Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
21,257 
833 
369 
327 
552 
798 
Female 
4,009 
53 
12 
20 
31 
78 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
10,361 
774 
336 
280 
438 
542 
Other 
14,905 
112 
45 
67 
145 
334 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
19,430 
649 
269 
250 
426 
653 
Not on farm operated 
5,836 
237 
112 
97 
157 
223 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
9,395 
597 
271 
180 
308 
387 
Any 
15,871 
289 
110 
167 
275 
489 
1 to 49 days 
1,971 
46 
13 
19 
40 
81 
50 to 99 days 
1,055 
23 
3 
13 
17 
42 
100 to 199 days 
2,126 
31 
10 
22 
36 
72 
200 days or more 
10,719 
189 
84 
113 
182 
294 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
988 
11 
6 
9 
14 
34 
3 or 4 years 
1,145 
30 
12 
11 
39 
47 
5 to 9 years 
3,475 
123 
29 
46 
55 
107 
10 years or more 
19,658 
722 
334 
281 
475 
688 
Average years on present farm 
22.1 
23.9 
27.2 
24.4 
27.2 
24.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
741 
9 
2 
3 
8 
17 
3 or 4 years 
910 
24 
8 
11 
31 
30 
5 to 9 years 
2,997 
104 
25 
39 
52 
97 
10 years or more 
20,618 
749 
346 
294 
492 
732 
Average years operating any farm 
23.8 
25.7 
28.9 
26.2 
28.8 
26.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
84 
4 
- 
- 
3 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,013 
40 
24 
37 
53 
39 
35 to 44 years 
2,350 
123 
60 
61 
65 
90 
45 to 49 years 
2,080 
80 
36 
42 
48 
65 
50 to 54 years 
3,017 
148 
49 
28 
69 
79 
55 to 59 years 
3,654 
148 
53 
43 
81 
105 
60 to 64 years 
3,974 
154 
62 
55 
66 
181 
65 to 69 years 
3,409 
101 
53 
42 
78 
121 
70 years and over 
5,685 
88 
44 
39 
120 
196 
Average age 
59.5 
55.4 
55.3 
53.4 
56.8 
59.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
270 
3 
2 
2 
10 
14 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
128 
- 
1 
- 
6 
14 
Asian 
67 
13 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Black or African American 
2,025 
9 
5 
16 
39 
68 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
22,954 
861 
373 
331 
536 
790 
More than one race reported 
92 
3 
2 
- 
- 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
3,834 
64 
27 
29 
70 
103 
2 people 
13,243 
400 
194 
169 
316 
493 
3 people 
3,723 
140 
72 
69 
97 
153 
4 people 
2,902 
190 
57 
54 
71 
87 
5 or more people 
1,564 
92 
31 
26 
29 
40 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
21,482 
121 
81 
103 
248 
498 
25 to 49 percent 
1,121 
52 
23 
29 
65 
143 
50 to 74 percent 
1,206 
204 
110 
91 
112 
125 
75 to 99 percent 
731 
257 
84 
64 
70 
55 
1 00 percent 
726 
252 
83 
60 
88 
55 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
651 
81 
21 
28 
40 
44 
acres 
470,710 
87,702 
43,158 
25,663 
22,484 
37,755 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
16,870 
737 
302 
289 
427 
627 
Dial-up service 
1,555 
67 
34 
24 
43 
59 
DSL service 
7,921 
393 
150 
156 
188 
308 
Cable modem service 
2,997 
81 
50 
34 
75 
111 
Fiber-optic service 
757 
26 
11 
8 
17 
37 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,633 
167 
64 
82 
96 
121 
Satellite service 
1,973 
135 
38 
35 
43 
75 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
232 
11 
1 
7 
7 
3 
Other Internet service 
187 
5 
2 
- 
2 
5 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
21,216 
570 
246 
255 
384 
678 
2 households 
3,095 
202 
96 
65 
164 
157 
3 households 
606 
75 
22 
13 
19 
24 
4 households 
227 
27 
9 
4 
10 
13 
5 or more households 
122 
12 
8 
10 
6 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 South Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
