Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,040 
614 
409 
1,463 
1,129 
694 
1,222 
Not on farm operated 
203 
111 
79 
302 
260 
186 
256 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
567 
319 
245 
897 
777 
518 
945 
Any 
676 
406 
243 
868 
612 
362 
533 
1 to 49 days 
120 
78 
37 
144 
149 
74 
132 
50 to 99 days 
68 
28 
21 
87 
46 
35 
44 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
111 
70 
52 
135 
101 
52 
72 
200 days or more 
377 
230 
133 
502 
316 
201 
285 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
34 
19 
14 
34 
29 
16 
31 
3 or 4 years 
60 
14 
22 
55 
39 
38 
50 
5 to 9 years 
194 
92 
59 
209 
133 
92 
151 
1 0 years or more 
955 
600 
393 
1,467 
1,188 
734 
1,246 
Average years on present farm 
22.2 
24.4 
25.6 
25.1 
26.7 
26.2 
26.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
18 
14 
11 
15 
15 
11 
16 
3 or 4 years 
47 
5 
22 
39 
25 
22 
30 
5 to 9 years 
143 
64 
47 
150 
80 
56 
98 
1 0 years or more 
1,035 
642 
408 
1,561 
1,269 
791 
1,334 
Average years operating any farm 
25.5 
27.6 
28.8 
28.8 
30.6 
30.6 
30.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
4 
4 
2 
10 
4 
6 
25 to 34 years 
56 
30 
28 
85 
60 
39 
64 
35 to 44 years 
93 
48 
31 
146 
126 
81 
148 
45 to 49 years 
83 
46 
27 
104 
69 
56 
109 
50 to 54 years 
140 
109 
59 
239 
158 
115 
182 
55 to 59 years 
179 
114 
66 
263 
225 
132 
230 
60 to 64 years 
213 
110 
97 
298 
231 
150 
251 
65 to 69 years 
159 
100 
67 
218 
182 
120 
180 
70 years and over 
320 
164 
109 
410 
328 
183 
308 
Average age 
60.7 
60.0 
60.1 
59.9 
60.0 
59.5 
59.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
28 
3 
16 
29 
19 
13 
13 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
7 
7 
3 
21 
4 
1 
7 
Asian 
4 
5 
- 
7 
16 
3 
1 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
1 
White 
1,227 
711 
483 
1,725 
1,361 
873 
1,466 
More than one race reported 
5 
2 
2 
7 
8 
3 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
165 
69 
57 
251 
160 
110 
166 
2 people 
702 
414 
279 
926 
782 
485 
802 
3 people 
174 
106 
57 
239 
173 
108 
154 
4 people 
119 
77 
61 
193 
134 
86 
190 
5 or more people 
83 
59 
34 
156 
140 
91 
166 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
850 
437 
283 
907 
544 
282 
359 
25 to 49 percent 
97 
74 
37 
189 
166 
110 
131 
50 to 74 percent 
120 
77 
60 
220 
234 
140 
292 
75 to 99 percent 
84 
69 
58 
231 
232 
173 
376 
1 00 percent 
92 
68 
50 
218 
213 
175 
320 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
69 
28 
32 
123 
148 
109 
216 
acres 
10,861 
5,556 
7,538 
45,751 
104,722 
153,625 
2,827,543 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
969 
576 
386 
1,397 
1,118 
730 
1,232 
Dial-up service 
99 
74 
40 
154 
95 
66 
103 
DSL service 
362 
213 
158 
547 
435 
294 
432 
Cable modem service 
121 
61 
35 
126 
106 
67 
70 
Fiber-optic service 
48 
16 
9 
68 
59 
20 
69 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
159 
107 
60 
257 
190 
126 
186 
Satellite service 
244 
125 
96 
361 
291 
214 
502 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
37 
21 
12 
44 
36 
31 
21 
Other Internet service 
43 
26 
14 
40 
46 
33 
54 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,023 
600 
387 
1,361 
1,018 
559 
911 
2 households 
159 
86 
67 
280 
244 
202 
354 
3 households 
32 
21 
19 
76 
72 
65 
109 
4 households 
6 
12 
7 
15 
27 
29 
49 
5 or more households 
23 
6 
8 
33 
28 
25 
55 
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 
1,191 
694 
470 
1,657 
1,313 
789 
1,319 
acres 
187,123 
137,685 
111,687 
597,784 
907,438 
1,088,542 
10,453,333 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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