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 
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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
45,878 
4,387 
4,359 
5,609 
6,934 
4,774 
Female 
4,091 
75 
90 
127 
302 
311 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
29,819 
4,285 
4,225 
5,065 
5,338 
3,193 
Other 
20,150 
177 
224 
671 
1,898 
1,892 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
36,652 
3,595 
3,749 
4,598 
5,259 
3,571 
Not on farm operated 
13,317 
867 
700 
1,138 
1,977 
1,514 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
21,662 
3,525 
3,197 
3,553 
3,410 
1,908 
Any 
28,307 
937 
1,252 
2,183 
3,826 
3,177 
1 to 49 days 
4,440 
285 
361 
662 
685 
438 
50 to 99 days 
1,586 
45 
114 
186 
277 
216 
100 to 199 days 
3,353 
57 
156 
277 
577 
390 
200 days or more 
18,928 
550 
621 
1,058 
2,287 
2,133 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,710 
37 
48 
105 
199 
190 
3 or 4 years 
2,289 
49 
81 
155 
343 
241 
5 to 9 years 
5,977 
199 
269 
427 
788 
624 
10 years or more 
39,993 
4,177 
4,051 
5,049 
5,906 
4,030 
Average years on present farm 
25.2 
30.3 
29.8 
29.3 
27.6 
26.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,125 
12 
23 
74 
127 
110 
3 or 4 years 
1,745 
25 
49 
94 
248 
186 
5 to 9 years 
5,160 
142 
211 
362 
658 
568 
10 years or more 
41,939 
4,283 
4,166 
5,206 
6,203 
4,221 
Average years operating any farm 
27.3 
32.0 
31.3 
31.0 
29.8 
28.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
456 
5 
16 
52 
77 
101 
25 to 34 years 
4,291 
200 
393 
583 
841 
516 
35 to 44 years 
6,199 
616 
567 
620 
883 
614 
45 to 49 years 
4,536 
504 
405 
515 
564 
404 
50 to 54 years 
7,407 
840 
785 
972 
966 
641 
55 to 59 years 
7,260 
842 
793 
916 
1,019 
656 
60 to 64 years 
6,643 
647 
654 
825 
950 
609 
65 to 69 years 
4,589 
351 
390 
501 
668 
467 
70 years and over 
8,588 
457 
446 
752 
1,268 
1,077 
Average age 
55.7 
54.8 
54.0 
54.4 
55.0 
55.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
316 
16 
10 
17 
41 
29 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
66 
- 
- 
1 
10 
7 
Asian 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
Black or African American 
25 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
49,807 
4,462 
4,447 
5,732 
7,222 
5,059 
More than one race reported 
55 
- 
2 
3 
2 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
7,260 
343 
411 
748 
1,129 
806 
2 people 
24,473 
2,110 
2,156 
2,838 
3,523 
2,563 
3 people 
6,107 
606 
642 
704 
884 
571 
4 people 
6,578 
701 
646 
796 
958 
643 
5 or more people 
5,551 
702 
594 
650 
742 
502 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
22,809 
433 
434 
699 
1,650 
1,728 
25 to 49 percent 
5,282 
231 
265 
487 
1,063 
1,003 
50 to 74 percent 
7,545 
707 
777 
1,262 
1,814 
1,194 
75 to 99 percent 
8,289 
1,539 
1,618 
1,875 
1,705 
816 
1 00 percent 
6,044 
1,552 
1,355 
1,413 
1,004 
344 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,187 
594 
299 
306 
244 
148 
acres 
5,168,571 
3,120,948 
875,419 
559,609 
258,911 
94,145 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
37,260 
4,086 
3,779 
4,465 
5,262 
3,539 
Dial-up service 
2,853 
222 
242 
324 
419 
283 
DSL service 
16,072 
1,893 
1,715 
1,905 
2,102 
1,466 
Cable modem service 
4,137 
307 
277 
389 
613 
429 
Fiber-optic service 
2,199 
324 
243 
258 
380 
213 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
6,430 
849 
704 
827 
923 
568 
Satellite service 
8,546 
1,100 
930 
1,126 
1,270 
800 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
777 
116 
78 
110 
93 
76 
Other Internet service 
947 
124 
123 
122 
120 
61 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
38,775 
2,578 
3,165 
4,420 
5,624 
4,001 
2 households 
7,965 
1,058 
887 
964 
1,232 
811 
3 households 
1,958 
523 
266 
210 
254 
162 
4 households 
735 
164 
66 
82 
75 
84 
5 or more households 
536 
139 
65 
60 
51 
27 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
