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 
937 
702 
156 
79 
462 
475 
Female 
306 
227 
46 
33 
119 
187 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
619 
427 
119 
73 
303 
316 
Other 
624 
502 
83 
39 
278 
346 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
963 
768 
162 
33 
448 
515 
Not on farm operated 
280 
161 
40 
79 
133 
147 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
454 
333 
79 
42 
251 
203 
Any 
789 
596 
123 
70 
330 
459 
1 to 49 days 
84 
53 
20 
11 
36 
48 
50 to 99 days 
51 
38 
4 
9 
20 
31 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
133 
96 
22 
15 
44 
89 
200 days or more 
521 
409 
77 
35 
230 
291 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
72 
45 
8 
19 
33 
39 
3 or 4 years 
90 
65 
12 
13 
40 
50 
5 to 9 years 
221 
162 
28 
31 
83 
138 
1 0 years or more 
860 
657 
154 
49 
425 
435 
Average years on present farm 
20.8 
21.0 
24.8 
12.7 
23.2 
18.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
53 
31 
8 
14 
18 
35 
3 or 4 years 
92 
63 
12 
17 
39 
53 
5 to 9 years 
204 
149 
26 
29 
77 
127 
1 0 years or more 
894 
686 
156 
52 
447 
447 
Average years operating any farm 
22.2 
22.4 
25.9 
14.0 
24.4 
20.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10 
9 
- 
1 
6 
4 
25 to 34 years 
57 
17 
11 
29 
26 
31 
35 to 44 years 
115 
94 
11 
10 
50 
65 
45 to 49 years 
195 
143 
45 
7 
92 
103 
50 to 54 years 
166 
109 
31 
26 
53 
113 
55 to 59 years 
167 
124 
29 
14 
68 
99 
60 to 64 years 
170 
140 
21 
9 
88 
82 
65 to 69 years 
179 
136 
29 
14 
70 
109 
70 years and over 
184 
157 
25 
2 
128 
56 
Average age 
56.7 
57.8 
55.9 
48.7 
58.1 
55.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9 
6 
3 
- 
6 
3 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
14 
2 
1 
11 
8 
6 
Black or African American 
4 
4 
- 
- 
4 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,216 
914 
201 
101 
563 
653 
More than one race reported 
9 
9 
- 
- 
6 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
160 
130 
19 
11 
120 
40 
2 people 
538 
397 
88 
53 
230 
308 
3 people 
226 
173 
29 
24 
102 
124 
4 people 
181 
129 
44 
8 
77 
104 
5 or more people 
138 
100 
22 
16 
52 
86 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
901 
716 
125 
60 
416 
485 
25 to 49 percent 
129 
95 
20 
14 
62 
67 
50 to 74 percent 
71 
47 
18 
6 
33 
38 
75 to 99 percent 
56 
35 
11 
10 
22 
34 
1 00 percent 
86 
36 
28 
22 
48 
38 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
74 
36 
19 
19 
33 
41 
acres 
12,521 
6,567 
3,324 
2,630 
7,507 
5,014 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,006 
734 
174 
98 
446 
560 
Dial-up service 
31 
26 
3 
2 
12 
19 
DSL service 
130 
93 
25 
12 
60 
70 
Cable modem service 
522 
374 
88 
60 
230 
292 
Fiber-optic service 
268 
214 
35 
19 
115 
153 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
108 
73 
20 
15 
41 
67 
Satellite service 
44 
32 
10 
2 
18 
26 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
16 
11 
1 
4 
6 
10 
Other Internet service 
7 
7 
- 
- 
5 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,078 
818 
161 
99 
534 
544 
2 households 
123 
83 
32 
8 
32 
91 
3 households 
30 
18 
8 
4 
12 
18 
4 households 
3 
2 
1 
- 
- 
3 
5 or more households 
9 
8 
- 
1 
3 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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