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 
88,044 
1,836 
2,012 
2,872 
5,746 
7,264 
Female 
11,127 
68 
42 
93 
260 
462 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
43,788 
1,763 
1,905 
2,627 
4,572 
4,852 
Other 
55,383 
141 
149 
338 
1,434 
2,874 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
77,331 
1,497 
1,707 
2,477 
4,980 
6,205 
Not on farm operated 
21,840 
407 
347 
488 
1,026 
1,521 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
37,495 
1,420 
1,524 
1,976 
3,302 
3,400 
Any 
61,676 
484 
530 
989 
2,704 
4,326 
1 to 49 days 
7,239 
109 
166 
238 
470 
538 
50 to 99 days 
4,037 
38 
44 
119 
266 
319 
100 to 199 days 
7,938 
58 
57 
141 
437 
694 
200 days or more 
42,462 
279 
263 
491 
1,531 
2,775 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
3,397 
18 
21 
40 
77 
146 
3 or 4 years 
4,588 
22 
40 
63 
160 
261 
5 to 9 years 
13,560 
192 
144 
219 
468 
785 
10 years or more 
77,626 
1,672 
1,849 
2,643 
5,301 
6,534 
Average years on present farm 
23.3 
27.5 
30.1 
30.9 
30.1 
28.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2,297 
10 
9 
17 
47 
86 
3 or 4 years 
3,585 
13 
24 
49 
97 
186 
5 to 9 years 
11,251 
152 
114 
160 
358 
609 
10 years or more 
82,038 
1,729 
1,907 
2,739 
5,504 
6,845 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
29.1 
32.0 
33.5 
32.6 
31.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
636 
2 
6 
30 
40 
75 
25 to 34 years 
5,594 
95 
132 
200 
390 
502 
35 to 44 years 
10,182 
313 
248 
291 
580 
672 
45 to 49 years 
9,070 
291 
197 
248 
540 
670 
50 to 54 years 
12,994 
278 
326 
440 
761 
919 
55 to 59 years 
13,642 
284 
359 
447 
896 
960 
60 to 64 years 
13,399 
232 
326 
447 
798 
1,081 
65 to 69 years 
1 1 ,433 
170 
190 
312 
701 
934 
70 years and over 
22,221 
239 
270 
550 
1,300 
1,913 
Average age 
58.3 
54.5 
55.6 
56.9 
57.9 
58.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
548 
12 
7 
3 
34 
53 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
442 
1 
1 
12 
12 
30 
Asian 
235 
68 
6 
5 
4 
10 
Black or African American 
176 
- 
1 
2 
5 
11 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
27 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
White 
97,826 
1,833 
2,042 
2,933 
5,964 
7,632 
More than one race reported 
465 
2 
4 
13 
21 
38 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
13,838 
123 
193 
291 
694 
1,039 
2 people 
51,524 
850 
981 
1,563 
3,132 
4,086 
3 people 
13,562 
288 
334 
434 
760 
1,035 
4 people 
1 1 ,629 
309 
313 
383 
774 
810 
5 or more people 
8,618 
334 
233 
294 
646 
756 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
69,189 
250 
261 
518 
1,514 
2,825 
25 to 49 percent 
10,490 
121 
172 
344 
912 
1,591 
50 to 74 percent 
9,833 
367 
382 
713 
1,486 
1,876 
75 to 99 percent 
5,470 
565 
613 
748 
1,199 
930 
1 00 percent 
4,189 
601 
626 
642 
895 
504 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,886 
216 
157 
144 
198 
187 
acres 
1,328,941 
455,002 
247,343 
162,143 
141,942 
92,332 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
65,407 
1,615 
1,687 
2,305 
4,128 
5,048 
Dial-up service 
8,266 
124 
156 
269 
591 
629 
DSL service 
27,941 
634 
712 
961 
1,667 
2,143 
Cable modem service 
5,285 
118 
129 
142 
292 
353 
Fiber-optic service 
2,824 
61 
99 
107 
262 
274 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,012 
312 
302 
417 
766 
916 
Satellite service 
12,959 
446 
389 
547 
902 
1,062 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,542 
72 
37 
63 
90 
142 
Other Internet service 
1,896 
69 
63 
64 
93 
144 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
78,814 
1,060 
1,286 
1,966 
4,317 
5,780 
2 households 
15,822 
474 
511 
688 
1,271 
1,533 
3 households 
2,808 
205 
165 
219 
284 
274 
4 households 
1,048 
77 
51 
54 
74 
89 
5 or more households 
679 
88 
41 
38 
60 
50 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Missouri 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
