Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
68,172 
39,102 
23,914 
5,156 
40,972 
27,200 
Female 
6,370 
5,298 
706 
366 
3,530 
2,840 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
39,423 
17,642 
18,452 
3,329 
23,727 
15,696 
Other 
35,119 
26,758 
6,168 
2,193 
20,775 
14,344 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
58,768 
34,141 
21,693 
2,934 
34,141 
24,627 
Not on farm operated 
15,774 
10,259 
2,927 
2,588 
10,361 
5,413 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
30,907 
16,330 
12,731 
1,846 
19,028 
11,879 
Any 
43,635 
28,070 
11,889 
3,676 
25,474 
18,161 
1 to 49 days 
5,901 
3,522 
1,943 
436 
3,631 
2,270 
50 to 99 days 
3,069 
1,750 
995 
324 
1,881 
1,188 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5,976 
3,432 
1,999 
545 
3,615 
2,361 
200 days or more 
28,689 
19,366 
6,952 
2,371 
16,347 
12,342 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,882 
1,029 
387 
466 
1,125 
757 
3 or 4 years 
2,721 
1,520 
568 
633 
1,537 
1,184 
5 to 9 years 
7,707 
4,894 
1,763 
1,050 
4,239 
3,468 
1 0 years or more 
62,232 
36,957 
21,902 
3,373 
37,601 
24,631 
Average years on present farm 
25.7 
25.5 
28.1 
17.4 
26.4 
24.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,315 
729 
227 
359 
816 
499 
3 or 4 years 
2,193 
1,245 
423 
525 
1,239 
954 
5 to 9 years 
6,629 
4,242 
1,455 
932 
3,655 
2,974 
1 0 years or more 
64,405 
38,184 
22,515 
3,706 
38,792 
25,613 
Average years operating any farm 
27.6 
27.3 
29.8 
19.8 
28.1 
26.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
419 
123 
97 
199 
274 
145 
25 to 34 years 
4,485 
1,700 
1,559 
1,226 
2,701 
1,784 
35 to 44 years 
8,647 
4,232 
3,322 
1,093 
4,968 
3,679 
45 to 49 years 
7,537 
3,917 
3,003 
617 
4,256 
3,281 
50 to 54 years 
11,468 
6,455 
4,295 
718 
6,634 
4,834 
55 to 59 years 
11,474 
6,458 
4,403 
613 
6,671 
4,803 
60 to 64 years 
10,257 
6,382 
3,416 
459 
5,918 
4,339 
65 to 69 years 
7,359 
5,069 
2,045 
245 
4,642 
2,717 
70 years and over 
12,896 
10,064 
2,480 
352 
8,438 
4,458 
Average age 
56.6 
59.1 
54.1 
46.6 
57.1 
55.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
339 
230 
86 
23 
212 
127 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
141 
108 
25 
8 
93 
48 
Asian 
266 
41 
13 
212 
149 
117 
Black or African American 
30 
23 
5 
2 
19 
11 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
5 
2 
- 
3 
2 
3 
White 
73,984 
44,138 
24,552 
5,294 
44,178 
29,806 
More than one race reported 
116 
88 
25 
3 
61 
55 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
10,742 
7,177 
2,606 
959 
9,307 
1,435 
2 people 
36,225 
22,763 
11,521 
1,941 
20,282 
15,943 
3 people 
9,686 
5,234 
3,587 
865 
5,232 
4,454 
4 people 
9,211 
4,931 
3,446 
834 
4,959 
4,252 
5 or more people 
8,678 
4,295 
3,460 
923 
4,722 
3,956 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
39,068 
30,561 
6,423 
2,084 
22,976 
16,092 
25 to 49 percent 
7,671 
4,193 
2,598 
880 
4,857 
2,814 
50 to 74 percent 
10,374 
4,544 
4,755 
1,075 
6,308 
4,066 
75 to 99 percent 
9,629 
3,088 
5,696 
845 
5,763 
3,866 
1 00 percent 
7,800 
2,014 
5,148 
638 
4,598 
3,202 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,086 
990 
785 
311 
1,080 
1,006 
acres 
1,517,087 
367,330 
895,841 
253,916 
623,615 
893,472 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
54,513 
30,551 
19,714 
4,248 
30,495 
24,018 
Dial-up service 
5,451 
3,287 
1,864 
300 
3,075 
2,376 
DSL service 
23,960 
13,415 
8,718 
1,827 
13,119 
10,841 
Cable modem service 
5,869 
3,610 
1,609 
650 
3,519 
2,350 
Fiber-optic service 
5,210 
2,677 
2,123 
410 
2,868 
2,342 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
9,294 
4,876 
3,453 
965 
5,025 
4,269 
Satellite service 
8,970 
4,601 
3,746 
623 
4,917 
4,053 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,126 
633 
395 
98 
617 
509 
Other Internet service 
1,166 
641 
455 
70 
611 
555 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
59,907 
36,712 
18,957 
4,238 
38,909 
20,998 
2 households 
11,028 
5,780 
4,336 
912 
4,200 
6,828 
3 households 
2,094 
1,047 
841 
206 
637 
1,457 
4 households 
838 
458 
283 
97 
401 
437 
5 or more households 
675 
403 
203 
69 
355 
320 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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