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 
36,652 
3,474 
3,697 
4,541 
5,207 
3,548 
Not on farm operated 
13,317 
843 
703 
1,093 
1,909 
1,523 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
21,662 
3,409 
3,180 
3,529 
3,378 
1,939 
Any 
28,307 
908 
1,220 
2,105 
3,738 
3,132 
1 to 49 days 
4,440 
276 
349 
641 
696 
425 
50 to 99 days 
1,586 
43 
107 
181 
269 
218 
100 to 199 days 
3,353 
56 
153 
261 
558 
386 
200 days or more 
18,928 
533 
611 
1,022 
2,215 
2,103 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,710 
37 
48 
99 
192 
184 
3 or 4 years 
2,289 
49 
80 
149 
307 
268 
5 to 9 years 
5,977 
198 
259 
417 
744 
642 
1 0 years or more 
39,993 
4,033 
4,013 
4,969 
5,873 
3,977 
Average years on present farm 
25.2 
30.2 
29.8 
29.2 
28.0 
25.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,125 
12 
23 
73 
120 
108 
3 or 4 years 
1,745 
25 
48 
90 
222 
205 
5 to 9 years 
5,160 
142 
201 
355 
623 
576 
10 years or more 
41,939 
4,138 
4,128 
5,116 
6,151 
4,182 
Average years operating any farm 
27.3 
31.9 
31.5 
30.8 
30.1 
28.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
456 
5 
16 
45 
76 
106 
25 to 34 years 
4,291 
191 
387 
574 
806 
552 
35 to 44 years 
6,199 
602 
546 
626 
862 
619 
45 to 49 years 
4,536 
490 
400 
522 
547 
410 
50 to 54 years 
7,407 
815 
771 
969 
952 
654 
55 to 59 years 
7,260 
811 
796 
901 
1,022 
641 
60 to 64 years 
6,643 
623 
655 
796 
946 
597 
65 to 69 years 
4,589 
344 
378 
489 
667 
449 
70 years and over 
8,588 
436 
451 
712 
1,238 
1,043 
Average age 
55.7 
54.8 
54.1 
54.3 
55.1 
55.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
316 
16 
10 
17 
41 
19 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
66 
- 
- 
1 
9 
3 
Asian 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
Black or African American 
25 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
49,807 
4,317 
4,398 
5,630 
7,104 
5,051 
More than one race reported 
55 
- 
2 
3 
1 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
7,260 
325 
421 
725 
1,086 
810 
2 people 
24,473 
2,041 
2,137 
2,754 
3,507 
2,504 
3 people 
6,107 
588 
638 
702 
850 
589 
4 people 
6,578 
681 
626 
798 
941 
662 
5 or more people 
5,551 
682 
578 
655 
732 
506 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
22,809 
425 
432 
668 
1,575 
1,657 
25 to 49 percent 
5,282 
226 
258 
464 
1,058 
961 
50 to 74 percent 
7,545 
678 
756 
1,258 
1,743 
1,238 
75 to 99 percent 
8,289 
1,483 
1,610 
1,837 
1,712 
849 
1 00 percent 
6,044 
1,505 
1,344 
1,407 
1,028 
366 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,187 
583 
299 
304 
244 
152 
acres 
5,168,571 
3,075,422 
899,086 
561,823 
267,819 
97,167 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
37,260 
3,959 
3,737 
4,395 
5,206 
3,539 
Dial-up service 
2,853 
211 
247 
301 
428 
273 
DSL service 
16,072 
1,831 
1,699 
1,874 
2,111 
1,442 
Cable modem service 
4,137 
299 
273 
389 
586 
430 
Fiber-optic service 
2,199 
315 
241 
249 
389 
205 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
6,430 
822 
698 
816 
912 
569 
Satellite service 
8,546 
1,071 
924 
1,102 
1,243 
828 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
777 
113 
77 
108 
93 
77 
Other Internet service 
947 
122 
119 
120 
120 
60 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
38,775 
2,471 
3,126 
4,334 
5,533 
3,987 
2 households 
7,965 
1,030 
882 
946 
1,202 
818 
3 households 
1,958 
519 
260 
209 
256 
160 
4 households 
735 
160 
66 
84 
74 
81 
5 or more households 
536 
137 
66 
61 
51 
25 
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 
48,375 
3,971 
4,249 
5,456 
6,983 
4,941 
acres 
42,380,081 
13,599,313 
8,690,748 
7,505,625 
5,926,880 
2,491,777 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,915 
298 
198 
180 
210 
215 
acres 
2,741,120 
1,299,254 
453,979 
407,165 
211,365 
122,462 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Nebraska 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
