Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,770 
7,851 
7,289 
6,708 
7,357 
17,068 
Not on farm operated 
854 
1,848 
1,563 
1,308 
1,424 
4,783 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,810 
3,861 
3,156 
2,551 
2,725 
7,391 
Any 
2,814 
5,838 
5,696 
5,465 
6,056 
14,460 
1 to 49 days 
306 
557 
557 
518 
739 
1,919 
50 to 99 days 
230 
439 
463 
384 
437 
1,030 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
484 
936 
772 
778 
783 
1,677 
200 days or more 
1,794 
3,906 
3,904 
3,785 
4,097 
9,834 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
105 
235 
193 
222 
321 
930 
3 or 4 years 
131 
276 
372 
384 
592 
1,179 
5 to 9 years 
416 
987 
1,200 
1,307 
1,573 
3,807 
1 0 years or more 
3,972 
8,201 
7,087 
6,103 
6,295 
15,935 
Average years on present farm 
27.1 
26.2 
23.8 
21.5 
19.6 
20.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
58 
158 
135 
149 
229 
647 
3 or 4 years 
91 
215 
284 
317 
489 
998 
5 to 9 years 
325 
766 
979 
1,079 
1,360 
3,379 
1 0 years or more 
4,150 
8,560 
7,454 
6,471 
6,703 
16,827 
Average years operating any farm 
30.0 
28.8 
26.1 
23.7 
21.7 
21.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
15 
41 
26 
36 
26 
72 
25 to 34 years 
196 
290 
345 
300 
365 
746 
35 to 44 years 
436 
811 
877 
841 
981 
2,091 
45 to 49 years 
337 
788 
668 
753 
864 
2,016 
50 to 54 years 
555 
1,054 
991 
972 
1,149 
2,581 
55 to 59 years 
601 
1,262 
1,201 
1,057 
1,269 
3,101 
60 to 64 years 
681 
1,411 
1,308 
1,235 
1,377 
3,412 
65 to 69 years 
619 
1,490 
1,237 
1,078 
1,121 
2,953 
70 years and over 
1,184 
2,552 
2,199 
1,744 
1,629 
4,879 
Average age 
59.8 
60.7 
59.9 
58.9 
57.9 
59.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
17 
46 
60 
55 
68 
202 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
14 
33 
37 
26 
46 
109 
Asian 
4 
10 
2 
5 
22 
23 
Black or African American 
36 
98 
106 
125 
152 
447 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
White 
4,563 
9,529 
8,676 
7,830 
8,532 
21,187 
More than one race reported 
7 
29 
28 
30 
28 
85 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
496 
1,340 
1,179 
1,021 
1,188 
3,491 
2 people 
2,691 
5,462 
4,814 
4,309 
4,533 
1 1 ,427 
3 people 
688 
1,426 
1,363 
1,287 
1,404 
3,146 
4 people 
488 
1,007 
977 
944 
1,044 
2,568 
5 or more people 
261 
464 
519 
455 
612 
1,219 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,547 
6,921 
7,664 
7,418 
8,325 
20,770 
25 to 49 percent 
925 
1,607 
686 
350 
196 
503 
50 to 74 percent 
788 
817 
338 
154 
173 
374 
75 to 99 percent 
250 
197 
91 
54 
42 
102 
1 00 percent 
114 
157 
73 
40 
45 
102 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
90 
143 
127 
98 
126 
269 
acres 
26,091 
24,589 
16,213 
8,897 
7,164 
28,353 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,964 
5,961 
5,494 
5,194 
5,851 
13,899 
Dial-up service 
347 
705 
640 
627 
650 
1,350 
DSL service 
1,180 
2,342 
2,169 
2,043 
2,352 
5,431 
Cable modem service 
515 
1,162 
1,125 
1,023 
1,149 
3,143 
Fiber-optic service 
114 
214 
148 
155 
151 
380 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
654 
1,248 
1,148 
1,058 
1,221 
2,820 
Satellite service 
438 
852 
758 
709 
813 
1,926 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
74 
115 
132 
124 
159 
273 
Other Internet service 
23 
44 
72 
78 
77 
160 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,271 
7,318 
6,928 
6,437 
7,427 
18,597 
2 households 
1,103 
2,039 
1,626 
1,346 
1,133 
2,629 
3 households 
178 
212 
181 
153 
107 
386 
4 households 
53 
95 
77 
68 
85 
153 
5 or more households 
19 
35 
40 
12 
29 
86 
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 
4,491 
9,469 
8,667 
7,871 
8,645 
21,395 
acres 
1,080,264 
1,466,946 
870,577 
583,145 
489,136 
1,531,100 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
113 
174 
138 
120 
76 
332 
acres 
29,545 
30,361 
17,910 
13,011 
4,689 
41,466 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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