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 
4,519 
5,045 
3,885 
3,564 
3,020 
1 1 ,333 
Not on farm operated 
1,111 
977 
667 
483 
433 
6,402 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,881 
1,790 
1,250 
1,016 
904 
5,856 
Any 
3,749 
4,232 
3,302 
3,031 
2,549 
11,879 
1 to 49 days 
389 
483 
307 
296 
294 
1,626 
50 to 99 days 
251 
275 
202 
175 
182 
574 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
628 
612 
479 
405 
324 
1,028 
200 days or more 
2,481 
2,862 
2,314 
2,155 
1,749 
8,651 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
191 
197 
156 
158 
100 
453 
3 or 4 years 
262 
297 
230 
202 
208 
584 
5 to 9 years 
631 
703 
666 
562 
473 
2,103 
1 0 years or more 
4,546 
4,825 
3,500 
3,125 
2,672 
14,595 
Average years on present farm 
25.7 
24.2 
22.3 
20.9 
21.4 
24.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
142 
154 
122 
108 
71 
330 
3 or 4 years 
209 
228 
201 
156 
178 
529 
5 to 9 years 
525 
617 
557 
511 
419 
1,923 
10 years or more 
4,754 
5,023 
3,672 
3,272 
2,785 
14,953 
Average years operating any farm 
28.0 
26.2 
24.3 
22.8 
23.3 
25.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
30 
61 
17 
24 
33 
34 
25 to 34 years 
460 
392 
296 
217 
159 
460 
35 to 44 years 
680 
753 
560 
551 
435 
1,519 
45 to 49 years 
480 
530 
468 
472 
362 
1,456 
50 to 54 years 
783 
925 
726 
642 
539 
2,385 
55 to 59 years 
745 
795 
688 
547 
500 
2,626 
60 to 64 years 
772 
858 
568 
567 
507 
2,573 
65 to 69 years 
555 
594 
451 
425 
359 
2,118 
70 years and over 
1,125 
1,114 
778 
602 
559 
4,564 
Average age 
56.6 
56.5 
56.3 
55.7 
56.4 
60.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
26 
46 
16 
12 
15 
70 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
8 
7 
7 
22 
17 
45 
Asian 
23 
48 
54 
94 
17 
9 
Black or African American 
2 
3 
3 
4 
2 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
2 
White 
5,594 
5,952 
4,471 
3,920 
3,406 
17,634 
More than one race reported 
3 
12 
17 
4 
11 
43 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
883 
875 
633 
498 
470 
3,392 
2 people 
2,805 
2,937 
2,152 
2,031 
1,643 
9,343 
3 people 
669 
798 
589 
518 
472 
1,842 
4 people 
668 
729 
640 
529 
458 
1,741 
5 or more people 
605 
683 
538 
471 
410 
1,417 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,906 
4,333 
3,876 
3,621 
3,200 
15,091 
25 to 49 percent 
1,143 
773 
301 
181 
113 
1,129 
50 to 74 percent 
975 
552 
227 
169 
83 
908 
75 to 99 percent 
381 
235 
82 
38 
31 
441 
1 00 percent 
225 
129 
66 
38 
26 
166 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
104 
84 
54 
34 
37 
363 
acres 
17,679 
8,820 
9,777 
3,186 
1,831 
56,022 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,854 
4,183 
3,173 
2,919 
2,488 
11,995 
Dial-up service 
462 
539 
337 
359 
279 
1,118 
DSL service 
1,707 
1,749 
1,450 
1,282 
1,150 
5,297 
Cable modem service 
439 
422 
296 
266 
209 
1,840 
Fiber-optic service 
386 
369 
275 
242 
191 
990 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
589 
765 
540 
481 
453 
1,937 
Satellite service 
551 
626 
467 
472 
316 
1,563 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
92 
79 
53 
48 
40 
278 
Other Internet service 
56 
74 
60 
67 
76 
229 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,658 
5,140 
3,876 
3,557 
3,067 
14,746 
2 households 
756 
720 
590 
426 
316 
2,050 
3 households 
132 
96 
45 
31 
42 
457 
4 households 
43 
36 
24 
19 
13 
246 
5 or more households 
41 
30 
17 
14 
15 
236 
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 
5,521 
5,897 
4,472 
3,940 
3,396 
16,948 
acres 
825,423 
689,152 
364,032 
265,573 
201,887 
1,811,289 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
137 
209 
119 
113 
89 
703 
acres 
18,515 
19,081 
8,334 
5,690 
4,105 
93,425 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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