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 
42 
139 
135 
144 
103 
283 
Not on farm operated 
26 
40 
27 
42 
11 
54 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
26 
51 
49 
40 
42 
136 
Any 
42 
128 
113 
146 
72 
201 
1 to 49 days 
4 
27 
14 
4 
6 
18 
50 to 99 days 
2 
20 
12 
1 
- 
6 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
14 
9 
34 
26 
16 
26 
200 days or more 
22 
72 
53 
115 
50 
151 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
5 
10 
26 
1 
19 
3 or 4 years 
1 
20 
18 
26 
12 
9 
5 to 9 years 
15 
25 
37 
39 
16 
58 
1 0 years or more 
52 
129 
97 
95 
85 
251 
Average years on present farm 
25.0 
21.8 
15.4 
15.6 
24.1 
21.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
5 
1 
24 
- 
13 
3 or 4 years 
1 
20 
22 
18 
12 
15 
5 to 9 years 
8 
24 
39 
41 
17 
56 
1 0 years or more 
59 
130 
100 
103 
85 
253 
Average years operating any farm 
26.7 
22.4 
16.9 
17.2 
26.9 
22.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
6 
25 to 34 years 
3 
7 
8 
15 
- 
6 
35 to 44 years 
5 
17 
15 
16 
8 
39 
45 to 49 years 
7 
28 
33 
37 
24 
44 
50 to 54 years 
5 
19 
16 
29 
15 
52 
55 to 59 years 
12 
32 
24 
25 
15 
33 
60 to 64 years 
18 
19 
27 
17 
12 
47 
65 to 69 years 
6 
32 
20 
23 
21 
51 
70 years and over 
12 
25 
16 
24 
19 
59 
Average age 
58.8 
57.2 
54.8 
54.8 
58.6 
57.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
1 
- 
1 
10 
- 
1 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
67 
179 
157 
175 
112 
330 
More than one race reported 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
6 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
12 
28 
16 
10 
16 
46 
2 people 
34 
78 
69 
87 
50 
132 
3 people 
7 
28 
28 
57 
20 
57 
4 people 
7 
25 
29 
13 
15 
63 
5 or more people 
8 
20 
20 
19 
13 
39 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
33 
132 
133 
155 
100 
287 
25 to 49 percent 
15 
26 
15 
8 
10 
12 
50 to 74 percent 
8 
8 
1 
15 
3 
12 
75 to 99 percent 
1 
6 
- 
5 
1 
13 
1 00 percent 
11 
7 
13 
3 
- 
13 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
5 
19 
6 
2 
- 
6 
acres 
(D) 
482 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
42 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
54 
149 
128 
150 
97 
263 
Dial-up service 
- 
5 
- 
- 
3 
15 
DSL service 
3 
21 
18 
20 
23 
14 
Cable modem service 
32 
88 
70 
91 
33 
123 
Fiber-optic service 
12 
35 
30 
28 
27 
96 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
7 
18 
22 
23 
13 
11 
Satellite service 
4 
1 
9 
4 
8 
17 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1 
1 
5 
3 
1 
3 
Other Internet service 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
57 
144 
149 
166 
103 
311 
2 households 
7 
26 
12 
14 
9 
26 
3 households 
2 
8 
- 
5 
- 
- 
4 households 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
2 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
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 
65 
167 
152 
177 
113 
329 
acres 
6,172 
8,323 
5,475 
6,638 
5,466 
11,391 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
3 
29 
9 
26 
1 
20 
acres 
(D) 
417 
794 
1,031 
(D) 
592 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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