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 
$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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,746 
8,063 
7,235 
7,590 
7,734 
9,725 
Female 
524 
949 
1,102 
1,333 
1,519 
2,504 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,046 
3,471 
2,771 
2,551 
2,348 
3,610 
Other 
3,224 
5,541 
5,566 
6,372 
6,905 
8,619 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,920 
7,210 
6,859 
7,376 
7,599 
10,607 
Not on farm operated 
1,350 
1,802 
1,478 
1,547 
1,654 
1,622 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,226 
2,915 
2,597 
2,620 
2,661 
3,885 
Any 
4,044 
6,097 
5,740 
6,303 
6,592 
8,344 
1 to 49 days 
529 
733 
666 
736 
755 
908 
50 to 99 days 
262 
335 
348 
351 
326 
395 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
550 
771 
703 
698 
716 
961 
200 days or more 
2,703 
4,258 
4,023 
4,518 
4,795 
6,080 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
172 
342 
262 
263 
357 
445 
3 or 4 years 
264 
433 
401 
490 
541 
626 
5 to 9 years 
750 
1,098 
1,117 
1,415 
1,554 
1,922 
1 0 years or more 
5,084 
7,139 
6,557 
6,755 
6,801 
9,236 
Average years on present farm 
25.3 
23.7 
22.4 
21.2 
19.8 
20.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
132 
246 
167 
171 
276 
343 
3 or 4 years 
208 
341 
333 
420 
469 
513 
5 to 9 years 
615 
929 
985 
1,242 
1,371 
1,674 
1 0 years or more 
5,315 
7,496 
6,852 
7,090 
7,137 
9,699 
Average years operating any farm 
27.9 
26.0 
24.5 
23.3 
21.6 
21.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
61 
68 
40 
36 
30 
71 
25 to 34 years 
506 
620 
486 
491 
511 
558 
35 to 44 years 
716 
1,031 
969 
1,049 
1,178 
1,323 
45 to 49 years 
569 
806 
792 
904 
1,050 
1,364 
50 to 54 years 
771 
1,205 
1,183 
1,256 
1,326 
1,728 
55 to 59 years 
832 
1,207 
1,235 
1,272 
1,357 
1,950 
60 to 64 years 
798 
1,219 
1,079 
1,217 
1,220 
1,770 
65 to 69 years 
658 
953 
809 
921 
950 
1,282 
70 years and over 
1,359 
1,903 
1,744 
1,777 
1,631 
2,183 
Average age 
57.1 
57.4 
57.5 
57.4 
56.7 
57.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
37 
52 
47 
57 
73 
99 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
12 
11 
10 
11 
17 
34 
Asian 
2 
17 
12 
14 
21 
10 
Black or African American 
10 
23 
21 
44 
12 
25 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
6,241 
8,936 
8,273 
8,822 
9,171 
12,121 
More than one race reported 
5 
25 
21 
32 
32 
39 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
782 
1,223 
1,117 
1,235 
1,299 
1,630 
2 people 
2,975 
4,333 
4,009 
4,238 
4,423 
5,902 
3 people 
889 
1,271 
1,164 
1,222 
1,242 
1,874 
4 people 
717 
1,023 
1,015 
1,131 
1,182 
1,501 
5 or more people 
907 
1,162 
1,032 
1,097 
1,107 
1,322 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,556 
6,973 
7,324 
8,233 
8,626 
11,518 
25 to 49 percent 
1,301 
1,146 
510 
309 
283 
268 
50 to 74 percent 
884 
567 
312 
254 
221 
263 
75 to 99 percent 
320 
176 
96 
68 
82 
77 
1 00 percent 
209 
150 
95 
59 
41 
103 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
138 
130 
112 
87 
105 
84 
acres 
17,000 
18,369 
7,659 
6,832 
6,209 
6,686 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,009 
5,800 
5,502 
6,067 
6,327 
8,443 
Dial-up service 
509 
668 
673 
677 
643 
991 
DSL service 
1,448 
2,025 
1,980 
2,123 
2,262 
3,024 
Cable modem service 
927 
1,354 
1,213 
1,355 
1,476 
1,928 
Fiber-optic service 
119 
118 
101 
142 
174 
165 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
663 
1,047 
970 
1,035 
1,083 
1,561 
Satellite service 
547 
875 
850 
929 
912 
1,234 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
126 
190 
160 
200 
210 
273 
Other Internet service 
96 
148 
116 
139 
168 
145 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,845 
7,169 
6,953 
7,611 
7,898 
10,745 
2 households 
1,086 
1,484 
1,102 
1,033 
1,035 
1,196 
3 households 
194 
234 
152 
164 
207 
178 
4 households 
79 
75 
68 
67 
60 
74 
5 or more households 
66 
50 
62 
48 
53 
36 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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