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 
4,834 
6,868 
6,091 
6,377 
6,209 
14,466 
Not on farm operated 
1,320 
1,629 
1,129 
928 
796 
3,727 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,192 
2,696 
2,116 
1,991 
1,802 
6,260 
Any 
3,962 
5,801 
5,104 
5,314 
5,203 
1 1 ,933 
1 to 49 days 
508 
676 
563 
569 
530 
1,507 
50 to 99 days 
257 
318 
315 
308 
275 
566 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
532 
749 
652 
596 
574 
1,319 
200 days or more 
2,665 
4,058 
3,574 
3,841 
3,824 
8,541 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
161 
323 
243 
241 
302 
579 
3 or 4 years 
282 
399 
371 
424 
435 
870 
5 to 9 years 
729 
1,040 
971 
1,191 
1,247 
2,713 
1 0 years or more 
4,982 
6,735 
5,635 
5,449 
5,021 
14,031 
Average years on present farm 
25.3 
23.6 
21.9 
20.6 
19.0 
21.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
122 
235 
148 
151 
230 
456 
3 or 4 years 
222 
314 
306 
368 
372 
721 
5 to 9 years 
593 
878 
859 
1,028 
1,090 
2,396 
1 0 years or more 
5,217 
7,070 
5,907 
5,758 
5,313 
14,620 
Average years operating any farm 
28.0 
25.9 
24.1 
22.7 
20.9 
23.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
59 
68 
37 
35 
28 
79 
25 to 34 years 
504 
614 
475 
463 
460 
678 
35 to 44 years 
705 
988 
886 
936 
1,008 
1,768 
45 to 49 years 
576 
772 
698 
795 
844 
1,832 
50 to 54 years 
755 
1,141 
1,053 
1,055 
1,029 
2,462 
55 to 59 years 
813 
1,154 
1,085 
1,062 
1,056 
2,729 
60 to 64 years 
762 
1,168 
933 
1,015 
906 
2,563 
65 to 69 years 
641 
900 
690 
705 
668 
2,014 
70 years and over 
1,339 
1,692 
1,363 
1,239 
1,006 
4,068 
Average age 
57.0 
56.9 
56.6 
56.2 
55.1 
59.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
37 
53 
39 
50 
64 
124 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
10 
11 
10 
11 
11 
42 
Asian 
2 
15 
10 
12 
18 
19 
Black or African American 
10 
19 
16 
34 
11 
45 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
6,128 
8,429 
7,166 
7,217 
6,933 
18,041 
More than one race reported 
4 
23 
18 
31 
32 
46 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
763 
1,113 
880 
880 
846 
2,849 
2 people 
2,910 
4,054 
3,417 
3,391 
3,188 
9,119 
3 people 
870 
1,216 
1,072 
1,073 
1,070 
2,403 
4 people 
707 
987 
876 
994 
956 
2,083 
5 or more people 
904 
1,127 
975 
967 
945 
1,739 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,438 
6,528 
6,424 
6,808 
6,632 
16,558 
25 to 49 percent 
1,303 
1,105 
400 
244 
163 
692 
50 to 74 percent 
893 
540 
241 
149 
132 
614 
75 to 99 percent 
321 
169 
66 
53 
39 
199 
1 00 percent 
199 
155 
89 
51 
39 
130 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
136 
127 
99 
60 
61 
177 
acres 
16,029 
15,946 
6,040 
4,693 
3,594 
17,022 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,937 
5,517 
4,815 
5,036 
4,933 
12,151 
Dial-up service 
500 
632 
603 
568 
530 
1,359 
DSL service 
1,433 
1,928 
1,730 
1,749 
1,737 
4,372 
Cable modem service 
907 
1,260 
1,056 
1,136 
1,127 
2,818 
Fiber-optic service 
114 
104 
89 
95 
116 
309 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
661 
989 
826 
858 
843 
2,227 
Satellite service 
533 
842 
754 
808 
747 
1,701 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
119 
182 
152 
173 
186 
353 
Other Internet service 
90 
144 
97 
116 
118 
249 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,734 
6,744 
6,023 
6,299 
6,087 
15,566 
2 households 
1,084 
1,420 
967 
799 
705 
2,054 
3 households 
188 
220 
126 
118 
137 
355 
4 households 
82 
65 
50 
51 
39 
142 
5 or more households 
66 
48 
54 
38 
37 
76 
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 
5,955 
8,239 
7,097 
7,166 
6,906 
17,682 
acres 
681 ,382 
729,438 
456,321 
346,771 
292,512 
991,311 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
337 
437 
267 
276 
263 
850 
acres 
39,924 
37,100 
15,807 
15,878 
1 1 ,868 
67,005 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Ohio 97 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
