Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
45,878 
21,586 
18,341 
5,951 
26,235 
19,643 
Female 
4,091 
3,312 
495 
284 
2,270 
1,821 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
29,819 
10,842 
15,042 
3,935 
17,558 
12,261 
Other 
20,150 
14,056 
3,794 
2,300 
10,947 
9,203 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
36,652 
17,632 
15,807 
3,213 
20,074 
16,578 
Not on farm operated 
13,317 
7,266 
3,029 
3,022 
8,431 
4,886 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
21,662 
8,835 
10,652 
2,175 
12,713 
8,949 
Any 
28,307 
16,063 
8,184 
4,060 
15,792 
12,515 
1 to 49 days 
4,440 
2,197 
1,620 
623 
2,576 
1,864 
50 to 99 days 
1,586 
761 
579 
246 
875 
711 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,353 
1,923 
997 
433 
1,846 
1,507 
200 days or more 
18,928 
11,182 
4,988 
2,758 
10,495 
8,433 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,710 
914 
245 
551 
995 
715 
3 or 4 years 
2,289 
1,118 
496 
675 
1,251 
1,038 
5 to 9 years 
5,977 
3,362 
1,457 
1,158 
3,046 
2,931 
1 0 years or more 
39,993 
19,504 
16,638 
3,851 
23,213 
16,780 
Average years on present farm 
25.2 
24.2 
28.9 
17.7 
25.8 
24.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,125 
585 
143 
397 
710 
415 
3 or 4 years 
1,745 
842 
314 
589 
959 
786 
5 to 9 years 
5,160 
2,908 
1,204 
1,048 
2,594 
2,566 
1 0 years or more 
41,939 
20,563 
17,175 
4,201 
24,242 
17,697 
Average years operating any farm 
27.3 
26.6 
30.6 
20.0 
27.8 
26.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
456 
86 
108 
262 
315 
141 
25 to 34 years 
4,291 
1,248 
1,482 
1,561 
2,544 
1,747 
35 to 44 years 
6,199 
2,644 
2,383 
1,172 
3,309 
2,890 
45 to 49 years 
4,536 
2,013 
1,939 
584 
2,553 
1,983 
50 to 54 years 
7,407 
3,463 
3,184 
760 
4,349 
3,058 
55 to 59 years 
7,260 
3,426 
3,149 
685 
4,026 
3,234 
60 to 64 years 
6,643 
3,422 
2,698 
523 
3,632 
3,011 
65 to 69 years 
4,589 
2,751 
1,592 
246 
2,527 
2,062 
70 years and over 
8,588 
5,845 
2,301 
442 
5,250 
3,338 
Average age 
55.7 
58.9 
54.5 
46.2 
55.9 
55.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
316 
205 
83 
28 
193 
123 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
66 
45 
11 
10 
40 
26 
Asian 
16 
8 
8 
- 
15 
1 
Black or African American 
25 
22 
- 
3 
18 
7 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
49,807 
24,781 
18,806 
6,220 
28,402 
21,405 
More than one race reported 
55 
42 
11 
2 
30 
25 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
7,260 
4,033 
2,251 
976 
6,158 
1,102 
2 people 
24,473 
12,942 
9,133 
2,398 
12,858 
11,615 
3 people 
6,107 
2,726 
2,438 
943 
3,265 
2,842 
4 people 
6,578 
2,831 
2,651 
1,096 
3,446 
3,132 
5 or more people 
5,551 
2,366 
2,363 
822 
2,778 
2,773 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
22,809 
16,044 
4,211 
2,554 
12,716 
10,093 
25 to 49 percent 
5,282 
2,676 
1,861 
745 
3,025 
2,257 
50 to 74 percent 
7,545 
2,814 
3,533 
1,198 
4,384 
3,161 
75 to 99 percent 
8,289 
2,194 
5,085 
1,010 
4,813 
3,476 
100 percent 
6,044 
1,170 
4,146 
728 
3,567 
2,477 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,187 
997 
844 
346 
1,138 
1,049 
acres 
5,168,571 
1,891,856 
2,555,489 
721,226 
2,227,407 
2,941,164 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
37,260 
17,312 
15,031 
4,917 
19,846 
17,414 
Dial-up service 
2,853 
1,509 
1,090 
254 
1,615 
1,238 
DSL service 
16,072 
7,378 
6,566 
2,128 
8,629 
7,443 
Cable modem service 
4,137 
2,260 
1,225 
652 
2,309 
1,828 
Fiber-optic service 
2,199 
921 
959 
319 
1,107 
1,092 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
6,430 
2,601 
2,758 
1,071 
3,248 
3,182 
Satellite service 
8,546 
3,848 
3,764 
934 
4,249 
4,297 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
777 
322 
330 
125 
387 
390 
Other Internet service 
947 
439 
386 
122 
462 
485 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
38,775 
19,802 
14,207 
4,766 
24,240 
14,535 
2 households 
7,965 
3,641 
3,246 
1,078 
3,000 
4,965 
3 households 
1,958 
845 
860 
253 
690 
1,268 
4 households 
735 
376 
281 
78 
336 
399 
5 or more households 
536 
234 
242 
60 
239 
297 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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