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 
19,944 
12,835 
4,114 
2,995 
1 1 ,386 
8,558 
Female 
4,777 
2,574 
529 
1,674 
2,835 
1,942 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
12,392 
6,929 
2,879 
2,584 
7,216 
5,176 
Other 
12,329 
8,480 
1,764 
2,085 
7,005 
5,324 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
18,152 
11,675 
3,468 
3,009 
10,132 
8,020 
Not on farm operated 
6,569 
3,734 
1,175 
1,660 
4,089 
2,480 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
8,933 
5,457 
1,799 
1,677 
5,233 
3,700 
Any 
15,788 
9,952 
2,844 
2,992 
8,988 
6,800 
1 to 49 days 
2,416 
1,655 
388 
373 
1,451 
965 
50 to 99 days 
1,587 
1,010 
241 
336 
963 
624 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,811 
1,770 
543 
498 
1,637 
1,174 
200 days or more 
8,974 
5,517 
1,672 
1,785 
4,937 
4,037 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
897 
601 
157 
139 
477 
420 
3 or 4 years 
1,188 
798 
185 
205 
631 
557 
5 to 9 years 
3,307 
2,236 
629 
442 
1,675 
1,632 
1 0 years or more 
19,329 
1 1 ,774 
3,672 
3,883 
1 1 ,438 
7,891 
Average years on present farm 
23.3 
22.0 
24.5 
26.2 
24.4 
21.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
688 
470 
124 
94 
377 
311 
3 or 4 years 
1,006 
667 
150 
189 
557 
449 
5 to 9 years 
2,768 
1,887 
483 
398 
1,424 
1,344 
1 0 years or more 
20,259 
12,385 
3,886 
3,988 
1 1 ,863 
8,396 
Average years operating any farm 
25.2 
24.0 
27.1 
27.5 
26.0 
24.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
218 
103 
44 
71 
168 
50 
25 to 34 years 
982 
443 
227 
312 
490 
492 
35 to 44 years 
1,896 
1,065 
410 
421 
975 
921 
45 to 49 years 
1,808 
1,003 
348 
457 
998 
810 
50 to 54 years 
2,854 
1,786 
506 
562 
1,590 
1,264 
55 to 59 years 
3,438 
2,255 
658 
525 
1,848 
1,590 
60 to 64 years 
3,632 
2,392 
701 
539 
2,159 
1,473 
65 to 69 years 
3,166 
2,120 
593 
453 
1,819 
1,347 
70 years and over 
6,727 
4,242 
1,156 
1,329 
4,174 
2,553 
Average age 
60.5 
61.3 
59.6 
59.1 
61.3 
59.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9,377 
7,010 
1,892 
475 
5,759 
3,618 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5,202 
877 
610 
3,715 
3,455 
1,747 
Asian 
29 
28 
1 
- 
16 
13 
Black or African American 
39 
33 
- 
6 
14 
25 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
8 
1 
- 
3 
6 
White 
19,293 
14,340 
4,008 
945 
10,670 
8,623 
More than one race reported 
149 
123 
23 
3 
63 
86 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,331 
2,687 
666 
978 
3,659 
672 
2 people 
12,042 
8,283 
2,284 
1,475 
6,271 
5,771 
3 people 
3,717 
2,032 
737 
948 
1,847 
1,870 
4 people 
2,439 
1,437 
499 
503 
1,259 
1,180 
5 or more people 
2,192 
970 
457 
765 
1,185 
1,007 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
20,196 
13,109 
3,027 
4,060 
11,857 
8,339 
25 to 49 percent 
1,477 
819 
427 
231 
776 
701 
50 to 74 percent 
1,450 
736 
535 
179 
777 
673 
75 to 99 percent 
922 
420 
388 
114 
478 
444 
1 00 percent 
676 
325 
266 
85 
333 
343 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,046 
687 
200 
159 
613 
433 
acres 
9,612,013 
5,973,330 
3,211,186 
427,497 
5,758,886 
3,853,127 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,796 
9,587 
2,994 
1,215 
6,724 
7,072 
Dial-up service 
1,186 
790 
299 
97 
589 
597 
DSL service 
6,044 
4,220 
1,324 
500 
2,945 
3,099 
Cable modem service 
1,950 
1,501 
327 
122 
1,031 
919 
Fiber-optic service 
555 
347 
160 
48 
272 
283 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,329 
1,595 
488 
246 
1,087 
1,242 
Satellite service 
2,773 
1,807 
717 
249 
1,212 
1,561 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
499 
363 
91 
45 
225 
274 
Other Internet service 
296 
195 
53 
48 
137 
159 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
18,888 
12,387 
3,360 
3,141 
11,511 
7,377 
2 households 
4,005 
2,182 
903 
920 
1,844 
2,161 
3 households 
936 
417 
226 
293 
421 
515 
4 households 
532 
278 
97 
157 
281 
251 
5 or more households 
360 
145 
57 
158 
164 
196 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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