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 
3,596 
2,547 
1,644 
4,245 
1,849 
777 
403 
Not on farm operated 
957 
638 
411 
979 
419 
179 
129 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,760 
1,274 
855 
2,316 
1,171 
589 
404 
Any 
2,793 
1,911 
1,200 
2,908 
1,097 
367 
128 
1 to 49 days 
310 
190 
140 
364 
150 
49 
17 
50 to 99 days 
206 
137 
96 
245 
108 
27 
5 
100 to 199 days 
394 
309 
183 
448 
191 
54 
9 
200 days or more 
1,883 
1,275 
781 
1,851 
648 
237 
97 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
103 
70 
35 
87 
39 
14 
1 
3 or 4 years 
111 
104 
41 
137 
56 
21 
4 
5 to 9 years 
500 
302 
206 
424 
156 
36 
16 
1 0 years or more 
3,839 
2,709 
1,773 
4,576 
2,017 
885 
511 
Average years on present farm 
26.6 
26.4 
26.8 
28.5 
29.3 
30.2 
31.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
67 
48 
20 
51 
31 
9 
1 
3 or 4 years 
93 
76 
24 
106 
33 
11 
3 
5 to 9 years 
418 
246 
175 
345 
111 
32 
10 
1 0 years or more 
3,975 
2,815 
1,836 
4,722 
2,093 
904 
518 
Average years operating any farm 
28.8 
29.0 
29.2 
30.8 
31.6 
31.9 
32.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
16 
8 
2 
17 
11 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
125 
98 
65 
174 
77 
40 
17 
35 to 44 years 
335 
229 
139 
430 
215 
108 
78 
45 to 49 years 
339 
265 
166 
392 
171 
97 
61 
50 to 54 years 
483 
351 
199 
629 
271 
134 
66 
55 to 59 years 
635 
469 
320 
687 
339 
142 
99 
60 to 64 years 
658 
474 
324 
755 
368 
125 
82 
65 to 69 years 
688 
453 
311 
747 
301 
143 
55 
70 years and over 
1,274 
838 
529 
1,393 
515 
167 
74 
Average age 
61.5 
60.9 
61.0 
60.6 
59.4 
57.7 
56.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
25 
10 
14 
21 
1 
2 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
16 
10 
4 
21 
4 
- 
- 
Asian 
2 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
67 
23 
16 
36 
8 
6 
3 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
4,445 
3,136 
2,027 
5,153 
2,251 
948 
527 
More than one race reported 
23 
14 
7 
14 
5 
2 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
701 
455 
292 
636 
284 
77 
57 
2 people 
2,553 
1,759 
1,153 
2,940 
1,222 
483 
255 
3 people 
639 
453 
302 
772 
295 
148 
74 
4 people 
470 
366 
195 
587 
334 
156 
99 
5 or more people 
190 
152 
113 
289 
133 
92 
47 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,530 
2,292 
1,401 
3,037 
945 
253 
90 
25 to 49 percent 
549 
424 
307 
762 
334 
97 
19 
50 to 74 percent 
305 
257 
203 
823 
445 
180 
84 
75 to 99 percent 
98 
137 
88 
356 
315 
233 
167 
100 percent 
71 
75 
56 
246 
229 
193 
172 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
56 
46 
28 
124 
74 
62 
33 
acres 
8,676 
9,285 
6,761 
43,449 
50,858 
82,140 
143,857 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,800 
2,101 
1,311 
3,402 
1,558 
762 
455 
Dial-up service 
334 
256 
162 
435 
159 
82 
31 
DSL service 
1,142 
862 
486 
1,330 
682 
310 
212 
Cable modem service 
490 
405 
251 
603 
217 
99 
57 
Fiber-optic service 
97 
61 
38 
91 
52 
30 
26 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
504 
385 
291 
755 
312 
201 
102 
Satellite service 
443 
311 
206 
537 
286 
128 
95 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
80 
38 
29 
62 
15 
24 
15 
Other Internet service 
40 
17 
14 
17 
17 
7 
4 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,473 
2,458 
1,519 
3,743 
1,497 
609 
293 
2 households 
891 
611 
418 
1,198 
568 
261 
146 
3 households 
123 
70 
90 
185 
137 
56 
63 
4 households 
44 
34 
20 
60 
46 
21 
26 
5 or more households 
22 
12 
8 
38 
20 
9 
4 
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 
4,428 
3,099 
1,995 
5,068 
2,167 
914 
483 
acres 
694,897 
612,402 
475,241 
1,762,824 
1,441,384 
1,207,247 
1,657,546 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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