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 
968 
737 
572 
1,314 
742 
396 
240 
Not on farm operated 
324 
295 
215 
598 
379 
159 
124 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
519 
399 
308 
824 
549 
324 
232 
Any 
773 
633 
479 
1,088 
572 
231 
132 
1 to 49 days 
113 
97 
82 
153 
91 
42 
18 
50 to 99 days 
55 
50 
21 
69 
33 
15 
5 
100 to 199 days 
98 
116 
78 
181 
71 
24 
13 
200 days or more 
507 
370 
298 
685 
377 
150 
96 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
34 
27 
20 
39 
28 
11 
6 
3 or 4 years 
45 
37 
45 
78 
26 
14 
10 
5 to 9 years 
150 
140 
81 
185 
96 
41 
23 
10 years or more 
1,063 
828 
641 
1,610 
971 
489 
325 
Average years on present farm 
25.0 
24.9 
25.5 
27.1 
27.3 
29.3 
29.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
28 
15 
11 
29 
14 
5 
6 
3 or 4 years 
34 
34 
41 
60 
22 
10 
7 
5 to 9 years 
130 
121 
83 
152 
78 
33 
16 
1 0 years or more 
1,100 
862 
652 
1,671 
1,007 
507 
335 
Average years operating any farm 
26.6 
26.6 
26.8 
28.9 
29.3 
31.0 
30.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
5 
3 
13 
4 
- 
2 
- 
25 to 34 years 
39 
27 
49 
77 
57 
17 
4 
35 to 44 years 
131 
60 
62 
138 
106 
67 
49 
45 to 49 years 
59 
77 
33 
117 
66 
36 
25 
50 to 54 years 
152 
109 
65 
201 
118 
52 
49 
55 to 59 years 
154 
133 
108 
261 
136 
80 
57 
60 to 64 years 
193 
146 
161 
266 
194 
92 
50 
65 to 69 years 
192 
159 
101 
305 
151 
94 
50 
70 years and over 
367 
318 
195 
543 
293 
115 
80 
Average age 
61.4 
62.4 
60.0 
61.5 
60.4 
59.4 
59.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
10 
20 
13 
18 
11 
5 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5 
2 
3 
15 
1 
- 
- 
Asian 
3 
1 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
53 
63 
33 
100 
40 
4 
9 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,220 
962 
750 
1,789 
1,076 
549 
354 
More than one race reported 
11 
4 
1 
6 
4 
1 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
229 
124 
122 
249 
160 
55 
38 
2 people 
697 
592 
426 
1,075 
594 
302 
181 
3 people 
185 
153 
123 
284 
161 
94 
51 
4 people 
127 
95 
75 
180 
131 
68 
65 
5 or more people 
54 
68 
41 
124 
75 
36 
29 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,079 
830 
596 
1,347 
631 
204 
116 
25 to 49 percent 
79 
69 
64 
184 
110 
42 
24 
50 to 74 percent 
72 
74 
75 
180 
153 
122 
69 
75 to 99 percent 
34 
38 
23 
97 
112 
102 
89 
100 percent 
28 
21 
29 
104 
115 
85 
66 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
33 
30 
40 
52 
38 
59 
53 
acres 
5,214 
5,989 
9,342 
18,624 
26,548 
80,952 
306,782 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
779 
672 
503 
1,258 
801 
438 
307 
Dial-up service 
84 
65 
47 
108 
69 
41 
31 
DSL service 
351 
335 
203 
588 
380 
221 
153 
Cable modem service 
141 
113 
76 
232 
133 
77 
39 
Fiber-optic service 
48 
34 
34 
66 
59 
23 
14 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
153 
115 
139 
258 
185 
86 
58 
Satellite service 
80 
90 
65 
147 
95 
58 
60 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
16 
3 
2 
21 
18 
9 
6 
Other Internet service 
8 
2 
4 
13 
9 
2 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,070 
831 
634 
1,496 
843 
360 
202 
2 households 
163 
149 
116 
308 
193 
137 
96 
3 households 
44 
36 
25 
64 
56 
30 
40 
4 households 
12 
10 
7 
29 
16 
17 
14 
5 or more households 
3 
6 
5 
15 
13 
11 
12 
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 
1,256 
995 
751 
1,832 
1,045 
502 
305 
acres 
196,201 
195,984 
179,229 
642,742 
705,322 
674,463 
1,056,398 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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