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 
49 
157 
121 
126 
78 
232 
Female 
37 
43 
47 
52 
27 
65 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
47 
97 
69 
77 
45 
126 
Other 
39 
103 
99 
101 
60 
171 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
58 
150 
142 
140 
95 
255 
Not on farm operated 
28 
50 
26 
38 
10 
42 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
25 
57 
47 
44 
40 
125 
Any 
61 
143 
121 
134 
65 
172 
1 to 49 days 
5 
26 
10 
4 
6 
18 
50 to 99 days 
8 
22 
8 
1 
- 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
18 
10 
29 
32 
10 
26 
200 days or more 
30 
85 
74 
97 
49 
126 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
11 
20 
22 
- 
8 
3 or 4 years 
7 
24 
15 
21 
12 
3 
5 to 9 years 
23 
35 
32 
35 
11 
50 
1 0 years or more 
56 
130 
101 
100 
82 
236 
Average years on present farm 
22.0 
19.7 
15.4 
16.5 
25.7 
23.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
5 
11 
19 
- 
8 
3 or 4 years 
7 
30 
15 
17 
12 
3 
5 to 9 years 
16 
34 
34 
38 
11 
48 
1 0 years or more 
63 
131 
108 
104 
82 
238 
Average years operating any farm 
23.4 
20.3 
17.0 
18.0 
28.7 
24.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
6 
3 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
3 
7 
13 
15 
- 
1 
35 to 44 years 
11 
17 
15 
14 
8 
31 
45 to 49 years 
13 
33 
34 
36 
11 
42 
50 to 54 years 
5 
26 
16 
28 
17 
42 
55 to 59 years 
12 
36 
25 
21 
18 
29 
60 to 64 years 
18 
21 
28 
18 
12 
42 
65 to 69 years 
12 
29 
17 
22 
21 
51 
70 years and over 
12 
25 
17 
24 
18 
59 
Average age 
57.5 
55.8 
53.9 
54.7 
59.6 
59.4 
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 
85 
200 
161 
167 
105 
290 
More than one race reported 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
6 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
19 
31 
14 
7 
15 
40 
2 people 
39 
84 
64 
87 
51 
123 
3 people 
7 
36 
38 
51 
16 
49 
4 people 
7 
28 
32 
19 
10 
52 
5 or more people 
14 
21 
20 
14 
13 
33 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
53 
153 
139 
143 
88 
254 
25 to 49 percent 
14 
26 
15 
8 
13 
9 
50 to 74 percent 
7 
8 
1 
15 
3 
12 
75 to 99 percent 
1 
6 
- 
9 
1 
9 
1 00 percent 
11 
7 
13 
3 
- 
13 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
11 
17 
2 
2 
- 
6 
acres 
(D) 
368 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
42 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
72 
170 
133 
142 
89 
223 
Dial-up service 
- 
5 
- 
- 
3 
15 
DSL service 
3 
21 
19 
24 
16 
14 
Cable modem service 
45 
93 
75 
81 
27 
115 
Fiber-optic service 
19 
50 
31 
28 
32 
64 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
13 
21 
22 
15 
11 
7 
Satellite service 
4 
2 
9 
3 
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 
66 
172 
155 
158 
94 
273 
2 households 
10 
25 
12 
14 
9 
24 
3 households 
8 
2 
- 
5 
- 
- 
4 households 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
2 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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