Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
66,760 
43,445 
19,753 
3,562 
38,586 
28,174 
Female 
8,702 
7,708 
748 
246 
4,333 
4,369 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
33,140 
18,645 
12,643 
1,852 
19,033 
14,107 
Other 
42,322 
32,508 
7,858 
1,956 
23,886 
18,436 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
62,381 
42,165 
18,144 
2,072 
34,859 
27,522 
Not on farm operated 
13,081 
8,988 
2,357 
1,736 
8,060 
5,021 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
27,678 
17,927 
8,565 
1,186 
16,372 
1 1 ,306 
Any 
47,784 
33,226 
1 1 ,936 
2,622 
26,547 
21,237 
1 to 49 days 
6,131 
4,136 
1,653 
342 
3,647 
2,484 
50 to 99 days 
2,849 
1,872 
842 
135 
1,678 
1,171 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5,961 
3,979 
1,666 
316 
3,334 
2,627 
200 days or more 
32,843 
23,239 
7,775 
1,829 
17,888 
14,955 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,216 
1,564 
364 
288 
1,132 
1,084 
3 or 4 years 
3,287 
2,328 
574 
385 
1,581 
1,706 
5 to 9 years 
9,595 
6,983 
1,891 
721 
4,676 
4,919 
1 0 years or more 
60,364 
40,278 
1 7,672 
2,414 
35,530 
24,834 
Average years on present farm 
23.8 
22.9 
27.2 
17.8 
25.1 
22.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,579 
1,122 
232 
225 
837 
742 
3 or 4 years 
2,689 
1,962 
422 
305 
1,317 
1,372 
5 to 9 years 
8,230 
6,066 
1,540 
624 
3,957 
4,273 
1 0 years or more 
62,964 
42,003 
18,307 
2,654 
36,808 
26,156 
Average years operating any farm 
25.9 
24.9 
29.4 
20.4 
27.1 
24.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
455 
219 
99 
137 
246 
209 
25 to 34 years 
4,796 
2,410 
1,624 
762 
2,369 
2,427 
35 to 44 years 
8,793 
5,413 
2,650 
730 
4,610 
4,183 
45 to 49 years 
7,569 
5,038 
2,157 
374 
4,000 
3,569 
50 to 54 years 
10,832 
7,015 
3,274 
543 
6,009 
4,823 
55 to 59 years 
11,227 
7,482 
3,311 
434 
6,314 
4,913 
60 to 64 years 
10,153 
7,048 
2,749 
356 
5,874 
4,279 
65 to 69 years 
7,634 
5,505 
1,945 
184 
4,571 
3,063 
70 years and over 
14,003 
11,023 
2,692 
288 
8,926 
5,077 
Average age 
56.8 
58.3 
54.8 
47.9 
57.8 
55.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
427 
327 
85 
15 
248 
179 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
113 
84 
21 
8 
51 
62 
Asian 
87 
81 
6 
- 
61 
26 
Black or African American 
146 
118 
21 
7 
81 
65 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
74,934 
50,721 
20,422 
3,791 
42,644 
32,290 
More than one race reported 
182 
149 
31 
2 
82 
100 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,460 
7,005 
1,912 
543 
8,046 
1,414 
2 people 
35,606 
24,923 
9,305 
1,378 
19,644 
15,962 
3 people 
10,632 
6,897 
3,134 
601 
5,270 
5,362 
4 people 
9,476 
5,839 
2,988 
649 
4,777 
4,699 
5 or more people 
10,288 
6,489 
3,162 
637 
5,182 
5,106 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
51,369 
40,935 
8,436 
1,998 
28,803 
22,566 
25 to 49 percent 
7,247 
4,001 
2,726 
520 
4,371 
2,876 
50 to 74 percent 
7,682 
3,317 
3,807 
558 
4,538 
3,144 
75 to 99 percent 
5,143 
1,650 
3,135 
358 
2,901 
2,242 
1 00 percent 
4,021 
1,250 
2,397 
374 
2,306 
1,715 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,386 
769 
467 
150 
707 
679 
acres 
562,889 
118,969 
373,142 
70,778 
209,820 
353,069 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
51,238 
33,658 
14,879 
2,701 
26,977 
24,261 
Dial-up service 
5,544 
3,889 
1,476 
179 
3,075 
2,469 
DSL service 
18,607 
12,075 
5,557 
975 
9,716 
8,891 
Cable modem service 
11,051 
7,637 
2,706 
708 
5,856 
5,195 
Fiber-optic service 
1,314 
810 
449 
55 
722 
592 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
9,390 
5,799 
2,986 
605 
4,490 
4,900 
Satellite service 
8,078 
5,041 
2,663 
374 
4,004 
4,074 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,597 
1,072 
450 
75 
839 
758 
Other Internet service 
1,174 
764 
345 
65 
561 
613 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
60,197 
42,098 
15,283 
2,816 
36,793 
23,404 
2 households 
11,465 
6,974 
3,782 
709 
4,695 
6,770 
3 households 
2,271 
1,224 
873 
174 
716 
1,555 
4 households 
852 
467 
324 
61 
394 
458 
5 or more households 
677 
390 
239 
48 
321 
356 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Ohio 221 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
