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 
28,426 
21,873 
4,846 
1,707 
12,180 
16,246 
Female 
7,013 
6,026 
594 
393 
3,329 
3,684 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
17,684 
12,744 
3,642 
1,298 
8,143 
9,541 
Other 
1 7,755 
15,155 
1,798 
802 
7,366 
10,389 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
31,405 
25,285 
4,849 
1,271 
13,426 
17,979 
Not on farm operated 
4,034 
2,614 
591 
829 
2,083 
1,951 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,180 
10,814 
2,597 
769 
6,583 
7,597 
Any 
21,259 
17,085 
2,843 
1,331 
8,926 
12,333 
1 to 49 days 
3,414 
2,767 
454 
193 
1,700 
1,714 
50 to 99 days 
1,769 
1,414 
240 
115 
843 
926 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,309 
2,655 
434 
220 
1,343 
1,966 
200 days or more 
12,767 
10,249 
1,715 
803 
5,040 
7,727 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,059 
791 
88 
180 
422 
637 
3 or 4 years 
1,661 
1,234 
151 
276 
659 
1,002 
5 to 9 years 
5,619 
4,562 
616 
441 
2,157 
3,462 
1 0 years or more 
27,100 
21,312 
4,585 
1,203 
12,271 
14,829 
Average years on present farm 
21.2 
21.0 
24.6 
15.0 
22.4 
20.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
689 
536 
49 
104 
282 
407 
3 or 4 years 
1,320 
995 
107 
218 
521 
799 
5 to 9 years 
4,497 
3,685 
419 
393 
1,719 
2,778 
1 0 years or more 
28,933 
22,683 
4,865 
1,385 
12,987 
15,946 
Average years operating any farm 
24.0 
23.7 
27.9 
18.6 
25.2 
23.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
92 
33 
17 
42 
43 
49 
25 to 34 years 
1,327 
711 
248 
368 
553 
774 
35 to 44 years 
3,029 
2,096 
591 
342 
1,097 
1,932 
45 to 49 years 
2,636 
1,939 
459 
238 
1,048 
1,588 
50 to 54 years 
4,430 
3,345 
793 
292 
1,822 
2,608 
55 to 59 years 
5,293 
4,066 
949 
278 
2,178 
3,115 
60 to 64 years 
6,055 
4,914 
908 
233 
2,647 
3,408 
65 to 69 years 
4,902 
4,137 
627 
138 
2,218 
2,684 
70 years and over 
7,675 
6,658 
848 
169 
3,903 
3,772 
Average age 
59.6 
60.8 
57.2 
49.7 
60.8 
58.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
882 
696 
107 
79 
413 
469 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
403 
352 
34 
17 
216 
187 
Asian 
286 
221 
38 
27 
116 
170 
Black or African American 
31 
29 
1 
1 
11 
20 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
29 
15 
12 
2 
12 
17 
White 
34,449 
27,069 
5,333 
2,047 
15,065 
19,384 
More than one race reported 
241 
213 
22 
6 
89 
152 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,534 
3,741 
514 
279 
3,682 
852 
2 people 
19,153 
15,497 
2,785 
871 
7,524 
1 1 ,629 
3 people 
4,967 
3,861 
777 
329 
1,858 
3,109 
4 people 
3,898 
2,833 
713 
352 
1,452 
2,446 
5 or more people 
2,887 
1,967 
651 
269 
993 
1,894 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
27,307 
23,376 
2,718 
1,213 
11,877 
15,430 
25 to 49 percent 
2,167 
1,471 
492 
204 
1,006 
1,161 
50 to 74 percent 
2,410 
1,482 
685 
243 
1,074 
1,336 
75 to 99 percent 
1,819 
828 
772 
219 
772 
1,047 
1 00 percent 
1,736 
742 
773 
221 
780 
956 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,386 
793 
400 
193 
648 
738 
acres 
3,184,003 
1 ,674,886 
1 ,204,682 
304,435 
1,965,182 
1,218,821 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
28,977 
22,562 
4,621 
1,794 
1 1 ,672 
17,305 
Dial-up service 
2,634 
2,113 
417 
104 
1,146 
1,488 
DSL service 
12,258 
9,522 
1,977 
759 
4,781 
7,477 
Cable modem service 
4,037 
3,240 
517 
280 
1,727 
2,310 
Fiber-optic service 
1,154 
842 
242 
70 
478 
676 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,517 
3,350 
804 
363 
1,691 
2,826 
Satellite service 
5,821 
4,479 
1,032 
310 
2,284 
3,537 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,018 
792 
166 
60 
387 
631 
Other Internet service 
1,245 
974 
187 
84 
411 
834 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
29,921 
24,118 
4,190 
1,613 
13,912 
16,009 
2 households 
4,188 
2,969 
867 
352 
1,193 
2,995 
3 households 
738 
443 
215 
80 
200 
538 
4 households 
302 
195 
76 
31 
108 
194 
5 or more households 
290 
174 
92 
24 
96 
194 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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