Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
683 
324 
235 
1,019 
1,090 
1,034 
2,213 
Not on farm operated 
279 
131 
150 
579 
633 
494 
790 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
411 
157 
173 
607 
701 
611 
1,337 
Any 
551 
298 
212 
991 
1,022 
917 
1,666 
1 to 49 days 
101 
67 
52 
148 
122 
135 
253 
50 to 99 days 
49 
24 
22 
86 
86 
111 
176 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
107 
73 
30 
193 
225 
177 
240 
200 days or more 
294 
134 
108 
564 
589 
494 
997 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
27 
27 
22 
64 
63 
48 
55 
3 or 4 years 
59 
25 
3 
64 
76 
25 
87 
5 to 9 years 
105 
55 
67 
226 
187 
141 
366 
1 0 years or more 
771 
348 
293 
1,244 
1,397 
1,314 
2,495 
Average years on present farm 
24.1 
23.2 
23.3 
24.5 
26.6 
27.5 
26.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
17 
27 
16 
51 
38 
45 
23 
3 or 4 years 
57 
17 
2 
50 
70 
19 
58 
5 to 9 years 
90 
37 
54 
197 
149 
110 
268 
1 0 years or more 
798 
374 
313 
1,300 
1,466 
1,354 
2,654 
Average years operating any farm 
26.2 
25.2 
25.3 
26.6 
29.0 
29.1 
29.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
6 
- 
17 
30 
13 
21 
25 to 34 years 
34 
22 
24 
77 
98 
61 
107 
35 to 44 years 
70 
58 
27 
86 
95 
94 
217 
45 to 49 years 
59 
35 
11 
94 
111 
110 
211 
50 to 54 years 
96 
41 
70 
174 
182 
190 
339 
55 to 59 years 
124 
70 
62 
177 
214 
165 
389 
60 to 64 years 
175 
64 
41 
260 
239 
230 
453 
65 to 69 years 
85 
33 
41 
193 
212 
183 
436 
70 years and over 
313 
126 
109 
520 
542 
482 
830 
Average age 
62.1 
58.7 
59.6 
62.0 
61.4 
62.1 
61.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
317 
196 
177 
550 
532 
422 
526 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
294 
70 
28 
316 
459 
458 
558 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
1 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
White 
658 
378 
350 
1,269 
1,254 
1,053 
2,424 
More than one race reported 
9 
7 
1 
12 
9 
15 
13 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
210 
101 
75 
298 
295 
346 
495 
2 people 
444 
200 
208 
750 
829 
695 
1,517 
3 people 
154 
53 
40 
270 
267 
212 
420 
4 people 
75 
51 
46 
171 
141 
122 
333 
5 or more people 
79 
50 
16 
109 
191 
153 
238 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
817 
347 
289 
1,283 
1,294 
1,080 
1,580 
25 to 49 percent 
59 
40 
30 
105 
132 
163 
313 
50 to 74 percent 
47 
21 
26 
108 
144 
122 
493 
75 to 99 percent 
24 
13 
26 
42 
100 
104 
363 
1 00 percent 
15 
34 
14 
60 
53 
59 
254 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
29 
32 
11 
51 
93 
78 
304 
acres 
4,571 
6,375 
2,527 
19,138 
66,234 
110,743 
9,389,904 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
381 
260 
240 
815 
864 
763 
1,924 
Dial-up service 
41 
19 
26 
104 
62 
62 
173 
DSL service 
167 
111 
114 
354 
355 
326 
771 
Cable modem service 
43 
28 
44 
122 
78 
89 
155 
Fiber-optic service 
21 
16 
10 
32 
59 
37 
128 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
64 
43 
39 
115 
170 
80 
250 
Satellite service 
95 
63 
39 
151 
218 
190 
641 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
24 
7 
11 
24 
36 
27 
52 
Other Internet service 
10 
1 
9 
23 
18 
23 
48 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
758 
373 
315 
1,219 
1,251 
1,093 
2,100 
2 households 
139 
66 
62 
254 
344 
276 
575 
3 households 
34 
13 
5 
59 
68 
98 
179 
4 households 
23 
3 
- 
40 
40 
20 
85 
5 or more households 
8 
- 
3 
26 
20 
41 
64 
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 
912 
429 
376 
1,549 
1,650 
1,470 
2,802 
acres 
143,803 
84,328 
89,945 
562,593 
1,185,518 
2,088,625 
33,341,293 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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