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 
3,605 
4,350 
3,127 
2,414 
2,269 
4,050 
Female 
340 
612 
469 
461 
478 
826 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,978 
1,826 
1,167 
828 
695 
1,219 
Other 
1,967 
3,136 
2,429 
2,047 
2,052 
3,657 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,593 
3,220 
2,295 
2,011 
1,958 
3,803 
Not on farm operated 
1,352 
1,742 
1,301 
864 
789 
1,073 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,229 
1,377 
910 
700 
652 
1,201 
Any 
2,716 
3,585 
2,686 
2,175 
2,095 
3,675 
1 to 49 days 
352 
414 
333 
317 
210 
383 
50 to 99 days 
167 
161 
105 
85 
109 
121 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
331 
395 
312 
249 
221 
388 
200 days or more 
1,866 
2,615 
1,936 
1,524 
1,555 
2,783 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
177 
237 
186 
124 
129 
278 
3 or 4 years 
231 
311 
260 
205 
179 
234 
5 to 9 years 
487 
741 
613 
479 
523 
827 
1 0 years or more 
3,050 
3,673 
2,537 
2,067 
1,916 
3,537 
Average years on present farm 
24.9 
22.6 
20.6 
19.6 
19.5 
19.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
116 
176 
139 
87 
78 
183 
3 or 4 years 
167 
244 
210 
167 
146 
209 
5 to 9 years 
406 
622 
573 
424 
451 
743 
1 0 years or more 
3,256 
3,920 
2,674 
2,197 
2,072 
3,741 
Average years operating any farm 
27.7 
25.2 
22.7 
22.1 
21.8 
21.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
50 
52 
46 
17 
8 
32 
25 to 34 years 
370 
430 
289 
179 
170 
320 
35 to 44 years 
418 
552 
480 
376 
424 
649 
45 to 49 years 
303 
464 
356 
288 
276 
457 
50 to 54 years 
463 
669 
477 
416 
382 
796 
55 to 59 years 
515 
570 
462 
376 
347 
764 
60 to 64 years 
523 
620 
431 
368 
393 
623 
65 to 69 years 
366 
509 
358 
296 
256 
427 
70 years and over 
937 
1,096 
697 
559 
491 
808 
Average age 
57.3 
57.1 
56.1 
56.9 
56.3 
56.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
22 
48 
42 
29 
23 
39 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
2 
22 
6 
4 
2 
12 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
1 
2 
3 
- 
12 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,940 
4,922 
3,578 
2,858 
2,741 
4,846 
More than one race reported 
3 
17 
10 
4 
4 
6 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
693 
888 
583 
455 
458 
746 
2 people 
2,025 
2,433 
1,726 
1,408 
1,259 
2,432 
3 people 
459 
594 
418 
351 
301 
577 
4 people 
384 
602 
496 
333 
376 
643 
5 or more people 
384 
445 
373 
328 
353 
478 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,023 
3,476 
2,987 
2,469 
2,456 
4,454 
25 to 49 percent 
804 
699 
280 
173 
128 
149 
50 to 74 percent 
662 
497 
222 
164 
101 
145 
75 to 99 percent 
310 
190 
66 
46 
53 
71 
100 percent 
146 
100 
41 
23 
9 
57 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
131 
136 
108 
62 
50 
109 
acres 
78,062 
99,502 
11,302 
7,272 
2,194 
61,207 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,647 
3,409 
2,503 
2,101 
2,046 
3,423 
Dial-up service 
232 
271 
176 
179 
162 
343 
DSL service 
1,077 
1,436 
1,091 
929 
917 
1,541 
Cable modem service 
381 
528 
355 
270 
238 
350 
Fiber-optic service 
168 
203 
120 
122 
60 
108 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
382 
553 
422 
288 
338 
576 
Satellite service 
586 
690 
497 
425 
407 
715 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
42 
58 
42 
43 
50 
69 
Other Internet service 
80 
84 
51 
44 
62 
76 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,140 
3,976 
2,869 
2,395 
2,333 
4,274 
2 households 
598 
758 
551 
352 
315 
439 
3 households 
111 
133 
89 
73 
50 
87 
4 households 
60 
60 
42 
27 
29 
46 
5 or more households 
36 
35 
45 
28 
20 
30 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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