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 
3,399 
6,167 
5,526 
4,382 
4,275 
8,172 
Female 
417 
862 
1,026 
936 
1,075 
2,871 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,172 
3,280 
2,642 
1,863 
1,737 
3,729 
Other 
1,644 
3,749 
3,910 
3,455 
3,613 
7,314 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,090 
5,645 
5,290 
4,236 
4,353 
9,072 
Not on farm operated 
726 
1,384 
1,262 
1,082 
997 
1,971 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,564 
2,654 
2,332 
1,766 
1,754 
3,640 
Any 
2,252 
4,375 
4,220 
3,552 
3,596 
7,403 
1 to 49 days 
283 
485 
441 
448 
475 
921 
50 to 99 days 
197 
337 
308 
247 
259 
545 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
358 
597 
614 
460 
399 
930 
200 days or more 
1,414 
2,956 
2,857 
2,397 
2,463 
5,007 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
78 
151 
184 
143 
207 
479 
3 or 4 years 
142 
304 
331 
315 
331 
647 
5 to 9 years 
421 
835 
983 
891 
979 
1,989 
1 0 years or more 
3,175 
5,739 
5,054 
3,969 
3,833 
7,928 
Average years on present farm 
26.5 
24.6 
22.2 
20.9 
19.6 
19.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
43 
119 
141 
119 
166 
362 
3 or 4 years 
121 
212 
265 
279 
243 
572 
5 to 9 years 
310 
702 
855 
749 
871 
1,719 
1 0 years or more 
3,342 
5,996 
5,291 
4,171 
4,070 
8,390 
Average years operating any farm 
29.1 
26.9 
24.3 
22.8 
21.6 
20.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
16 
38 
37 
23 
17 
20 
25 to 34 years 
200 
303 
276 
206 
237 
397 
35 to 44 years 
325 
483 
485 
482 
453 
980 
45 to 49 years 
250 
510 
564 
479 
508 
1,083 
50 to 54 years 
388 
855 
763 
709 
671 
1,565 
55 to 59 years 
503 
899 
894 
780 
865 
1,636 
60 to 64 years 
568 
1,073 
1,001 
714 
817 
1,717 
65 to 69 years 
521 
956 
857 
672 
669 
1,389 
70 years and over 
1,045 
1,912 
1,675 
1,253 
1,113 
2,256 
Average age 
60.5 
60.7 
60.2 
59.3 
59.0 
58.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
48 
53 
80 
49 
40 
152 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
8 
25 
26 
16 
27 
66 
Asian 
5 
15 
10 
16 
22 
48 
Black or African American 
101 
230 
219 
240 
196 
368 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
3 
White 
3,697 
6,747 
6,280 
5,018 
5,082 
10,520 
More than one race reported 
5 
12 
17 
26 
21 
38 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
514 
1,037 
991 
802 
807 
1,664 
2 people 
2,168 
3,996 
3,587 
2,733 
2,765 
5,703 
3 people 
554 
994 
1,021 
847 
785 
1,637 
4 people 
372 
660 
627 
609 
590 
1,261 
5 or more people 
208 
342 
326 
327 
403 
778 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,354 
5,458 
5,753 
4,936 
5,074 
10,373 
25 to 49 percent 
673 
783 
448 
188 
76 
229 
50 to 74 percent 
463 
507 
227 
107 
138 
236 
75 to 99 percent 
212 
146 
61 
44 
32 
101 
1 00 percent 
114 
135 
63 
43 
30 
104 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
75 
119 
79 
52 
61 
181 
acres 
34,039 
21,656 
12,568 
9,458 
8,617 
23,230 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,456 
4,655 
4,340 
3,584 
3,785 
7,874 
Dial-up service 
308 
579 
516 
422 
397 
867 
DSL service 
900 
1,556 
1,440 
1,212 
1,236 
2,531 
Cable modem service 
358 
668 
711 
579 
606 
1,206 
Fiber-optic service 
109 
229 
206 
160 
183 
342 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
469 
1,070 
974 
721 
793 
1,790 
Satellite service 
471 
852 
781 
673 
719 
1,513 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
73 
134 
145 
93 
105 
223 
Other Internet service 
54 
113 
100 
82 
140 
238 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,957 
5,718 
5,439 
4,533 
4,668 
9,713 
2 households 
738 
1,119 
963 
655 
589 
1,108 
3 households 
83 
122 
98 
78 
49 
130 
4 households 
24 
46 
29 
32 
35 
61 
5 or more households 
14 
24 
23 
20 
9 
31 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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