Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
28 
14 
18 
20 
3 
1 
2 
Not on farm operated 
7 
6 
2 
10 
4 
- 
1 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
8 
14 
9 
10 
6 
- 
2 
Any 
27 
6 
11 
20 
1 
1 
1 
1 to 49 days 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 days 
- 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
200 days or more 
20 
3 
9 
19 
1 
1 
1 
Years on present farm: 
2 years er less 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 to 9 years 
- 
4 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 years or more 
34 
16 
18 
28 
7 
1 
3 
Average years on present farm 
30.7 
33.6 
29.2 
30.5 
35.9 
(D) 
(D) 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 to 9 years 
- 
4 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 years or more 
34 
16 
18 
28 
7 
1 
3 
Average years operating any farm 
31.7 
33.6 
30.4 
30.6 
35.9 
(D) 
(D) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
45 to 49 years 
4 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
1 
50 to 54 years 
3 
2 
9 
6 
- 
- 
1 
55 to 59 years 
9 
3 
- 
8 
1 
- 
- 
60 to 64 years 
5 
11 
5 
4 
3 
- 
- 
65 to 69 years 
2 
1 
- 
8 
- 
- 
1 
70 years and over 
10 
3 
4 
4 
1 
1 
- 
Average age 
60.7 
63.0 
58.2 
61.5 
59.4 
(D) 
(D) 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian er Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
35 
20 
20 
30 
7 
1 
3 
More than one race reported 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5 
5 
2 
5 
1 
1 
- 
2 people 
16 
12 
6 
17 
5 
- 
1 
3 people 
8 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
4 people 
5 
- 
2 
2 
1 
- 
1 
5 or more people 
1 
3 
9 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
23 
13 
12 
20 
2 
- 
1 
25 to 49 percent 
4 
2 
3 
2 
- 
- 
1 
50 to 74 percent 
4 
1 
1 
3 
2 
1 
1 
75 to 99 percent 
2 
- 
1 
3 
2 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
2 
4 
3 
2 
1 
- 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
4 
1 
2 
5 
3 
- 
3 
acres 
590 
(D) 
(D) 
1,921 
(D) 
- 
6,473 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
26 
19 
17 
22 
6 
- 
3 
Dial-up service 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
DSL service 
3 
3 
1 
5 
3 
- 
- 
Cable modem service 
11 
11 
6 
13 
3 
- 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
11 
5 
9 
4 
- 
- 
2 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1 
6 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
Satellite service 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Other Internet service 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
30 
14 
15 
19 
4 
1 
3 
2 households 
5 
6 
4 
3 
3 
- 
- 
3 households 
- 
- 
1 
7 
- 
- 
- 
4 households 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
32 
19 
17 
24 
5 
1 
1 
acres 
5,055 
3,830 
3,972 
7,914 
3,117 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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