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 
4,647 
3,150 
2,726 
8,874 
6,333 
3,447 
1,740 
Not on farm operated 
1,583 
825 
663 
1,836 
960 
634 
445 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,431 
1,566 
1,526 
5,524 
4,430 
2,863 
1,650 
Any 
3,799 
2,409 
1,863 
5,186 
2,863 
1,218 
535 
1 to 49 days 
443 
337 
230 
848 
681 
344 
172 
50 to 99 days 
233 
176 
158 
509 
313 
124 
53 
100 to 199 days 
612 
432 
296 
867 
530 
196 
61 
200 days or more 
2,511 
1,464 
1,179 
2,962 
1,339 
554 
249 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
193 
71 
59 
156 
59 
34 
24 
3 or 4 years 
204 
107 
88 
233 
108 
62 
11 
5 to 9 years 
558 
342 
304 
705 
379 
201 
84 
10 years or more 
5,275 
3,455 
2,938 
9,616 
6,747 
3,784 
2,066 
Average years on present farm 
27.2 
28.0 
28.4 
29.7 
30.7 
30.6 
30.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
132 
44 
39 
78 
25 
9 
11 
3 or 4 years 
161 
91 
66 
168 
89 
45 
3 
5 to 9 years 
499 
289 
261 
591 
307 
121 
53 
1 0 years or more 
5,438 
3,551 
3,023 
9,873 
6,872 
3,906 
2,118 
Average years operating any farm 
29.1 
30.2 
30.1 
31.5 
32.1 
32.2 
31.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
42 
18 
8 
44 
32 
10 
4 
25 to 34 years 
342 
207 
181 
609 
401 
175 
91 
35 to 44 years 
627 
363 
375 
1,088 
816 
516 
330 
45 to 49 years 
502 
349 
330 
1,048 
817 
549 
310 
50 to 54 years 
904 
627 
486 
1,600 
1,225 
751 
412 
55 to 59 years 
857 
577 
481 
1,723 
1,384 
788 
426 
60 to 64 years 
829 
551 
491 
1,641 
1,023 
600 
302 
65 to 69 years 
641 
439 
337 
1,121 
667 
313 
150 
70 years and over 
1,486 
844 
700 
1,836 
928 
379 
160 
Average age 
58.5 
58.2 
57.8 
57.1 
55.5 
54.6 
53.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
37 
32 
29 
25 
35 
12 
5 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
10 
7 
5 
11 
10 
7 
5 
Asian 
1 
- 
- 
6 
- 
3 
- 
Black or African American 
9 
1 
1 
2 
1 
- 
5 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
6,205 
3,958 
3,377 
10,681 
7,276 
4,066 
2,172 
More than one race reported 
5 
9 
4 
10 
6 
5 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,029 
683 
507 
1,446 
836 
353 
195 
2 people 
3,179 
1,971 
1,652 
5,330 
3,585 
1,948 
940 
3 people 
716 
549 
440 
1,494 
1,018 
608 
314 
4 people 
727 
438 
373 
1,186 
943 
533 
374 
5 or more people 
579 
334 
417 
1,254 
911 
639 
362 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,327 
1,871 
1,373 
2,963 
1,080 
379 
177 
25 to 49 percent 
928 
573 
482 
1,370 
615 
231 
101 
50 to 74 percent 
1,012 
750 
656 
2,285 
1,469 
780 
423 
75 to 99 percent 
579 
453 
500 
2,205 
2,289 
1,433 
699 
1 00 percent 
384 
328 
378 
1,887 
1,840 
1,258 
785 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
120 
74 
66 
275 
285 
268 
231 
acres 
19,007 
14,541 
15,624 
98,898 
203,078 
373,464 
751,042 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,093 
2,603 
2,265 
7,773 
5,854 
3,578 
2,022 
Dial-up service 
436 
332 
214 
835 
547 
288 
129 
DSL service 
1,768 
1,126 
1,007 
3,374 
2,576 
1,568 
830 
Cable modem service 
498 
318 
242 
815 
500 
329 
152 
Fiber-optic service 
446 
266 
229 
763 
648 
473 
306 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
673 
431 
331 
1,214 
985 
649 
413 
Satellite service 
582 
366 
349 
1,438 
1,190 
758 
463 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
83 
59 
52 
132 
133 
81 
59 
Other Internet service 
70 
35 
56 
152 
122 
98 
84 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,067 
3,209 
2,749 
8,499 
5,500 
2,708 
1,121 
2 households 
896 
593 
483 
1,716 
1,343 
970 
694 
3 households 
152 
90 
86 
307 
293 
247 
230 
4 households 
69 
56 
28 
104 
94 
82 
83 
5 or more households 
46 
27 
43 
84 
63 
74 
57 
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 
6,017 
3,875 
3,320 
10,408 
7,066 
3,872 
2,009 
acres 
946,656 
765,790 
787,622 
3,727,188 
4,918,737 
5,244,106 
6,401,695 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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