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 
1,917 
1,054 
994 
4,610 
6,111 
4,850 
4,479 
Not on farm operated 
1,370 
515 
527 
2,035 
1,606 
994 
807 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,043 
526 
570 
2,872 
4,414 
4,023 
3,761 
Any 
2,244 
1,043 
951 
3,773 
3,303 
1,821 
1,525 
1 to 49 days 
254 
135 
116 
619 
787 
479 
464 
50 to 99 days 
121 
57 
56 
237 
268 
144 
114 
100 to 199 days 
255 
149 
114 
510 
431 
224 
179 
200 days or more 
1,614 
702 
665 
2,407 
1,817 
974 
768 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
185 
67 
45 
176 
121 
64 
86 
3 or 4 years 
181 
70 
67 
297 
206 
117 
98 
5 to 9 years 
453 
191 
201 
738 
590 
390 
254 
1 0 years or more 
2,468 
1,241 
1,208 
5,434 
6,800 
5,273 
4,848 
Average years on present farm 
23.8 
24.9 
25.8 
27.3 
29.5 
30.3 
30.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
120 
42 
37 
125 
82 
33 
23 
3 or 4 years 
150 
63 
52 
224 
123 
80 
46 
5 to 9 years 
408 
166 
174 
616 
510 
317 
164 
1 0 years or more 
2,609 
1,298 
1,258 
5,680 
7,002 
5,414 
5,053 
Average years operating any farm 
26.3 
27.3 
28.0 
29.5 
31.2 
31.8 
32.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
32 
35 
8 
99 
50 
28 
17 
25 to 34 years 
327 
148 
149 
711 
674 
443 
207 
35 to 44 years 
322 
173 
176 
708 
920 
715 
615 
45 to 49 years 
262 
128 
125 
487 
615 
577 
523 
50 to 54 years 
432 
216 
208 
882 
1,218 
1,049 
841 
55 to 59 years 
425 
188 
172 
836 
1,237 
1,004 
963 
60 to 64 years 
403 
243 
211 
822 
1,084 
789 
802 
65 to 69 years 
334 
126 
153 
633 
732 
491 
465 
70 years and over 
750 
312 
319 
1,467 
1,187 
748 
853 
Average age 
57.3 
55.9 
56.5 
56.5 
55.4 
54.9 
57.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
34 
- 
3 
33 
40 
35 
17 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
7 
4 
2 
3 
9 
2 
8 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Black or African American 
4 
- 
2 
- 
5 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,273 
1,564 
1,516 
6,632 
7,700 
5,841 
5,276 
More than one race reported 
3 
1 
1 
7 
3 
1 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
558 
261 
274 
1,101 
1,095 
608 
546 
2 people 
1,680 
796 
730 
3,286 
3,832 
2,936 
2,688 
3 people 
428 
190 
203 
745 
982 
713 
664 
4 people 
355 
215 
184 
814 
979 
858 
680 
5 or more people 
266 
107 
130 
699 
829 
729 
708 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,780 
776 
652 
2,237 
1,523 
782 
817 
25 to 49 percent 
568 
288 
258 
936 
779 
451 
365 
50 to 74 percent 
544 
251 
323 
1,454 
1,642 
1,121 
905 
75 to 99 percent 
282 
171 
205 
1,360 
2,172 
1,878 
1,659 
1 00 percent 
113 
83 
83 
658 
1,601 
1,612 
1,540 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
117 
45 
51 
283 
353 
373 
490 
acres 
18,343 
8,873 
12,282 
105,306 
259,998 
529,881 
4,210,498 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,185 
1,108 
1,026 
4,719 
5,835 
4,673 
4,373 
Dial-up service 
199 
70 
87 
397 
432 
345 
286 
DSL service 
911 
412 
421 
1,963 
2,486 
2,044 
1,955 
Cable modem service 
329 
148 
133 
584 
562 
380 
277 
Fiber-optic service 
104 
63 
68 
289 
379 
289 
372 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
340 
196 
181 
825 
1,034 
929 
757 
Satellite service 
464 
302 
206 
1,028 
1,445 
1,146 
1,249 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
45 
25 
33 
93 
111 
113 
92 
Other Internet service 
40 
22 
29 
130 
137 
138 
109 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,571 
1,246 
1,183 
5,161 
5,986 
4,237 
3,276 
2 households 
550 
237 
256 
1,129 
1,249 
1,107 
1,239 
3 households 
87 
49 
51 
227 
312 
324 
508 
4 households 
52 
19 
17 
70 
93 
100 
148 
5 or more households 
27 
18 
14 
58 
77 
76 
115 
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 
3,184 
1,513 
1,480 
6,461 
7,522 
5,642 
4,974 
acres 
503,684 
299,511 
351,659 
2,388,498 
5,346,464 
7,769,129 
24,967,818 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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