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 
3,745 
2,527 
1,792 
5,075 
3,202 
1,653 
611 
Not on farm operated 
820 
567 
390 
940 
472 
192 
135 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,892 
1,240 
942 
2,852 
2,230 
1,279 
584 
Any 
2,673 
1,854 
1,240 
3,163 
1,444 
566 
162 
1 to 49 days 
333 
219 
168 
465 
305 
173 
37 
50 to 99 days 
175 
152 
89 
270 
124 
59 
13 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
348 
276 
201 
519 
260 
84 
15 
200 days or more 
1,817 
1,207 
782 
1,909 
755 
250 
97 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
95 
78 
21 
67 
27 
7 
5 
3 or 4 years 
162 
68 
59 
82 
34 
18 
4 
5 to 9 years 
421 
226 
150 
378 
156 
63 
18 
1 0 years or more 
3,887 
2,722 
1,952 
5,488 
3,457 
1,757 
719 
Average years on present farm 
27.3 
28.4 
29.3 
30.9 
32.6 
33.4 
34.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
65 
60 
9 
38 
21 
3 
1 
3 or 4 years 
124 
50 
51 
62 
25 
7 
1 
5 to 9 years 
348 
166 
121 
290 
104 
41 
11 
1 0 years or more 
4,028 
2,818 
2,001 
5,625 
3,524 
1,794 
733 
Average years operating any farm 
29.5 
30.8 
31.4 
33.0 
34.4 
35.1 
36.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
24 
9 
4 
22 
15 
4 
- 
25 to 34 years 
248 
181 
142 
273 
151 
55 
10 
35 to 44 years 
487 
271 
197 
566 
334 
177 
71 
45 to 49 years 
434 
275 
209 
505 
326 
196 
64 
50 to 54 years 
585 
422 
302 
952 
603 
335 
128 
55 to 59 years 
590 
457 
307 
931 
706 
339 
157 
60 to 64 years 
622 
436 
274 
868 
566 
305 
122 
65 to 69 years 
493 
330 
234 
677 
406 
186 
79 
70 years and over 
1,082 
713 
513 
1,221 
567 
248 
115 
Average age 
58.5 
58.6 
58.4 
58.3 
57.4 
56.8 
58.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
23 
17 
10 
14 
8 
4 
1 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5 
3 
1 
6 
3 
2 
1 
Asian 
4 
2 
- 
7 
1 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
13 
10 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
4,534 
3,073 
2,178 
5,991 
3,665 
1,841 
745 
More than one race reported 
9 
6 
1 
11 
2 
2 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
635 
410 
310 
693 
366 
145 
52 
2 people 
2,181 
1,527 
1,073 
3,075 
1,861 
959 
385 
3 people 
579 
412 
302 
849 
554 
267 
95 
4 people 
532 
375 
241 
746 
483 
285 
130 
5 or more people 
638 
370 
256 
652 
410 
189 
84 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,602 
1,592 
957 
1,895 
641 
193 
80 
25 to 49 percent 
728 
492 
355 
944 
391 
125 
69 
50 to 74 percent 
626 
590 
451 
1,475 
908 
429 
133 
75 to 99 percent 
343 
240 
254 
1,067 
942 
588 
224 
1 00 percent 
266 
180 
165 
634 
792 
510 
240 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
84 
58 
43 
134 
152 
100 
62 
acres 
13,252 
1 1 ,492 
10,036 
48,868 
108,130 
142,745 
190,830 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,784 
2,062 
1,488 
4,236 
2,854 
1,561 
657 
Dial-up service 
362 
224 
173 
454 
283 
124 
54 
DSL service 
1,003 
727 
534 
1,582 
1,072 
594 
272 
Cable modem service 
520 
379 
274 
774 
462 
230 
76 
Fiber-optic service 
72 
60 
48 
129 
91 
51 
13 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
501 
382 
257 
820 
585 
350 
169 
Satellite service 
497 
388 
263 
786 
546 
355 
155 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
73 
65 
46 
106 
90 
66 
21 
Other Internet service 
60 
43 
35 
74 
71 
37 
31 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,535 
2,346 
1,653 
4,343 
2,386 
1,065 
310 
2 households 
793 
564 
392 
1,256 
946 
505 
224 
3 households 
145 
100 
80 
282 
204 
171 
133 
4 households 
54 
47 
33 
73 
86 
60 
47 
5 or more households 
38 
37 
24 
61 
52 
44 
32 
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 
4,417 
2,998 
2,104 
5,759 
3,502 
1,705 
667 
acres 
693,984 
592,549 
500,626 
2,042,568 
2,411,985 
2,298,525 
2,130,380 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Ohio 71 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
