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 
8,598 
12,791 
9,159 
6,982 
6,594 
16,981 
Not on farm operated 
2,224 
3,050 
2,047 
1,538 
1,278 
8,149 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
4,114 
5,461 
3,555 
2,565 
2,099 
8,450 
Any 
6,708 
10,380 
7,651 
5,955 
5,773 
16,680 
1 to 49 days 
706 
946 
673 
552 
601 
2,295 
50 to 99 days 
493 
701 
491 
338 
326 
938 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
983 
1,501 
981 
802 
668 
1,687 
200 days or more 
4,526 
7,232 
5,506 
4,263 
4,178 
11,760 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
267 
505 
448 
380 
397 
1,118 
3 or 4 years 
425 
770 
577 
528 
521 
1,254 
5 to 9 years 
1,237 
1,979 
1,624 
1,497 
1,545 
3,944 
1 0 years or more 
8,893 
12,587 
8,557 
6,115 
5,409 
18,814 
Average years on present farm 
25.8 
24.0 
21.8 
19.7 
18.1 
20.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
155 
334 
303 
276 
273 
799 
3 or 4 years 
332 
571 
437 
416 
435 
1,054 
5 to 9 years 
954 
1,606 
1,356 
1,272 
1,313 
3,412 
1 0 years or more 
9,381 
13,330 
9,110 
6,556 
5,851 
19,865 
Average years operating any farm 
28.8 
26.9 
24.3 
22.2 
20.4 
22.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
75 
119 
91 
41 
51 
112 
25 to 34 years 
723 
969 
668 
532 
531 
891 
35 to 44 years 
1,083 
1,546 
1,191 
958 
1,004 
2,334 
45 to 49 years 
908 
1,340 
1,053 
870 
806 
2,222 
50 to 54 years 
1,298 
2,019 
1,437 
1,177 
1,181 
3,253 
55 to 59 years 
1,438 
2,035 
1,515 
1,167 
1,073 
3,595 
60 to 64 years 
1,385 
2,148 
1,500 
1,127 
1,040 
3,449 
65 to 69 years 
1,273 
1,833 
1,333 
967 
797 
3,040 
70 years and over 
2,639 
3,832 
2,418 
1,681 
1,389 
6,234 
Average age 
58.6 
58.7 
58.0 
57.3 
56.2 
59.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
39 
73 
78 
59 
51 
141 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
27 
60 
48 
43 
55 
156 
Asian 
11 
22 
20 
14 
22 
53 
Black or African American 
6 
24 
24 
16 
20 
68 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
6 
3 
- 
6 
5 
2 
White 
10,737 
15,662 
11,055 
8,392 
7,721 
24,720 
More than one race reported 
35 
70 
59 
49 
49 
131 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,437 
2,208 
1,504 
1,161 
973 
4,351 
2 people 
5,745 
8,393 
5,946 
4,365 
3,883 
13,084 
3 people 
1,435 
2,175 
1,533 
1,311 
1,159 
3,207 
4 people 
1,197 
1,747 
1,299 
970 
1,053 
2,842 
5 or more people 
1,008 
1,318 
924 
713 
804 
1,646 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,383 
11,119 
9,602 
7,807 
7,401 
22,832 
25 to 49 percent 
2,509 
2,516 
876 
368 
206 
1,091 
50 to 74 percent 
1,949 
1,515 
509 
223 
171 
842 
75 to 99 percent 
642 
404 
115 
76 
54 
211 
100 percent 
339 
287 
104 
46 
40 
154 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
181 
191 
137 
84 
74 
339 
acres 
70,023 
34,316 
19,252 
14,209 
9,565 
93,183 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
6,860 
10,054 
7,239 
5,703 
5,395 
15,949 
Dial-up service 
898 
1,444 
987 
734 
610 
1,891 
DSL service 
2,968 
4,167 
3,132 
2,431 
2,398 
6,968 
Cable modem service 
457 
755 
513 
419 
404 
1,748 
Fiber-optic service 
301 
457 
295 
207 
207 
592 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,242 
1,820 
1,355 
1,152 
1,071 
2,775 
Satellite service 
1,415 
1,992 
1,423 
1,082 
981 
2,833 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
172 
254 
134 
118 
100 
380 
Other Internet service 
159 
278 
212 
195 
188 
454 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
8,391 
12,684 
9,140 
7,117 
6,746 
20,965 
2 households 
1,984 
2,625 
1,713 
1,113 
950 
3,142 
3 households 
273 
338 
208 
166 
96 
620 
4 households 
121 
121 
101 
87 
55 
230 
5 or more households 
53 
73 
44 
37 
25 
173 
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 
10,540 
15,476 
10,984 
8,369 
7,757 
24,256 
acres 
2,773,816 
2,644,789 
1,247,342 
746,120 
533,029 
2,669,147 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
433 
558 
314 
263 
219 
990 
acres 
127,460 
98,947 
44,742 
28,549 
19,744 
214,570 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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