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 
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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
66,760 
2,074 
2,597 
3,647 
6,788 
5,561 
Female 
8,702 
37 
51 
87 
273 
323 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
33,140 
1,937 
2,321 
2,965 
4,714 
3,406 
Other 
42,322 
174 
327 
769 
2,347 
2,478 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
62,381 
1,748 
2,321 
3,207 
5,924 
4,610 
Not on farm operated 
13,081 
363 
327 
527 
1,137 
1,274 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
27,678 
1,513 
1,714 
2,042 
3,167 
2,338 
Any 
47,784 
598 
934 
1,692 
3,894 
3,546 
1 to 49 days 
6,131 
145 
232 
350 
585 
492 
50 to 99 days 
2,849 
55 
91 
155 
293 
238 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5,961 
73 
146 
273 
610 
460 
200 days or more 
32,843 
325 
465 
914 
2,406 
2,356 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,216 
18 
19 
33 
134 
171 
3 or 4 years 
3,287 
22 
41 
68 
152 
249 
5 to 9 years 
9,595 
110 
157 
257 
601 
614 
1 0 years or more 
60,364 
1,961 
2,431 
3,376 
6,174 
4,850 
Average years on present farm 
23.8 
31.4 
30.7 
30.4 
28.7 
26.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,579 
8 
11 
22 
85 
118 
3 or 4 years 
2,689 
11 
32 
44 
136 
182 
5 to 9 years 
8,230 
71 
111 
204 
502 
526 
1 0 years or more 
62,964 
2,021 
2,494 
3,464 
6,338 
5,058 
Average years operating any farm 
25.9 
33.4 
32.5 
32.3 
30.7 
28.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
455 
- 
11 
30 
67 
41 
25 to 34 years 
4,796 
82 
141 
258 
612 
531 
35 to 44 years 
8,793 
248 
334 
381 
853 
711 
45 to 49 years 
7,569 
228 
291 
374 
665 
526 
50 to 54 years 
10,832 
406 
482 
636 
1,067 
772 
55 to 59 years 
1 1 ,227 
401 
482 
686 
996 
809 
60 to 64 years 
10,153 
298 
392 
526 
911 
723 
65 to 69 years 
7,634 
204 
239 
340 
687 
591 
70 years and over 
14,003 
244 
276 
503 
1,203 
1,180 
Average age 
56.8 
55.8 
54.9 
55.5 
55.5 
56.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
427 
3 
5 
7 
13 
34 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
113 
1 
2 
1 
2 
12 
Asian 
87 
1 
- 
- 
4 
6 
Black or African American 
146 
- 
- 
3 
1 
7 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
74,934 
2,109 
2,645 
3,726 
7,045 
5,845 
More than one race reported 
182 
- 
1 
4 
9 
14 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,460 
141 
192 
356 
790 
695 
2 people 
35,606 
957 
1,207 
1,726 
3,212 
2,624 
3 people 
10,632 
288 
408 
561 
948 
765 
4 people 
9,476 
373 
411 
511 
891 
721 
5 or more people 
10,288 
352 
430 
580 
1,220 
1,079 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
51,369 
210 
308 
586 
1,765 
2,270 
25 to 49 percent 
7,247 
187 
221 
475 
1,267 
1,280 
50 to 74 percent 
7,682 
467 
595 
977 
1,914 
1,228 
75 to 99 percent 
5,143 
606 
785 
948 
1,260 
725 
1 00 percent 
4,021 
641 
739 
748 
855 
381 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,386 
212 
114 
114 
171 
119 
acres 
562,889 
287,615 
97,622 
51,691 
44,404 
18,802 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
51,238 
1,855 
2,111 
2,744 
4,746 
3,634 
Dial-up service 
5,544 
139 
168 
235 
448 
393 
DSL service 
18,607 
763 
792 
1,051 
1,791 
1,348 
Cable modem service 
11,051 
267 
326 
466 
970 
769 
Fiber-optic service 
1,314 
71 
59 
86 
176 
103 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
9,390 
395 
456 
566 
929 
685 
Satellite service 
8,078 
420 
452 
513 
765 
581 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,597 
56 
82 
87 
118 
95 
Other Internet service 
1,174 
67 
48 
67 
90 
90 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
60,197 
1,051 
1,675 
2,667 
5,189 
4,394 
2 households 
1 1 ,465 
614 
652 
803 
1,366 
1,094 
3 households 
2,271 
265 
191 
166 
281 
239 
4 households 
852 
96 
76 
64 
123 
70 
5 or more households 
677 
85 
54 
34 
102 
87 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
122 Ohio 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
