Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
19,430 
1,748 
7,295 
1,925 
1,849 
1,644 
Not on farm operated 
5,836 
387 
1,701 
613 
533 
508 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
9,395 
727 
2,980 
897 
863 
773 
Any 
15,871 
1,408 
6,016 
1,641 
1,519 
1,379 
1 to 49 days 
1,971 
116 
684 
213 
189 
173 
50 to 99 days 
1,055 
83 
411 
121 
89 
103 
100 to 199 days 
2,126 
193 
756 
195 
212 
189 
200 days or more 
10,719 
1,016 
4,165 
1,112 
1,029 
914 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
988 
182 
375 
98 
99 
69 
3 or 4 years 
1,145 
181 
453 
103 
91 
62 
5 to 9 years 
3,475 
392 
1,469 
320 
321 
257 
10 years or more 
19,658 
1,380 
6,699 
2,017 
1,871 
1,764 
Average years on present farm 
22.1 
16.5 
19.3 
21.9 
23.3 
24.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
741 
155 
289 
70 
68 
51 
3 or 4 years 
910 
149 
350 
78 
79 
46 
5 to 9 years 
2,997 
349 
1,264 
295 
258 
218 
10 years or more 
20,618 
1,482 
7,093 
2,095 
1,977 
1,837 
Average years operating any farm 
23.8 
18.1 
20.9 
23.4 
25.3 
26.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
84 
8 
36 
10 
3 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,013 
121 
406 
96 
50 
70 
35 to 44 years 
2,350 
257 
906 
204 
209 
161 
45 to 49 years 
2,080 
257 
844 
245 
168 
153 
50 to 54 years 
3,017 
301 
1,158 
263 
276 
273 
55 to 59 years 
3,654 
364 
1,370 
349 
326 
316 
60 to 64 years 
3,974 
322 
1,440 
406 
398 
306 
65 to 69 years 
3,409 
218 
1,202 
342 
313 
282 
70 years and over 
5,685 
287 
1,634 
623 
639 
591 
Average age 
59.5 
55.8 
58.1 
60.1 
61.3 
61.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
270 
6 
91 
37 
30 
29 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
128 
15 
49 
18 
7 
13 
Asian 
67 
12 
25 
9 
1 
13 
Black or African American 
2,025 
250 
849 
273 
198 
153 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
22,954 
1,850 
8,041 
2,226 
2,169 
1,968 
More than one race reported 
92 
8 
32 
12 
7 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
3,834 
294 
1,472 
408 
352 
331 
2 people 
13,243 
1,089 
4,459 
1,319 
1,311 
1,198 
3 people 
3,723 
346 
1,349 
348 
325 
304 
4 people 
2,902 
262 
1,146 
298 
251 
204 
5 or more people 
1,564 
144 
570 
165 
143 
115 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
21,482 
1,956 
8,447 
2,296 
2,120 
1,860 
25 to 49 percent 
1,121 
57 
184 
90 
114 
104 
50 to 74 percent 
1,206 
61 
173 
72 
69 
86 
75 to 99 percent 
731 
21 
89 
38 
37 
51 
100 percent 
726 
40 
103 
42 
42 
51 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
651 
52 
143 
47 
49 
55 
acres 
470,710 
274 
3,758 
2,776 
3,974 
6,477 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
16,870 
1,506 
6,044 
1,631 
1,527 
1,404 
Dial-up service 
1,555 
122 
540 
150 
141 
157 
DSL service 
7,921 
697 
2,885 
768 
728 
612 
Cable modem service 
2,997 
324 
1,108 
267 
242 
245 
Fiber-optic service 
757 
46 
228 
71 
78 
56 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,633 
347 
1,319 
355 
310 
308 
Satellite service 
1,973 
143 
658 
206 
187 
184 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
232 
21 
71 
28 
22 
15 
Other Internet service 
187 
14 
75 
18 
22 
18 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
21,216 
1,892 
7,880 
2,177 
2,009 
1,822 
2 households 
3,095 
205 
917 
279 
279 
253 
3 households 
606 
25 
129 
58 
49 
50 
4 households 
227 
12 
46 
18 
30 
16 
5 or more households 
122 
1 
24 
6 
15 
11 
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 
24,460 
2,093 
8,787 
2,470 
2,332 
2,092 
acres 
4,460,442 
10,379 
223,135 
142,407 
192,231 
241,951 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
70 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
