Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
510 
3 
30 
49 
163 
123 
142 
Female 
114 
- 
2 
18 
57 
23 
14 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
624 
3 
32 
67 
220 
146 
156 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
473 
3 
9 
50 
189 
122 
100 
Not on farm operated 
151 
- 
23 
17 
31 
24 
56 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
90 
- 
2 
4 
12 
24 
48 
Any 
534 
3 
30 
63 
208 
122 
108 
1 to 49 days 
49 
- 
12 
- 
22 
3 
12 
50 to 99 days 
19 
- 
- 
- 
7 
2 
10 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
81 
3 
2 
6 
29 
24 
17 
200 days or more 
385 
- 
16 
57 
150 
93 
69 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
43 
- 
11 
3 
21 
8 
- 
3 or 4 years 
66 
3 
6 
10 
39 
8 
- 
5 to 9 years 
129 
- 
9 
42 
41 
20 
17 
1 0 years or more 
386 
- 
6 
12 
119 
110 
139 
Average years on present farm 
18.5 
4.0 
5.2 
7.3 
13.5 
19.2 
32.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
36 
- 
11 
3 
14 
8 
- 
3 or 4 years 
58 
3 
6 
10 
32 
7 
- 
5 to 9 years 
125 
- 
2 
42 
47 
18 
16 
1 0 years or more 
405 
- 
13 
12 
127 
113 
140 
Average years operating any farm 
19.5 
4.0 
6.5 
7.8 
14.4 
21.0 
33.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
32 
- 
32 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
67 
- 
- 
67 
- 
- 
- 
45 to 49 years 
131 
- 
- 
- 
131 
- 
- 
50 to 54 years 
89 
- 
- 
- 
89 
- 
- 
55 to 59 years 
77 
- 
- 
- 
- 
77 
- 
60 to 64 years 
69 
- 
- 
- 
- 
69 
- 
65 to 69 years 
87 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
87 
70 years and over 
69 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
69 
Average age 
55.0 
(D) 
(D) 
41.3 
49.2 
59.2 
70.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
12 
- 
6 
1 
4 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
4 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
601 
3 
26 
66 
212 
144 
150 
More than one race reported 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
6 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
66 
- 
8 
2 
10 
16 
30 
2 people 
246 
3 
12 
29 
41 
63 
98 
3 people 
118 
- 
- 
12 
65 
33 
8 
4 people 
97 
- 
6 
8 
52 
19 
12 
5 or more people 
97 
- 
6 
16 
52 
15 
8 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
574 
3 
32 
59 
201 
132 
147 
25 to 49 percent 
28 
- 
- 
5 
13 
5 
5 
50 to 74 percent 
9 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
4 
75 to 99 percent 
8 
- 
- 
3 
3 
2 
- 
1 00 percent 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
- 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
28 
- 
1 
- 
5 
7 
15 
acres 
3,871 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
764 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
491 
3 
23 
62 
189 
115 
99 
Dial-up service 
7 
- 
- 
3 
- 
3 
1 
DSL service 
61 
- 
5 
3 
31 
14 
8 
Cable modem service 
275 
- 
11 
32 
107 
57 
68 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
119 
3 
3 
19 
38 
37 
19 
or cell phone 
49 
- 
1 
14 
24 
4 
6 
Satellite service 
22 
- 
- 
6 
9 
6 
1 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
5 
- 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
550 
3 
25 
66 
186 
132 
138 
2 households 
56 
- 
5 
1 
29 
10 
11 
3 households 
10 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
7 
4 households 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
5 or more households 
5 
- 
2 
- 
2 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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