Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,502 
6,648 
5,981 
6,099 
6,134 
5,239 
Female 
397 
750 
976 
1,052 
1,092 
1,138 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,838 
2,842 
2,072 
1,827 
1,689 
1,650 
Other 
3,061 
4,556 
4,885 
5,324 
5,537 
4,727 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,684 
5,787 
5,185 
5,213 
5,099 
5,076 
Not on farm operated 
1,215 
1,611 
1,772 
1,938 
2,127 
1,301 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,966 
2,299 
2,149 
2,161 
2,148 
1,798 
Any 
3,933 
5,099 
4,808 
4,990 
5,078 
4,579 
1 to 49 days 
434 
626 
528 
600 
680 
494 
50 to 99 days 
264 
318 
276 
281 
272 
234 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
644 
697 
628 
495 
466 
504 
200 days or more 
2,591 
3,458 
3,376 
3,614 
3,660 
3,347 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
197 
216 
216 
214 
181 
217 
3 or 4 years 
274 
324 
300 
298 
304 
267 
5 to 9 years 
641 
860 
953 
919 
944 
775 
1 0 years or more 
4,787 
5,998 
5,488 
5,720 
5,797 
5,118 
Average years on present farm 
25.9 
24.8 
23.6 
22.8 
22.9 
21.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
143 
170 
163 
147 
145 
149 
3 or 4 years 
214 
256 
260 
251 
261 
243 
5 to 9 years 
533 
760 
821 
830 
866 
703 
1 0 years or more 
5,009 
6,212 
5,713 
5,923 
5,954 
5,282 
Average years operating any farm 
28.1 
26.7 
25.5 
24.4 
24.4 
22.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
28 
59 
28 
20 
32 
28 
25 to 34 years 
450 
405 
315 
273 
243 
271 
35 to 44 years 
710 
837 
722 
767 
714 
709 
45 to 49 years 
504 
608 
632 
670 
675 
650 
50 to 54 years 
799 
1,098 
1,016 
990 
1,040 
1,005 
55 to 59 years 
790 
982 
992 
1,039 
1,094 
954 
60 to 64 years 
800 
1,052 
917 
1,008 
1,035 
965 
65 to 69 years 
600 
785 
750 
811 
812 
708 
70 years and over 
1,218 
1,572 
1,585 
1,573 
1,581 
1,087 
Average age 
57.0 
57.8 
58.7 
58.8 
58.9 
57.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
28 
49 
34 
12 
17 
45 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
9 
7 
13 
30 
30 
17 
Asian 
23 
48 
56 
93 
19 
6 
Black or African American 
2 
3 
5 
4 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
White 
5,862 
7,322 
6,864 
7,015 
7,149 
6,334 
More than one race reported 
3 
16 
19 
6 
26 
20 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
953 
1,172 
1,172 
1,208 
1,245 
935 
2 people 
2,918 
3,695 
3,435 
3,738 
3,676 
3,201 
3 people 
705 
935 
807 
802 
833 
762 
4 people 
690 
848 
886 
743 
794 
763 
5 or more people 
633 
748 
657 
660 
678 
716 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,116 
5,342 
5,759 
6,289 
6,465 
5,870 
25 to 49 percent 
1,182 
963 
531 
361 
298 
222 
50 to 74 percent 
984 
666 
420 
313 
274 
163 
75 to 99 percent 
399 
281 
150 
126 
138 
70 
1 00 percent 
218 
146 
97 
62 
51 
52 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
116 
119 
88 
90 
129 
124 
acres 
22,187 
19,516 
14,122 
6,840 
7,061 
22,548 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,042 
5,052 
4,705 
4,935 
4,983 
4,617 
Dial-up service 
488 
596 
460 
525 
508 
482 
DSL service 
1,775 
2,135 
2,057 
2,149 
2,264 
2,138 
Cable modem service 
460 
596 
586 
631 
654 
509 
Fiber-optic service 
406 
447 
453 
407 
392 
314 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
604 
908 
766 
796 
850 
788 
Satellite service 
596 
733 
660 
736 
577 
661 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
96 
97 
93 
102 
90 
101 
Other Internet service 
68 
99 
97 
92 
115 
88 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,875 
6,197 
5,808 
6,090 
6,184 
5,534 
2 households 
788 
924 
886 
797 
770 
636 
3 households 
137 
151 
125 
141 
135 
103 
4 households 
53 
63 
82 
56 
67 
55 
5 or more households 
46 
63 
56 
67 
70 
49 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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