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 
1,102 
1,932 
2,222 
2,284 
2,608 
6,996 
Female 
181 
394 
426 
526 
698 
2,286 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
808 
1,242 
1,149 
1,224 
1,395 
4,199 
Other 
475 
1,084 
1,499 
1,586 
1,911 
5,083 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
931 
1,673 
1,868 
2,009 
2,504 
6,855 
Not on farm operated 
352 
653 
780 
801 
802 
2,427 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
468 
830 
828 
806 
1,047 
3,371 
Any 
815 
1,496 
1,820 
2,004 
2,259 
5,911 
1 to 49 days 
98 
180 
226 
323 
366 
950 
50 to 99 days 
113 
152 
178 
192 
229 
627 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
172 
296 
391 
375 
398 
921 
200 days or more 
432 
868 
1,025 
1,114 
1,266 
3,413 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
53 
92 
104 
111 
117 
328 
3 or 4 years 
69 
117 
116 
146 
198 
440 
5 to 9 years 
193 
344 
410 
440 
489 
1,045 
1 0 years or more 
968 
1,773 
2,018 
2,113 
2,502 
7,469 
Average years on present farm 
23.9 
22.8 
22.5 
22.1 
22.7 
23.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
40 
54 
93 
93 
92 
257 
3 or 4 years 
64 
93 
105 
119 
172 
382 
5 to 9 years 
131 
277 
338 
391 
452 
923 
1 0 years or more 
1,048 
1,902 
2,112 
2,207 
2,590 
7,720 
Average years operating any farm 
27.0 
25.5 
24.3 
23.6 
24.2 
25.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
21 
55 
20 
21 
25 
72 
25 to 34 years 
44 
95 
132 
128 
140 
276 
35 to 44 years 
97 
193 
206 
229 
208 
652 
45 to 49 years 
81 
135 
192 
207 
220 
751 
50 to 54 years 
162 
279 
276 
350 
398 
1,015 
55 to 59 years 
195 
320 
351 
355 
447 
1,320 
60 to 64 years 
185 
323 
408 
400 
539 
1,312 
65 to 69 years 
138 
314 
337 
336 
456 
1,173 
70 years and over 
360 
612 
726 
784 
873 
2,711 
Average age 
60.7 
59.8 
60.4 
60.2 
60.7 
61.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
412 
811 
1,113 
1,172 
1,389 
3,832 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
96 
303 
452 
622 
797 
2,885 
Asian 
- 
9 
4 
2 
3 
10 
Black or African American 
- 
1 
11 
11 
2 
14 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
- 
- 
6 
- 
1 
White 
1,180 
1,987 
2,153 
2,146 
2,493 
6,337 
More than one race reported 
6 
26 
28 
23 
11 
35 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
204 
410 
478 
479 
539 
1,884 
2 people 
692 
1,199 
1,277 
1,360 
1,670 
4,184 
3 people 
174 
311 
376 
442 
513 
1,495 
4 people 
137 
211 
261 
273 
297 
866 
5 or more people 
76 
195 
256 
256 
287 
853 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
766 
1,661 
2,326 
2,530 
3,115 
8,835 
25 to 49 percent 
210 
295 
163 
150 
85 
172 
50 to 74 percent 
151 
176 
93 
89 
57 
159 
75 to 99 percent 
90 
107 
47 
31 
30 
76 
1 00 percent 
66 
87 
19 
10 
19 
40 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
87 
72 
68 
52 
71 
283 
acres 
232,230 
68,377 
328,585 
17,099 
6,613 
2,069,822 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
852 
1,455 
1,541 
1,508 
1,732 
4,280 
Dial-up service 
68 
123 
116 
158 
134 
369 
DSL service 
364 
602 
724 
677 
823 
1,848 
Cable modem service 
105 
194 
250 
234 
294 
644 
Fiber-optic service 
46 
44 
92 
36 
72 
135 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
129 
253 
224 
245 
290 
792 
Satellite service 
199 
304 
282 
233 
280 
760 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
35 
45 
50 
44 
54 
194 
Other Internet service 
31 
34 
35 
28 
30 
74 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
964 
1,719 
1,955 
2,041 
2,538 
7,632 
2 households 
212 
431 
479 
530 
566 
1,130 
3 households 
63 
76 
101 
110 
97 
271 
4 households 
17 
64 
66 
65 
71 
153 
5 or more households 
27 
36 
47 
64 
34 
96 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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