Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
55,153 
632 
648 
845 
1,281 
1,704 
Not on farm operated 
12,897 
181 
148 
156 
269 
363 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
25,071 
596 
551 
621 
876 
933 
Any 
42,979 
217 
245 
380 
674 
1,134 
1 to 49 days 
4,950 
31 
38 
51 
91 
143 
50 to 99 days 
3,204 
12 
17 
26 
62 
104 
100 to 199 days 
5,808 
11 
35 
55 
96 
181 
200 days or more 
29,017 
163 
155 
248 
425 
706 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,132 
11 
13 
18 
31 
53 
3 or 4 years 
3,112 
11 
23 
24 
63 
57 
5 to 9 years 
9,728 
43 
71 
69 
103 
152 
1 0 years or more 
53,078 
748 
689 
890 
1,353 
1,805 
Average years on present farm 
22.8 
29.4 
28.2 
27.8 
28.0 
28.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,465 
4 
5 
13 
22 
45 
3 or 4 years 
2,514 
7 
10 
21 
45 
37 
5 to 9 years 
8,227 
30 
54 
53 
84 
118 
10 years or more 
55,844 
772 
727 
914 
1,399 
1,867 
Average years operating any farm 
25.0 
31.1 
30.1 
29.8 
30.5 
30.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
259 
- 
1 
18 
16 
8 
25 to 34 years 
2,564 
35 
35 
50 
105 
97 
35 to 44 years 
6,768 
103 
100 
152 
152 
224 
45 to 49 years 
6,011 
100 
92 
83 
147 
163 
50 to 54 years 
8,130 
122 
111 
161 
182 
252 
55 to 59 years 
9,452 
151 
123 
147 
249 
291 
60 to 64 years 
10,305 
111 
121 
136 
217 
296 
65 to 69 years 
9,268 
86 
98 
121 
199 
266 
70 years and over 
15,293 
105 
115 
133 
283 
470 
Average age 
59.2 
55.8 
56.2 
55.3 
57.1 
58.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
467 
2 
2 
2 
8 
5 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
281 
- 
2 
2 
2 
10 
Asian 
87 
7 
2 
11 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
992 
2 
3 
6 
7 
10 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
66,460 
800 
788 
980 
1,540 
2,035 
More than one race reported 
226 
4 
1 
2 
- 
12 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,341 
70 
58 
118 
176 
204 
2 people 
36,351 
405 
382 
443 
764 
1,121 
3 people 
10,289 
119 
139 
160 
224 
333 
4 people 
8,020 
138 
154 
175 
245 
280 
5 or more people 
4,049 
81 
63 
105 
141 
129 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
55,478 
123 
124 
244 
488 
854 
25 to 49 percent 
5,109 
40 
80 
102 
220 
400 
50 to 74 percent 
3,984 
122 
159 
228 
364 
467 
75 to 99 percent 
1,911 
267 
231 
202 
266 
209 
1 00 percent 
1,568 
261 
202 
225 
212 
137 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,107 
63 
37 
51 
61 
42 
acres 
378,193 
126,068 
46,242 
46,245 
31,874 
16,457 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
44,001 
701 
644 
757 
1,147 
1,389 
Dial-up service 
4,836 
42 
56 
104 
148 
167 
DSL service 
17,579 
316 
323 
333 
517 
573 
Cable modem service 
8,811 
77 
81 
107 
184 
245 
Fiber-optic service 
1,322 
33 
22 
15 
39 
51 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
9,093 
180 
127 
146 
222 
269 
Satellite service 
6,226 
145 
108 
132 
152 
193 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
988 
23 
17 
14 
16 
41 
Other Internet service 
494 
8 
8 
6 
7 
11 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
54,168 
437 
536 
685 
1,095 
1,437 
2 households 
11,363 
234 
182 
242 
317 
512 
3 households 
1,575 
93 
51 
41 
108 
65 
4 households 
657 
39 
12 
18 
19 
38 
5 or more households 
287 
10 
15 
15 
11 
15 
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 
66,497 
741 
760 
962 
1,488 
2,008 
acres 
10,373,562 
1,605,676 
737,620 
639,791 
660,392 
708,915 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,198 
49 
44 
41 
46 
65 
acres 
356,390 
99,928 
43,884 
33,531 
21,764 
20,301 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
