Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
19,430 
636 
270 
243 
427 
629 
Not on farm operated 
5,836 
237 
109 
100 
139 
223 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
9,395 
590 
266 
188 
301 
372 
Any 
15,871 
283 
113 
155 
265 
480 
1 to 49 days 
1,971 
46 
13 
19 
37 
74 
50 to 99 days 
1,055 
23 
3 
13 
16 
39 
100 to 199 days 
2,126 
31 
9 
19 
37 
74 
200 days or more 
10,719 
183 
88 
104 
175 
293 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
988 
11 
6 
9 
14 
31 
3 or 4 years 
1,145 
30 
12 
11 
37 
44 
5 to 9 years 
3,475 
123 
28 
47 
51 
107 
10 years or more 
19,658 
709 
333 
276 
464 
670 
Average years on present farm 
22.1 
23.7 
27.3 
24.7 
27.1 
24.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
741 
9 
2 
3 
8 
16 
3 or 4 years 
910 
24 
8 
11 
31 
29 
5 to 9 years 
2,997 
104 
25 
39 
49 
94 
10 years or more 
20,618 
736 
344 
290 
478 
713 
Average years operating any farm 
23.8 
25.6 
29.0 
26.4 
28.7 
27.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
84 
4 
- 
- 
3 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,013 
40 
24 
33 
55 
41 
35 to 44 years 
2,350 
122 
59 
60 
64 
90 
45 to 49 years 
2,080 
80 
35 
43 
46 
62 
50 to 54 years 
3,017 
148 
45 
29 
66 
76 
55 to 59 years 
3,654 
142 
56 
44 
78 
105 
60 to 64 years 
3,974 
151 
63 
57 
62 
172 
65 to 69 years 
3,409 
98 
55 
38 
79 
116 
70 years and over 
5,685 
88 
42 
39 
113 
190 
Average age 
59.5 
55.3 
55.4 
53.6 
56.5 
59.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
270 
3 
2 
2 
8 
14 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
128 
- 
- 
1 
6 
14 
Asian 
67 
13 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Black or African American 
2,025 
9 
5 
9 
44 
70 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
22,954 
848 
372 
333 
514 
764 
More than one race reported 
92 
3 
2 
- 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
3,834 
64 
26 
28 
62 
107 
2 people 
13,243 
391 
193 
172 
309 
468 
3 people 
3,723 
138 
74 
65 
95 
152 
4 people 
2,902 
189 
56 
52 
71 
87 
5 or more people 
1,564 
91 
30 
26 
29 
38 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
21,482 
120 
80 
101 
236 
477 
25 to 49 percent 
1,121 
52 
22 
30 
62 
137 
50 to 74 percent 
1,206 
197 
113 
84 
117 
121 
75 to 99 percent 
731 
255 
83 
65 
66 
58 
1 00 percent 
726 
249 
81 
63 
85 
59 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
651 
81 
21 
28 
38 
44 
acres 
470,710 
87,702 
43,158 
25,663 
22,124 
37,755 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
16,870 
727 
305 
281 
417 
611 
Dial-up service 
1,555 
65 
36 
24 
40 
55 
DSL service 
7,921 
387 
154 
155 
186 
295 
Cable modem service 
2,997 
81 
46 
35 
68 
116 
Fiber-optic service 
757 
26 
11 
8 
17 
36 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,633 
166 
64 
79 
91 
122 
Satellite service 
1,973 
134 
38 
27 
52 
72 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
232 
11 
1 
7 
7 
2 
Other Internet service 
187 
5 
2 
- 
2 
5 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
21,216 
562 
244 
246 
376 
663 
2 households 
3,095 
197 
96 
70 
157 
150 
3 households 
606 
75 
22 
13 
19 
22 
4 households 
227 
27 
9 
4 
8 
13 
5 or more households 
122 
12 
8 
10 
6 
4 
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 
797 
352 
326 
537 
816 
acres 
4,460,442 
872,836 
328,046 
223,834 
223,442 
273,143 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,604 
158 
61 
36 
84 
88 
acres 
675,723 
210,605 
67,198 
29,437 
35,257 
35,086 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
