Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
4,477 
9,175 
8,351 
7,728 
8,566 
15,856 
Female 
276 
824 
968 
1,118 
1,422 
2,907 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,722 
4,850 
3,852 
3,250 
3,279 
5,675 
Other 
2,031 
5,149 
5,467 
5,596 
6,709 
13,088 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,864 
8,022 
7,521 
7,130 
8,018 
15,364 
Not on farm operated 
889 
1,977 
1,798 
1,716 
1,970 
3,399 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,853 
3,991 
3,331 
2,908 
3,289 
6,051 
Any 
2,900 
6,008 
5,988 
5,938 
6,699 
12,712 
1 to 49 days 
323 
594 
621 
627 
868 
1,556 
50 to 99 days 
234 
444 
490 
412 
470 
924 
100 to 199 days 
493 
948 
807 
820 
823 
1,515 
200 days or more 
1,850 
4,022 
4,070 
4,079 
4,538 
8,717 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
115 
242 
197 
241 
378 
829 
3 or 4 years 
133 
300 
388 
437 
639 
1,037 
5 to 9 years 
423 
1,025 
1,288 
1,410 
1,741 
3,395 
10 years or more 
4,082 
8,432 
7,446 
6,758 
7,230 
13,502 
Average years on present farm 
27.1 
26.1 
23.8 
21.7 
20.1 
19.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
62 
163 
139 
170 
276 
564 
3 or 4 years 
93 
230 
298 
360 
527 
886 
5 to 9 years 
331 
804 
1,061 
1,169 
1,513 
3,005 
1 0 years or more 
4,267 
8,802 
7,821 
7,147 
7,672 
14,308 
Average years operating any farm 
30.0 
28.7 
26.0 
23.9 
22.1 
21.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
15 
41 
29 
42 
23 
66 
25 to 34 years 
199 
297 
350 
319 
382 
693 
35 to 44 years 
451 
818 
891 
863 
1,031 
1,969 
45 to 49 years 
348 
798 
689 
810 
912 
1,860 
50 to 54 years 
559 
1,071 
1,023 
1,041 
1,278 
2,304 
55 to 59 years 
613 
1,305 
1,251 
1,164 
1,395 
2,737 
60 to 64 years 
696 
1,461 
1,368 
1,346 
1,583 
2,948 
65 to 69 years 
644 
1,552 
1,321 
1,227 
1,291 
2,441 
70 years and over 
1,228 
2,656 
2,397 
2,034 
2,093 
3,745 
Average age 
59.9 
60.8 
60.2 
59.4 
58.8 
58.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
17 
55 
56 
55 
73 
192 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
16 
31 
37 
28 
48 
105 
Asian 
4 
10 
2 
5 
24 
21 
Black or African American 
36 
107 
133 
178 
227 
281 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
White 
4,690 
9,822 
9,112 
8,602 
9,658 
18,280 
More than one race reported 
7 
29 
32 
33 
30 
76 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
523 
1,379 
1,296 
1,238 
1,505 
2,761 
2 people 
2,755 
5,647 
5,098 
4,747 
5,200 
9,696 
3 people 
714 
1,464 
1,397 
1,361 
1,483 
2,875 
4 people 
513 
1,014 
1,014 
1,026 
1,153 
2,296 
5 or more people 
248 
495 
514 
474 
647 
1,135 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,626 
7,212 
8,088 
8,151 
9,450 
18,036 
25 to 49 percent 
963 
1,604 
721 
397 
237 
309 
50 to 74 percent 
792 
824 
349 
191 
208 
257 
75 to 99 percent 
253 
201 
93 
60 
48 
71 
1 00 percent 
119 
158 
68 
47 
45 
90 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
92 
155 
122 
116 
134 
232 
acres 
26,381 
26,988 
14,745 
10,653 
7,716 
24,084 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,040 
6,138 
5,766 
5,675 
6,484 
12,155 
Dial-up service 
364 
705 
674 
668 
720 
1,173 
DSL service 
1,204 
2,452 
2,243 
2,262 
2,601 
4,717 
Cable modem service 
519 
1,197 
1,202 
1,151 
1,329 
2,694 
Fiber-optic service 
117 
218 
159 
167 
170 
329 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
674 
1,269 
1,200 
1,142 
1,299 
2,545 
Satellite service 
448 
878 
811 
752 
927 
1,663 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
76 
121 
140 
139 
171 
230 
Other Internet service 
26 
49 
72 
91 
77 
139 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,363 
7,548 
7,273 
7,100 
8,419 
16,160 
2 households 
1,123 
2,091 
1,725 
1,463 
1,304 
2,136 
3 households 
183 
222 
197 
183 
138 
288 
4 households 
58 
101 
83 
76 
88 
125 
5 or more households 
26 
37 
41 
24 
39 
54 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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