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 
77,331 
1,439 
1,624 
2,423 
4,768 
5,972 
Not on farm operated 
21,840 
395 
328 
468 
970 
1,393 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
37,495 
1,364 
1,437 
1,940 
3,234 
3,276 
Any 
61,676 
470 
515 
951 
2,504 
4,089 
1 to 49 days 
7,239 
105 
155 
237 
449 
520 
50 to 99 days 
4,037 
38 
44 
111 
238 
319 
100 to 199 days 
7,938 
57 
54 
132 
407 
666 
200 days or more 
42,462 
270 
262 
471 
1,410 
2,584 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
3,397 
18 
21 
38 
67 
138 
3 or 4 years 
4,588 
22 
40 
60 
152 
239 
5 to 9 years 
13,560 
191 
131 
211 
461 
740 
1 0 years or more 
77,626 
1,603 
1,760 
2,582 
5,058 
6,248 
Average years on present farm 
23.3 
27.4 
29.9 
31.0 
29.9 
28.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2,297 
10 
9 
17 
40 
81 
3 or 4 years 
3,585 
13 
24 
46 
94 
163 
5 to 9 years 
11,251 
151 
108 
146 
345 
588 
10 years or more 
82,038 
1,660 
1,811 
2,682 
5,259 
6,533 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
29.0 
31.8 
33.5 
32.5 
31.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
636 
2 
6 
15 
52 
72 
25 to 34 years 
5,594 
94 
126 
197 
375 
488 
35 to 44 years 
10,182 
302 
233 
290 
565 
676 
45 to 49 years 
9,070 
280 
197 
241 
529 
624 
50 to 54 years 
12,994 
265 
315 
431 
744 
874 
55 to 59 years 
13,642 
275 
339 
449 
857 
899 
60 to 64 years 
13,399 
226 
301 
440 
764 
1,019 
65 to 69 years 
1 1 ,433 
159 
183 
303 
648 
897 
70 years and over 
22,221 
231 
252 
525 
1,204 
1,816 
Average age 
58.3 
54.5 
55.4 
56.9 
57.6 
58.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
548 
12 
7 
3 
31 
54 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
442 
1 
1 
9 
15 
27 
Asian 
235 
68 
6 
5 
4 
10 
Black or African American 
176 
- 
1 
2 
4 
11 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
27 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
White 
97,826 
1,763 
1,940 
2,862 
5,694 
7,280 
More than one race reported 
465 
2 
4 
13 
21 
32 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
13,838 
118 
166 
295 
658 
967 
2 people 
51,524 
810 
957 
1,492 
2,972 
3,877 
3 people 
13,562 
282 
304 
442 
721 
993 
4 people 
1 1 ,629 
299 
300 
377 
755 
790 
5 or more people 
8,618 
325 
225 
285 
632 
738 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
69,189 
244 
247 
495 
1,408 
2,651 
25 to 49 percent 
10,490 
118 
155 
333 
843 
1,475 
50 to 74 percent 
9,833 
358 
367 
679 
1,413 
1,807 
75 to 99 percent 
5,470 
535 
594 
739 
1,169 
931 
1 00 percent 
4,189 
579 
589 
645 
905 
501 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,886 
215 
154 
134 
184 
193 
acres 
1,328,941 
452,152 
244,453 
152,758 
135,301 
103,729 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
65,407 
1,558 
1,605 
2,277 
3,923 
4,844 
Dial-up service 
8,266 
121 
143 
267 
546 
625 
DSL service 
27,941 
608 
667 
965 
1,600 
2,037 
Cable modem service 
5,285 
112 
132 
124 
277 
344 
Fiber-optic service 
2,824 
61 
94 
105 
243 
262 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,012 
309 
276 
420 
730 
862 
Satellite service 
12,959 
428 
372 
538 
862 
1,033 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,542 
72 
37 
57 
87 
131 
Other Internet service 
1,896 
66 
66 
62 
86 
130 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
78,814 
1,013 
1,213 
1,919 
4,116 
5,510 
2 households 
15,822 
462 
491 
667 
1,218 
1,457 
3 households 
2,808 
198 
162 
212 
277 
258 
4 households 
1,048 
75 
48 
56 
69 
85 
5 or more households 
679 
86 
38 
37 
58 
55 
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 
96,351 
1,690 
1,860 
2,769 
5,515 
7,135 
acres 
26,899,934 
3,573,384 
2,905,784 
3,137,358 
3,765,625 
2,903,540 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
4,149 
229 
207 
234 
300 
402 
acres 
2,058,719 
465,062 
355,952 
291,477 
239,279 
172,937 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Missouri 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
