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 
818 
1,617 
1,812 
1,888 
2,320 
7,576 
Not on farm operated 
246 
555 
690 
687 
765 
2,948 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
416 
762 
766 
695 
960 
3,869 
Any 
648 
1,410 
1,736 
1,880 
2,125 
6,655 
1 to 49 days 
93 
165 
224 
303 
346 
1,032 
50 to 99 days 
68 
150 
190 
190 
196 
703 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
147 
296 
358 
360 
413 
1,021 
200 days or more 
340 
799 
964 
1,027 
1,170 
3,899 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
44 
67 
103 
99 
108 
399 
3 or 4 years 
63 
89 
122 
139 
189 
499 
5 to 9 years 
162 
323 
402 
410 
496 
1,150 
1 0 years or more 
795 
1,693 
1,875 
1,927 
2,292 
8,476 
Average years on present farm 
23.1 
23.3 
22.1 
21.8 
21.7 
24.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
31 
35 
98 
89 
83 
305 
3 or 4 years 
54 
76 
111 
113 
168 
423 
5 to 9 years 
115 
243 
332 
365 
454 
1,018 
1 0 years or more 
864 
1,818 
1,961 
2,008 
2,380 
8,778 
Average years operating any farm 
25.9 
26.1 
23.9 
23.2 
23.2 
25.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
15 
48 
20 
8 
26 
97 
25 to 34 years 
37 
53 
145 
116 
144 
331 
35 to 44 years 
78 
189 
204 
216 
195 
712 
45 to 49 years 
73 
127 
173 
208 
229 
797 
50 to 54 years 
135 
265 
287 
352 
388 
1,072 
55 to 59 years 
158 
330 
335 
344 
431 
1,447 
60 to 64 years 
159 
325 
359 
367 
504 
1,493 
65 to 69 years 
125 
288 
318 
314 
419 
1,327 
70 years and over 
284 
547 
661 
650 
749 
3,248 
Average age 
60.3 
60.1 
59.8 
59.7 
60.0 
61.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
328 
782 
1,081 
1,106 
1,355 
4,143 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
81 
291 
450 
575 
663 
3,104 
Asian 
1 
9 
3 
2 
3 
11 
Black or African American 
- 
1 
11 
11 
2 
14 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
1 
6 
- 
1 
White 
973 
1,853 
2,004 
1,962 
2,408 
7,350 
More than one race reported 
9 
18 
33 
19 
9 
44 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
155 
354 
419 
410 
495 
2,187 
2 people 
579 
1,139 
1,193 
1,239 
1,571 
4,836 
3 people 
161 
297 
382 
404 
470 
1,630 
4 people 
102 
204 
239 
273 
288 
957 
5 or more people 
67 
178 
269 
249 
261 
914 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
598 
1,523 
2,184 
2,346 
2,904 
9,786 
25 to 49 percent 
188 
286 
151 
127 
87 
293 
50 to 74 percent 
145 
167 
92 
68 
49 
271 
75 to 99 percent 
75 
113 
47 
25 
28 
119 
1 00 percent 
58 
83 
28 
9 
17 
55 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
67 
66 
69 
51 
64 
324 
acres 
208,239 
46,945 
51,192 
24,042 
11,178 
2,436,571 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
740 
1,387 
1,469 
1,408 
1,682 
4,885 
Dial-up service 
68 
121 
96 
152 
130 
422 
DSL service 
312 
567 
684 
638 
803 
2,124 
Cable modem service 
88 
159 
247 
214 
301 
726 
Fiber-optic service 
33 
41 
83 
31 
65 
186 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
127 
246 
223 
221 
279 
865 
Satellite service 
171 
331 
270 
222 
272 
857 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
28 
43 
42 
38 
56 
222 
Other Internet service 
29 
24 
31 
28 
19 
104 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
771 
1,612 
1,824 
1,865 
2,368 
8,591 
2 households 
202 
395 
466 
489 
511 
1,339 
3 households 
66 
73 
99 
102 
97 
302 
4 households 
10 
58 
59 
57 
72 
187 
5 or more households 
15 
34 
54 
62 
37 
105 
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 
1,019 
2,090 
2,437 
2,519 
3,029 
10,212 
acres 
2,413,247 
2,122,956 
1,062,445 
769,453 
840,329 
8,573,811 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
96 
126 
110 
73 
97 
310 
acres 
269,102 
262,938 
81,910 
30,949 
35,805 
545,394 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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