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 
1,978 
3,435 
3,339 
3,573 
3,964 
6,180 
Female 
405 
765 
897 
1,053 
1,255 
2,039 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,486 
2,262 
1,851 
1,935 
1,871 
2,971 
Other 
897 
1,938 
2,385 
2,691 
3,348 
5,248 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,980 
3,656 
3,799 
4,258 
4,854 
7,548 
Not on farm operated 
403 
544 
437 
368 
365 
671 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
984 
1,565 
1,505 
1,584 
1,723 
2,928 
Any 
1,399 
2,635 
2,731 
3,042 
3,496 
5,291 
1 to 49 days 
262 
451 
394 
421 
526 
833 
50 to 99 days 
128 
236 
215 
277 
285 
376 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
262 
448 
462 
489 
500 
702 
200 days or more 
747 
1,500 
1,660 
1,855 
2,185 
3,380 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
78 
148 
136 
148 
150 
278 
3 or 4 years 
96 
229 
220 
222 
287 
380 
5 to 9 years 
392 
666 
686 
800 
893 
1,398 
1 0 years or more 
1,817 
3,157 
3,194 
3,456 
3,889 
6,163 
Average years on present farm 
21.9 
21.1 
21.1 
20.4 
19.6 
19.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
49 
94 
92 
108 
100 
192 
3 or 4 years 
66 
184 
185 
191 
229 
323 
5 to 9 years 
312 
533 
551 
649 
765 
1,142 
1 0 years or more 
1,956 
3,389 
3,408 
3,678 
4,125 
6,562 
Average years operating any farm 
25.7 
24.2 
23.8 
22.9 
21.9 
21.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
4 
22 
15 
12 
5 
9 
25 to 34 years 
133 
202 
161 
136 
140 
207 
35 to 44 years 
172 
326 
327 
372 
460 
678 
45 to 49 years 
152 
304 
288 
318 
432 
616 
50 to 54 years 
268 
461 
540 
534 
708 
1,008 
55 to 59 years 
387 
584 
611 
677 
769 
1,195 
60 to 64 years 
369 
704 
741 
843 
857 
1,458 
65 to 69 years 
307 
588 
551 
663 
760 
1,236 
70 years and over 
591 
1,009 
1,002 
1,071 
1,088 
1,812 
Average age 
60.0 
59.8 
60.2 
60.3 
59.7 
60.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
79 
108 
91 
104 
108 
248 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
20 
35 
29 
57 
43 
182 
Asian 
15 
38 
40 
30 
26 
47 
Black or African American 
1 
1 
4 
5 
8 
10 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
2 
4 
4 
1 
7 
White 
2,334 
4,096 
4,119 
4,491 
5,101 
7,914 
More than one race reported 
9 
28 
40 
39 
40 
59 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
307 
522 
595 
562 
661 
1,206 
2 people 
1,300 
2,342 
2,296 
2,587 
2,763 
4,442 
3 people 
336 
560 
613 
687 
798 
1,121 
4 people 
238 
441 
423 
508 
570 
862 
5 or more people 
202 
335 
309 
282 
427 
588 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,375 
3,283 
3,789 
4,230 
4,962 
7,791 
25 to 49 percent 
399 
412 
226 
164 
98 
146 
50 to 74 percent 
377 
310 
137 
161 
93 
167 
75 to 99 percent 
130 
91 
44 
36 
28 
48 
1 00 percent 
102 
104 
40 
35 
38 
67 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
93 
123 
95 
68 
59 
124 
acres 
43,415 
(D) 
31,684 
(D) 
6,046 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,925 
3,442 
3,452 
3,791 
4,272 
6,486 
Dial-up service 
205 
321 
347 
336 
358 
597 
DSL service 
776 
1,480 
1,456 
1,623 
1,841 
2,741 
Cable modem service 
232 
479 
494 
552 
718 
939 
Fiber-optic service 
93 
129 
153 
160 
175 
190 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
345 
561 
520 
517 
634 
947 
Satellite service 
420 
671 
623 
732 
680 
1,312 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
48 
120 
125 
128 
151 
252 
Other Internet service 
62 
148 
154 
181 
192 
246 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,953 
3,610 
3,722 
4,074 
4,626 
7,401 
2 households 
360 
437 
444 
466 
498 
647 
3 households 
31 
93 
41 
30 
46 
118 
4 households 
27 
31 
15 
34 
23 
40 
5 or more households 
12 
29 
14 
22 
26 
13 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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