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 
10,437 
15,646 
11,561 
9,223 
8,183 
13,264 
Female 
981 
1,942 
1,713 
1,516 
1,458 
2,592 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
5,925 
7,376 
4,600 
3,149 
2,479 
4,540 
Other 
5,493 
10,212 
8,674 
7,590 
7,162 
11,316 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
8,867 
13,581 
9,986 
7,926 
7,377 
12,728 
Not on farm operated 
2,551 
4,007 
3,288 
2,813 
2,264 
3,128 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
4,357 
6,113 
4,343 
3,364 
2,721 
4,975 
Any 
7,061 
11,475 
8,931 
7,375 
6,920 
10,881 
1 to 49 days 
784 
1,091 
910 
841 
829 
1,263 
50 to 99 days 
523 
745 
575 
420 
386 
602 
100 to 199 days 
1,021 
1,622 
1,086 
908 
749 
1,165 
200 days or more 
4,733 
8,017 
6,360 
5,206 
4,956 
7,851 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
292 
534 
504 
440 
452 
873 
3 or 4 years 
482 
811 
646 
616 
628 
859 
5 to 9 years 
1,313 
2,224 
1,905 
1,881 
1,822 
2,607 
1 0 years or more 
9,331 
14,019 
10,219 
7,802 
6,739 
11,517 
Average years on present farm 
25.7 
24.0 
22.1 
20.1 
18.4 
19.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
169 
360 
351 
318 
316 
614 
3 or 4 years 
376 
596 
500 
480 
533 
731 
5 to 9 years 
1,018 
1,823 
1,593 
1,601 
1,568 
2,255 
1 0 years or more 
9,855 
14,809 
10,830 
8,340 
7,224 
12,256 
Average years operating any farm 
28.7 
26.9 
24.4 
22.5 
20.4 
21.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
81 
112 
92 
48 
54 
96 
25 to 34 years 
723 
991 
696 
580 
565 
720 
35 to 44 years 
1,145 
1,634 
1,314 
1,090 
1,178 
1,717 
45 to 49 years 
955 
1,412 
1,207 
1,075 
934 
1,541 
50 to 54 years 
1,358 
2,214 
1,645 
1,461 
1,371 
2,221 
55 to 59 years 
1,476 
2,301 
1,750 
1,413 
1,372 
2,384 
60 to 64 years 
1,427 
2,395 
1,801 
1,429 
1,268 
2,195 
65 to 69 years 
1,346 
2,030 
1,591 
1,252 
1,034 
1,873 
70 years and over 
2,907 
4,499 
3,178 
2,391 
1,865 
3,109 
Average age 
58.9 
59.3 
59.0 
58.4 
57.1 
58.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
43 
88 
80 
67 
58 
103 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
31 
61 
52 
50 
58 
134 
Asian 
13 
29 
13 
24 
24 
39 
Black or African American 
11 
25 
29 
19 
26 
47 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
6 
5 
3 
3 
5 
- 
White 
11,326 
17,386 
13,113 
10,579 
9,474 
15,544 
More than one race reported 
31 
82 
64 
64 
54 
92 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,575 
2,566 
1,988 
1,650 
1,348 
2,371 
2 people 
6,052 
9,331 
7,041 
5,544 
4,773 
8,171 
3 people 
1,460 
2,393 
1,739 
1,546 
1,350 
2,223 
4 people 
1,278 
1,922 
1,481 
1,186 
1,307 
1,866 
5 or more people 
1,053 
1,376 
1,025 
813 
863 
1,225 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,890 
12,565 
1 1 ,345 
9,835 
9,052 
15,134 
25 to 49 percent 
2,568 
2,720 
1,045 
480 
248 
289 
50 to 74 percent 
2,008 
1,609 
629 
271 
221 
271 
75 to 99 percent 
636 
413 
137 
88 
68 
73 
1 00 percent 
316 
281 
118 
65 
52 
89 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
195 
236 
164 
134 
91 
164 
acres 
83,231 
54,943 
26,652 
18,151 
12,792 
34,410 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
7,218 
11,160 
8,446 
6,978 
6,409 
10,413 
Dial-up service 
917 
1,607 
1,079 
850 
717 
1,327 
DSL service 
3,066 
4,700 
3,631 
2,971 
2,790 
4,666 
Cable modem service 
555 
924 
739 
645 
596 
792 
Fiber-optic service 
338 
528 
381 
258 
246 
270 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,283 
1,965 
1,545 
1,368 
1,208 
1,930 
Satellite service 
1,492 
2,120 
1,602 
1,276 
1,168 
1,955 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
175 
275 
182 
154 
130 
222 
Other Internet service 
173 
302 
247 
231 
217 
293 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
8,884 
14,047 
10,758 
8,847 
8,148 
13,721 
2 households 
2,038 
2,908 
2,030 
1,468 
1,215 
1,686 
3 households 
307 
394 
296 
236 
161 
267 
4 households 
124 
145 
129 
126 
75 
104 
5 or more households 
65 
94 
61 
62 
42 
78 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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