 
541 
Fiber-optic service 
23 
14 
15 
14 
12 
25 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
65 
99 
102 
67 
73 
197 
Satellite service 
23 
60 
103 
52 
52 
108 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
11 
38 
33 
44 
26 
68 
Other Internet service 
5 
10 
12 
8 
7 
38 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
513 
921 
955 
938 
913 
2,131 
2 households 
63 
123 
72 
68 
71 
121 
3 households 
8 
29 
4 
8 
9 
14 
4 households 
4 
5 
11 
2 
4 
11 
5 or more households 
1 
3 
3 
6 
- 
5 
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 
568 
1,053 
1,030 
1,002 
990 
2,232 
acres 
95,037 
150,485 
102,620 
147,524 
58,967 
228,641 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
23 
51 
46 
39 
34 
105 
acres 
3,927 
6,800 
3,699 
3,950 
1,274 
17,359 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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