Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
38,377 
24,638 
11,608 
2,131 
22,224 
16,153 
Female 
7,653 
6,387 
939 
327 
3,869 
3,784 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
20,740 
12,616 
6,968 
1,156 
12,091 
8,649 
Other 
25,290 
18,409 
5,579 
1,302 
14,002 
11,288 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
37,370 
25,465 
10,707 
1,198 
20,530 
16,840 
Not on farm operated 
8,660 
5,560 
1,840 
1,260 
5,563 
3,097 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
17,648 
11,829 
5,064 
755 
10,738 
6,910 
Any 
28,382 
19,196 
7,483 
1,703 
15,355 
13,027 
1 to 49 days 
3,563 
2,550 
820 
193 
2,089 
1,474 
50 to 99 days 
2,182 
1,519 
563 
100 
1,190 
992 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,761 
2,539 
1,019 
203 
2,014 
1,747 
200 days or more 
18,876 
12,588 
5,081 
1,207 
10,062 
8,814 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,344 
927 
222 
195 
651 
693 
3 or 4 years 
2,226 
1,495 
470 
261 
1,065 
1,161 
5 to 9 years 
6,629 
4,878 
1,263 
488 
3,130 
3,499 
1 0 years or more 
35,831 
23,725 
10,592 
1,514 
21,247 
14,584 
Average years on present farm 
22.6 
21.9 
25.7 
16.5 
24.2 
20.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,002 
720 
152 
130 
490 
512 
3 or 4 years 
1,802 
1,270 
330 
202 
884 
918 
5 to 9 years 
5,603 
4,191 
990 
422 
2,626 
2,977 
1 0 years or more 
37,623 
24,844 
11,075 
1,704 
22,093 
15,530 
Average years operating any farm 
24.7 
23.8 
28.1 
19.2 
26.3 
22.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
175 
84 
30 
61 
91 
84 
25 to 34 years 
1,906 
977 
553 
376 
928 
978 
35 to 44 years 
3,877 
2,223 
1,272 
382 
1,904 
1,973 
45 to 49 years 
3,932 
2,486 
1,160 
286 
1,892 
2,040 
50 to 54 years 
5,960 
3,815 
1,800 
345 
3,141 
2,819 
55 to 59 years 
6,713 
4,485 
1,916 
312 
3,745 
2,968 
60 to 64 years 
6,970 
4,754 
1,942 
274 
4,060 
2,910 
65 to 69 years 
5,852 
4,115 
1,556 
181 
3,470 
2,382 
70 years and over 
10,645 
8,086 
2,318 
241 
6,862 
3,783 
Average age 
59.5 
60.8 
58.0 
50.7 
60.8 
57.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
470 
332 
88 
50 
240 
230 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
180 
126 
49 
5 
69 
111 
Asian 
134 
124 
7 
3 
47 
87 
Black or African American 
1,496 
917 
494 
85 
1,142 
354 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
7 
- 
- 
5 
2 
White 
44,084 
29,742 
11,982 
2,360 
24,774 
19,310 
More than one race reported 
129 
109 
15 
5 
56 
73 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,638 
4,756 
1,525 
357 
5,667 
971 
2 people 
24,376 
16,857 
6,421 
1,098 
13,169 
11,207 
3 people 
7,009 
4,452 
2,161 
396 
3,576 
3,433 
4 people 
4,903 
2,981 
1,540 
382 
2,277 
2,626 
5 or more people 
3,104 
1,979 
900 
225 
1,404 
1,700 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
36,188 
26,645 
7,838 
1,705 
20,376 
15,812 
25 to 49 percent 
3,366 
1,611 
1,565 
190 
2,014 
1,352 
50 to 74 percent 
3,004 
1,425 
1,354 
225 
1,726 
1,278 
75 to 99 percent 
1,823 
752 
928 
143 
1,018 
805 
1 00 percent 
1,649 
592 
862 
195 
959 
690 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,030 
573 
348 
109 
530 
500 
acres 
538,862 
204,514 
290,319 
44,029 
289,443 
249,419 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
31,421 
21,223 
8,494 
1,704 
15,863 
15,558 
Dial-up service 
3,633 
2,453 
1,011 
169 
1,928 
1,705 
DSL service 
10,602 
7,026 
3,036 
540 
5,332 
5,270 
Cable modem service 
4,762 
3,232 
1,220 
310 
2,607 
2,155 
Fiber-optic service 
1,398 
983 
337 
78 
746 
652 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
7,002 
4,580 
1,957 
465 
3,149 
3,853 
Satellite service 
5,851 
4,112 
1,470 
269 
2,804 
3,047 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
881 
620 
232 
29 
447 
434 
Other Internet service 
850 
618 
198 
34 
399 
451 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
37,729 
26,251 
9,521 
1,957 
22,835 
14,894 
2 households 
6,757 
4,005 
2,340 
412 
2,660 
4,097 
3 households 
973 
463 
457 
53 
348 
625 
4 households 
359 
194 
144 
21 
167 
192 
5 or more households 
212 
112 
85 
15 
83 
129 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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