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 
28,426 
948 
809 
1,038 
1,617 
1,545 
Female 
7,013 
41 
50 
69 
174 
265 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
17,684 
906 
793 
987 
1,386 
1,236 
Other 
17,755 
83 
66 
120 
405 
574 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
31,405 
755 
725 
899 
1,435 
1,496 
Not on farm operated 
4,034 
234 
134 
208 
356 
314 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,180 
741 
630 
734 
964 
822 
Any 
21,259 
248 
229 
373 
827 
988 
1 to 49 days 
3,414 
69 
56 
99 
170 
133 
50 to 99 days 
1,769 
17 
22 
29 
80 
104 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,309 
15 
25 
45 
175 
186 
200 days or more 
12,767 
147 
126 
200 
402 
565 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,059 
13 
12 
18 
36 
42 
3 or 4 years 
1,661 
14 
13 
54 
50 
96 
5 to 9 years 
5,619 
65 
76 
133 
226 
284 
1 0 years or more 
27,100 
897 
758 
902 
1,479 
1,388 
Average years on present farm 
21.2 
28.0 
27.2 
24.9 
24.6 
22.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
689 
6 
9 
9 
15 
15 
3 or 4 years 
1,320 
6 
6 
38 
27 
65 
5 to 9 years 
4,497 
44 
51 
72 
164 
214 
1 0 years or more 
28,933 
933 
793 
988 
1,585 
1,516 
Average years operating any farm 
24.0 
31.0 
30.3 
29.1 
28.1 
26.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
92 
1 
5 
4 
3 
12 
25 to 34 years 
1,327 
33 
36 
71 
132 
76 
35 to 44 years 
3,029 
106 
83 
142 
181 
182 
45 to 49 years 
2,636 
84 
90 
98 
109 
145 
50 to 54 years 
4,430 
178 
129 
151 
243 
210 
55 to 59 years 
5,293 
184 
169 
192 
277 
248 
60 to 64 years 
6,055 
175 
151 
176 
282 
299 
65 to 69 years 
4,902 
114 
82 
96 
224 
281 
70 years and over 
7,675 
114 
114 
177 
340 
357 
Average age 
59.6 
56.8 
56.8 
56.3 
57.7 
59.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
882 
11 
14 
29 
42 
48 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
403 
2 
2 
5 
6 
22 
Asian 
286 
21 
12 
15 
23 
19 
Black or African American 
31 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
29 
- 
1 
5 
1 
- 
White 
34,449 
964 
843 
1,078 
1,756 
1,753 
More than one race reported 
241 
2 
1 
3 
4 
16 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,534 
73 
66 
143 
180 
219 
2 people 
19,153 
487 
449 
546 
942 
999 
3 people 
4,967 
149 
114 
124 
250 
215 
4 people 
3,898 
135 
121 
156 
227 
217 
5 or more people 
2,887 
145 
109 
138 
192 
160 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
27,307 
123 
138 
214 
612 
790 
25 to 49 percent 
2,167 
56 
54 
99 
198 
315 
50 to 74 percent 
2,410 
164 
141 
184 
337 
339 
75 to 99 percent 
1,819 
305 
245 
293 
394 
205 
1 00 percent 
1,736 
341 
281 
317 
250 
161 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,386 
280 
129 
159 
151 
105 
acres 
3,184,003 
1,596,845 
265,442 
331,234 
237,148 
61,305 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
28,977 
933 
766 
942 
1,484 
1,484 
Dial-up service 
2,634 
54 
60 
68 
132 
156 
DSL service 
12,258 
441 
337 
409 
570 
584 
Cable modem service 
4,037 
106 
53 
77 
176 
211 
Fiber-optic service 
1,154 
46 
29 
41 
71 
67 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,517 
179 
139 
146 
278 
251 
Satellite service 
5,821 
227 
213 
252 
351 
340 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,018 
39 
27 
39 
44 
45 
Other Internet service 
1,245 
69 
31 
37 
63 
62 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
29,921 
492 
538 
758 
1,338 
1,409 
2 households 
4,188 
286 
190 
231 
328 
301 
3 households 
738 
103 
82 
70 
71 
53 
4 households 
302 
49 
23 
18 
24 
18 
5 or more households 
290 
59 
26 
30 
30 
29 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 Oregon 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
