Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
62,381 
1,688 
2,275 
3,150 
5,890 
4,533 
Not on farm operated 
13,081 
356 
320 
518 
1,127 
1,231 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
27,678 
1,461 
1,684 
2,026 
3,156 
2,294 
Any 
47,784 
583 
911 
1,642 
3,861 
3,470 
1 to 49 days 
6,131 
139 
225 
347 
585 
482 
50 to 99 days 
2,849 
55 
89 
151 
295 
220 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5,961 
72 
143 
263 
603 
458 
200 days or more 
32,843 
317 
454 
881 
2,378 
2,310 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,216 
17 
20 
33 
129 
168 
3 or 4 years 
3,287 
21 
40 
69 
152 
224 
5 to 9 years 
9,595 
106 
154 
253 
598 
593 
1 0 years or more 
60,364 
1,900 
2,381 
3,313 
6,138 
4,779 
Average years on present farm 
23.8 
31.4 
30.7 
30.4 
28.6 
26.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,579 
8 
11 
22 
81 
115 
3 or 4 years 
2,689 
10 
33 
43 
137 
163 
5 to 9 years 
8,230 
71 
104 
200 
502 
509 
1 0 years or more 
62,964 
1,955 
2,447 
3,403 
6,297 
4,977 
Average years operating any farm 
25.9 
33.4 
32.5 
32.3 
30.6 
29.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
455 
- 
11 
30 
67 
41 
25 to 34 years 
4,796 
81 
132 
257 
610 
522 
35 to 44 years 
8,793 
236 
334 
377 
848 
707 
45 to 49 years 
7,569 
218 
293 
362 
668 
511 
50 to 54 years 
10,832 
397 
472 
627 
1,069 
772 
55 to 59 years 
1 1 ,227 
388 
466 
681 
1,001 
792 
60 to 64 years 
10,153 
287 
380 
525 
896 
718 
65 to 69 years 
7,634 
198 
239 
321 
684 
574 
70 years and over 
14,003 
239 
268 
488 
1,174 
1,127 
Average age 
56.8 
55.8 
54.8 
55.4 
55.5 
56.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
427 
3 
4 
8 
13 
32 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
113 
1 
1 
2 
1 
13 
Asian 
87 
1 
- 
- 
4 
6 
Black or African American 
146 
- 
- 
3 
1 
7 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
74,934 
2,042 
2,593 
3,659 
7,003 
5,723 
More than one race reported 
182 
- 
1 
4 
8 
15 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,460 
135 
184 
353 
789 
668 
2 people 
35,606 
935 
1,168 
1,690 
3,166 
2,568 
3 people 
10,632 
274 
406 
547 
953 
748 
4 people 
9,476 
357 
409 
515 
882 
710 
5 or more people 
10,288 
343 
428 
563 
1,227 
1,070 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
51,369 
202 
300 
564 
1,750 
2,165 
25 to 49 percent 
7,247 
183 
217 
461 
1,230 
1,249 
50 to 74 percent 
7,682 
450 
589 
954 
1,894 
1,226 
75 to 99 percent 
5,143 
596 
757 
943 
1,263 
737 
1 00 percent 
4,021 
613 
732 
746 
880 
387 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,386 
209 
109 
119 
171 
118 
acres 
562,889 
282,052 
97,732 
55,701 
45,341 
18,739 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
51,238 
1,797 
2,070 
2,717 
4,723 
3,542 
Dial-up service 
5,544 
133 
161 
240 
443 
375 
DSL service 
18,607 
738 
785 
1,033 
1,790 
1,312 
Cable modem service 
11,051 
258 
313 
467 
957 
752 
Fiber-optic service 
1,314 
69 
60 
84 
174 
100 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
9,390 
387 
439 
567 
930 
663 
Satellite service 
8,078 
410 
449 
499 
761 
574 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,597 
52 
81 
92 
108 
99 
Other Internet service 
1,174 
67 
47 
68 
86 
92 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
60,197 
1,011 
1,632 
2,606 
5,1 66 
4,329 
2 households 
11,465 
596 
640 
801 
1,347 
1,052 
3 households 
2,271 
258 
195 
161 
282 
231 
4 households 
852 
95 
73 
68 
121 
66 
5 or more households 
677 
84 
55 
32 
101 
86 
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 
73,220 
1,842 
2,435 
3,539 
6,788 
5,571 
acres 
13,179,482 
3,113,877 
2,070,985 
1,773,461 
1,831,891 
891,533 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
4,163 
353 
305 
286 
469 
320 
acres 
1,277,168 
509,272 
250,851 
145,412 
124,000 
60,051 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Ohio 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
