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 
3,109 
5,577 
5,227 
4,074 
3,983 
9,945 
Not on farm operated 
728 
1,363 
1,209 
989 
781 
2,394 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,573 
2,620 
2,282 
1,651 
1,481 
4,224 
Any 
2,264 
4,320 
4,154 
3,412 
3,283 
8,115 
1 to 49 days 
292 
475 
437 
403 
443 
1,022 
50 to 99 days 
186 
327 
312 
250 
229 
604 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
356 
599 
595 
459 
358 
1,008 
200 days or more 
1,430 
2,919 
2,810 
2,300 
2,253 
5,481 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
76 
145 
187 
135 
182 
525 
3 or 4 years 
140 
293 
324 
316 
315 
690 
5 to 9 years 
425 
808 
978 
843 
904 
2,159 
1 0 years or more 
3,196 
5,694 
4,947 
3,769 
3,363 
8,965 
Average years on present farm 
26.6 
24.8 
22.1 
20.7 
19.2 
19.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
45 
110 
143 
111 
146 
403 
3 or 4 years 
119 
208 
261 
271 
234 
606 
5 to 9 years 
315 
681 
848 
710 
810 
1,861 
10 years or more 
3,358 
5,941 
5,184 
3,971 
3,574 
9,469 
Average years operating any farm 
29.1 
27.1 
24.3 
22.6 
21.2 
21.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
16 
38 
37 
23 
16 
21 
25 to 34 years 
200 
304 
281 
201 
234 
410 
35 to 44 years 
319 
486 
472 
475 
442 
1,026 
45 to 49 years 
249 
491 
573 
466 
470 
1,152 
50 to 54 years 
389 
834 
764 
684 
629 
1,682 
55 to 59 years 
507 
875 
879 
739 
818 
1,788 
60 to 64 years 
574 
1,066 
956 
698 
705 
1,929 
65 to 69 years 
530 
947 
833 
633 
552 
1,610 
70 years and over 
1,053 
1,899 
1,641 
1,144 
898 
2,721 
Average age 
60.5 
60.8 
60.1 
59.0 
58.1 
59.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
52 
50 
79 
48 
40 
157 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
8 
24 
27 
12 
21 
76 
Asian 
5 
15 
10 
16 
21 
49 
Black or African American 
114 
219 
212 
218 
149 
465 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
3 
White 
3,705 
6,670 
6,172 
4,788 
4,549 
11,708 
More than one race reported 
5 
12 
15 
27 
22 
38 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
527 
999 
978 
748 
683 
1,912 
2 people 
2,176 
3,964 
3,516 
2,593 
2,427 
6,442 
3 people 
566 
979 
1,010 
831 
730 
1,778 
4 people 
363 
661 
612 
587 
537 
1,370 
5 or more people 
205 
337 
320 
304 
387 
837 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,315 
5,341 
5,645 
4,706 
4,529 
11,530 
25 to 49 percent 
708 
796 
440 
179 
64 
285 
50 to 74 percent 
472 
516 
224 
98 
116 
298 
75 to 99 percent 
223 
147 
66 
38 
28 
113 
1 00 percent 
119 
140 
61 
42 
27 
113 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
83 
119 
78 
49 
54 
195 
acres 
35,252 
22,072 
10,508 
8,403 
3,426 
33,578 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,447 
4,586 
4,266 
3,441 
3,454 
8,639 
Dial-up service 
321 
565 
516 
390 
373 
955 
DSL service 
891 
1,528 
1,417 
1,179 
1,151 
2,746 
Cable modem service 
347 
668 
679 
570 
533 
1,345 
Fiber-optic service 
109 
223 
210 
146 
158 
388 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
471 
1,053 
955 
690 
752 
1,925 
Satellite service 
467 
831 
785 
642 
655 
1,657 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
75 
132 
132 
95 
100 
243 
Other Internet service 
52 
113 
95 
81 
119 
268 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,959 
5,622 
5,351 
4,337 
4,186 
10,753 
2 households 
752 
1,129 
944 
605 
510 
1,304 
3 households 
81 
123 
93 
80 
34 
158 
4 households 
31 
45 
27 
24 
24 
86 
5 or more households 
14 
21 
21 
17 
10 
38 
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 
3,736 
6,757 
6,268 
4,989 
4,689 
12,032 
acres 
876,545 
998,803 
594,133 
352,802 
266,734 
978,032 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
288 
421 
357 
253 
201 
780 
acres 
61,218 
57,985 
33,348 
22,176 
12,363 
99,027 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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