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 
$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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,178 
2,442 
2,618 
2,672 
2,949 
6,519 
Female 
107 
308 
422 
511 
628 
1,839 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
688 
1,275 
1,139 
1,132 
1,089 
2,668 
Other 
597 
1,475 
1,901 
2,051 
2,488 
5,690 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
973 
2,214 
2,325 
2,378 
2,617 
6,676 
Not on farm operated 
312 
536 
715 
805 
960 
1,682 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
519 
1,023 
1,096 
1,066 
1,223 
2,725 
Any 
766 
1,727 
1,944 
2,117 
2,354 
5,633 
1 to 49 days 
96 
211 
271 
296 
318 
580 
50 to 99 days 
96 
106 
131 
120 
146 
358 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
137 
279 
279 
259 
288 
713 
200 days or more 
437 
1,131 
1,263 
1,442 
1,602 
3,982 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
49 
76 
113 
136 
144 
396 
3 or 4 years 
60 
133 
155 
151 
142 
365 
5 to 9 years 
173 
372 
434 
446 
491 
1,199 
1 0 years or more 
1,003 
2,169 
2,338 
2,450 
2,800 
6,398 
Average years on present farm 
23.9 
24.3 
22.8 
21.6 
21.5 
20.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
42 
58 
91 
109 
108 
294 
3 or 4 years 
49 
109 
124 
122 
125 
277 
5 to 9 years 
152 
296 
382 
390 
442 
1,018 
1 0 years or more 
1,042 
2,287 
2,443 
2,562 
2,902 
6,769 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
26.3 
24.6 
23.2 
22.8 
21.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
8 
11 
6 
15 
31 
25 to 34 years 
58 
119 
134 
109 
117 
283 
35 to 44 years 
124 
234 
269 
253 
299 
772 
45 to 49 years 
89 
173 
207 
230 
280 
830 
50 to 54 years 
140 
314 
327 
394 
395 
1,074 
55 to 59 years 
175 
385 
419 
476 
548 
1,221 
60 to 64 years 
195 
406 
436 
456 
576 
1,387 
65 to 69 years 
158 
397 
413 
460 
474 
1,112 
70 years and over 
340 
714 
824 
799 
873 
1,648 
Average age 
60.1 
60.5 
60.6 
60.6 
60.5 
58.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
12 
27 
27 
33 
35 
105 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
18 
8 
4 
14 
21 
42 
Asian 
4 
2 
3 
6 
15 
22 
Black or African American 
130 
205 
311 
241 
324 
677 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,132 
2,529 
2,716 
2,910 
3,209 
7,567 
More than one race reported 
1 
6 
6 
12 
8 
50 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
190 
387 
454 
505 
584 
1,421 
2 people 
707 
1,487 
1,660 
1,717 
1,888 
4,212 
3 people 
199 
431 
433 
429 
534 
1,166 
4 people 
116 
283 
297 
325 
375 
1,047 
5 or more people 
73 
162 
196 
207 
196 
512 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
908 
2,296 
2,778 
2,982 
3,407 
8,060 
25 to 49 percent 
161 
229 
134 
98 
73 
114 
50 to 74 percent 
131 
156 
89 
62 
59 
67 
75 to 99 percent 
51 
33 
15 
23 
28 
51 
100 percent 
34 
36 
24 
18 
10 
66 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
53 
63 
58 
56 
63 
144 
acres 
21,913 
42,693 
73,942 
19,304 
29,824 
66,272 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
866 
1,791 
1,933 
2,006 
2,268 
5,624 
Dial-up service 
82 
171 
175 
184 
205 
511 
DSL service 
405 
817 
850 
973 
1,030 
2,651 
Cable modem service 
166 
352 
395 
344 
449 
940 
Fiber-optic service 
54 
97 
113 
79 
94 
221 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
163 
361 
411 
373 
469 
1,326 
Satellite service 
79 
209 
221 
242 
258 
638 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
17 
25 
27 
30 
35 
69 
Other Internet service 
16 
7 
23 
37 
29 
61 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
973 
2,215 
2,544 
2,744 
3,107 
7,500 
2 households 
249 
425 
411 
358 
346 
622 
3 households 
39 
74 
63 
42 
77 
158 
4 households 
13 
28 
11 
27 
39 
46 
5 or more households 
11 
8 
11 
12 
8 
32 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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