Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
927 
2,135 
2,165 
2,130 
2,192 
7,676 
Not on farm operated 
284 
473 
506 
500 
418 
2,847 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
481 
971 
960 
844 
804 
3,618 
Any 
730 
1,637 
1,711 
1,786 
1,806 
6,905 
1 to 49 days 
92 
198 
218 
223 
214 
837 
50 to 99 days 
95 
102 
121 
103 
118 
422 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
127 
267 
263 
220 
247 
832 
200 days or more 
416 
1,070 
1,109 
1,240 
1,227 
4,814 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
46 
72 
95 
100 
101 
503 
3 or 4 years 
61 
124 
129 
143 
119 
435 
5 to 9 years 
172 
348 
387 
372 
401 
1,439 
1 0 years or more 
932 
2,064 
2,060 
2,015 
1,989 
8,146 
Average years on present farm 
23.5 
24.3 
22.7 
21.3 
20.8 
21.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
39 
54 
77 
80 
77 
376 
3 or 4 years 
48 
100 
103 
116 
104 
336 
5 to 9 years 
151 
282 
328 
317 
357 
1,251 
1 0 years or more 
973 
2,172 
2,163 
2,117 
2,072 
8,560 
Average years operating any farm 
25.5 
26.2 
24.6 
23.0 
22.0 
22.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
8 
9 
5 
7 
42 
25 to 34 years 
58 
110 
122 
100 
112 
318 
35 to 44 years 
118 
225 
244 
230 
255 
883 
45 to 49 years 
84 
172 
200 
201 
241 
916 
50 to 54 years 
136 
298 
295 
332 
304 
1,288 
55 to 59 years 
169 
367 
389 
415 
432 
1,457 
60 to 64 years 
189 
383 
388 
377 
407 
1,725 
65 to 69 years 
154 
373 
342 
375 
344 
1,435 
70 years and over 
297 
672 
682 
595 
508 
2,459 
Average age 
59.6 
60.4 
60.0 
59.7 
58.7 
60.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
12 
27 
21 
28 
20 
133 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
18 
8 
4 
12 
15 
50 
Asian 
4 
2 
3 
6 
10 
27 
Black or African American 
114 
207 
265 
212 
221 
869 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,074 
2,387 
2,392 
2,392 
2,358 
9,520 
More than one race reported 
1 
4 
7 
8 
6 
57 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
175 
365 
376 
399 
376 
1,856 
2 people 
664 
1,414 
1,446 
1,362 
1,343 
5,481 
3 people 
198 
404 
408 
381 
421 
1,387 
4 people 
104 
279 
261 
300 
287 
1,216 
5 or more people 
70 
146 
180 
188 
183 
583 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
840 
2,166 
2,445 
2,507 
2,511 
9,999 
25 to 49 percent 
161 
217 
122 
57 
31 
230 
50 to 74 percent 
130 
151 
67 
42 
46 
138 
75 to 99 percent 
49 
37 
13 
13 
12 
80 
1 00 percent 
31 
37 
24 
11 
10 
76 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
51 
60 
49 
30 
36 
213 
acres 
21,749 
26,586 
7,534 
2,739 
1,521 
194,179 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
825 
1,697 
1,703 
1,712 
1,773 
6,819 
Dial-up service 
74 
166 
161 
155 
152 
627 
DSL service 
382 
776 
733 
823 
791 
3,239 
Cable modem service 
157 
327 
336 
278 
329 
1,224 
Fiber-optic service 
53 
92 
98 
61 
71 
284 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
156 
342 
374 
333 
394 
1,512 
Satellite service 
73 
206 
206 
204 
198 
763 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
13 
27 
26 
27 
28 
83 
Other Internet service 
16 
7 
19 
38 
24 
69 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
915 
2,109 
2,219 
2,291 
2,272 
9,319 
2 households 
238 
405 
384 
294 
289 
815 
3 households 
35 
64 
52 
24 
32 
248 
4 households 
13 
23 
8 
15 
17 
90 
5 or more households 
10 
7 
8 
6 
" 
51 
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 
1,145 
2,541 
2,612 
2,573 
2,566 
10,195 
acres 
257,721 
424,629 
252,303 
212,750 
146,717 
1,245,021 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
116 
152 
127 
106 
96 
580 
acres 
51,308 
49,925 
14,454 
23,177 
11,075 
148,201 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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