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 
5,896 
4,365 
3,406 
10,332 
6,409 
3,151 
1,637 
Not on farm operated 
2,169 
1,373 
1,117 
2,708 
1,410 
606 
394 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,785 
2,135 
1,772 
5,821 
4,239 
2,536 
1,511 
Any 
5,280 
3,603 
2,751 
7,219 
3,580 
1,221 
520 
1 to 49 days 
598 
414 
333 
860 
555 
258 
123 
50 to 99 days 
353 
227 
196 
553 
335 
130 
47 
100 to 199 days 
708 
489 
401 
1,110 
573 
167 
69 
200 days or more 
3,621 
2,473 
1,821 
4,696 
2,117 
666 
281 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
225 
158 
107 
275 
88 
40 
9 
3 or 4 years 
365 
198 
156 
390 
199 
65 
24 
5 to 9 years 
1,029 
662 
465 
1,224 
506 
212 
81 
10 years or more 
6,446 
4,720 
3,795 
11,151 
7,026 
3,440 
1,917 
Average years on present farm 
23.8 
25.1 
26.5 
28.1 
31.1 
31.7 
32.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
139 
108 
66 
155 
49 
21 
5 
3 or 4 years 
285 
129 
110 
278 
142 
41 
12 
5 to 9 years 
827 
492 
382 
950 
380 
148 
59 
1 0 years or more 
6,814 
5,009 
3,965 
11,657 
7,248 
3,547 
1,955 
Average years operating any farm 
26.6 
28.1 
29.5 
30.8 
33.5 
33.9 
34.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
49 
30 
11 
63 
57 
18 
1 
25 to 34 years 
456 
276 
230 
606 
350 
162 
57 
35 to 44 years 
749 
575 
375 
1,020 
629 
334 
221 
45 to 49 years 
729 
448 
336 
1,037 
624 
355 
195 
50 to 54 years 
993 
708 
598 
1,565 
921 
564 
276 
55 to 59 years 
1,074 
724 
614 
1,728 
1,082 
629 
374 
60 to 64 years 
1,036 
803 
618 
1,779 
1,200 
546 
319 
65 to 69 years 
899 
676 
498 
1,648 
948 
433 
201 
70 years and over 
2,080 
1,498 
1,243 
3,594 
2,008 
716 
387 
Average age 
59.3 
59.8 
60.3 
60.5 
59.9 
58.0 
58.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
33 
25 
19 
61 
37 
10 
16 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
36 
16 
22 
40 
28 
19 
2 
Asian 
22 
4 
3 
9 
2 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
15 
5 
3 
11 
4 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
2 
7 
- 
- 
- 
White 
7,947 
5,683 
4,476 
12,914 
7,754 
3,725 
2,026 
More than one race reported 
41 
30 
17 
59 
31 
11 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,221 
838 
709 
1,914 
964 
409 
174 
2 people 
4,198 
3,077 
2,375 
7,163 
4,366 
1,973 
1,068 
3 people 
1,079 
766 
565 
1,672 
1,007 
523 
287 
4 people 
899 
627 
508 
1,302 
867 
512 
314 
5 or more people 
668 
430 
366 
989 
615 
340 
188 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,728 
3,782 
2,693 
6,589 
2,597 
811 
361 
25 to 49 percent 
1,151 
903 
769 
2,244 
1,201 
451 
172 
50 to 74 percent 
768 
684 
600 
2,388 
1,868 
765 
419 
75 to 99 percent 
241 
213 
292 
1,106 
1,239 
927 
522 
1 00 percent 
177 
156 
169 
713 
914 
803 
557 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
119 
72 
81 
281 
260 
245 
171 
acres 
19,000 
14,241 
19,209 
99,116 
184,482 
335,855 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
5,146 
3,581 
2,779 
8,268 
5,393 
2,920 
1,747 
Dial-up service 
695 
506 
352 
1,051 
719 
343 
169 
DSL service 
2,215 
1,494 
1,156 
3,519 
2,298 
1,218 
666 
Cable modem service 
418 
286 
225 
665 
379 
199 
110 
Fiber-optic service 
208 
141 
135 
434 
252 
164 
121 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
934 
680 
494 
1,389 
919 
544 
308 
Satellite service 
1,004 
734 
578 
1,754 
1,184 
696 
458 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
105 
73 
68 
191 
123 
83 
73 
Other Internet service 
135 
105 
56 
211 
121 
84 
70 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
6,451 
4,491 
3,475 
9,951 
5,594 
2,461 
1,100 
2 households 
1,278 
1,006 
837 
2,435 
1,641 
904 
539 
3 households 
219 
163 
133 
420 
375 
276 
241 
4 households 
68 
46 
50 
144 
119 
68 
83 
5 or more households 
49 
32 
28 
90 
90 
48 
68 
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 
7,808 
5,574 
4,364 
12,631 
7,495 
3,543 
1,882 
acres 
1,227,376 
1,100,441 
1,034,450 
4,454,407 
5,118,205 
4,769,807 
6,060,769 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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