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 
2,515 
2,714 
1,952 
1,650 
1,501 
5,853 
Not on farm operated 
1,196 
1,284 
898 
574 
416 
2,878 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,147 
999 
663 
501 
403 
2,514 
Any 
2,564 
2,999 
2,187 
1,723 
1,514 
6,217 
1 to 49 days 
337 
323 
266 
259 
150 
718 
50 to 99 days 
148 
151 
100 
68 
104 
197 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
329 
328 
238 
161 
145 
738 
200 days or more 
1,750 
2,197 
1,583 
1,235 
1,115 
4,564 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
172 
216 
166 
107 
110 
379 
3 or 4 years 
218 
273 
238 
176 
117 
414 
5 to 9 years 
454 
609 
493 
406 
416 
1,339 
1 0 years or more 
2,867 
2,900 
1,953 
1,535 
1,274 
6,599 
Average years on present farm 
24.6 
21.9 
19.7 
18.5 
17.6 
21.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
112 
154 
125 
74 
63 
261 
3 or 4 years 
154 
221 
181 
146 
100 
353 
5 to 9 years 
386 
504 
471 
363 
370 
1,169 
1 0 years or more 
3,059 
3,119 
2,073 
1,641 
1,384 
6,948 
Average years operating any farm 
27.3 
24.6 
21.8 
20.8 
19.8 
23.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
51 
51 
43 
15 
8 
40 
25 to 34 years 
366 
421 
266 
172 
161 
395 
35 to 44 years 
401 
489 
450 
330 
348 
926 
45 to 49 years 
296 
397 
320 
240 
241 
673 
50 to 54 years 
446 
524 
381 
317 
254 
1,324 
55 to 59 years 
490 
458 
376 
313 
228 
1,224 
60 to 64 years 
482 
511 
316 
287 
250 
1,180 
65 to 69 years 
349 
402 
247 
207 
183 
874 
70 years and over 
830 
745 
451 
343 
244 
2,095 
Average age 
56.7 
55.4 
54.0 
55.1 
53.7 
59.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
32 
32 
34 
21 
10 
84 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
4 
17 
8 
4 
2 
18 
Asian 
2 
- 
- 
6 
- 
1 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
2 
3 
1 
12 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,702 
3,969 
2,833 
2,205 
1,907 
8,691 
More than one race reported 
3 
12 
7 
6 
7 
9 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
653 
665 
411 
321 
253 
1,590 
2 people 
1,881 
1,924 
1,326 
1,042 
846 
4,511 
3 people 
428 
504 
351 
310 
230 
917 
4 people 
370 
499 
423 
273 
283 
1,022 
5 or more people 
379 
406 
339 
278 
305 
691 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,843 
2,712 
2,371 
1,926 
1,753 
7,447 
25 to 49 percent 
765 
628 
200 
145 
73 
504 
50 to 74 percent 
640 
409 
181 
104 
53 
485 
75 to 99 percent 
317 
159 
59 
31 
27 
205 
1 00 percent 
146 
90 
39 
18 
11 
90 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
107 
107 
66 
27 
51 
247 
acres 
76,277 
89,916 
5,711 
2,319 
5,672 
87,359 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,504 
2,780 
2,001 
1,661 
1,461 
6,017 
Dial-up service 
228 
218 
139 
148 
112 
548 
DSL service 
1,029 
1,205 
873 
740 
725 
2,543 
Cable modem service 
343 
389 
227 
176 
132 
893 
Fiber-optic service 
152 
176 
101 
102 
49 
220 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
382 
479 
322 
287 
226 
917 
Satellite service 
555 
564 
417 
345 
265 
1,232 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
40 
45 
38 
35 
37 
114 
Other Internet service 
67 
73 
47 
24 
35 
160 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,967 
3,238 
2,322 
1,871 
1,678 
7,248 
2 households 
576 
596 
411 
268 
184 
1,052 
3 households 
88 
96 
56 
59 
32 
223 
4 households 
47 
47 
26 
11 
12 
127 
5 or more households 
33 
21 
35 
15 
11 
81 
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 
3,618 
3,914 
2,782 
2,165 
1,897 
8,399 
acres 
1,164,197 
874,489 
294,161 
159,088 
118,249 
1,555,554 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
131 
126 
100 
64 
46 
347 
acres 
58,830 
45,353 
19,509 
9,189 
6,142 
107,872 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Nebraska 97 
