Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
27,054 
1,355 
6,970 
2,588 
3,103 
2,964 
Not on farm operated 
11,022 
342 
2,047 
902 
1,119 
1,203 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
15,119 
531 
3,035 
1,353 
1,596 
1,600 
Any 
22,957 
1,166 
5,982 
2,137 
2,626 
2,567 
1 to 49 days 
2,668 
118 
616 
232 
318 
317 
50 to 99 days 
1,706 
93 
422 
144 
192 
205 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,757 
175 
1,024 
361 
441 
359 
200 days or more 
14,826 
780 
3,920 
1,400 
1,675 
1,686 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,247 
119 
365 
116 
148 
111 
3 or 4 years 
1,844 
179 
621 
164 
155 
144 
5 to 9 years 
5,258 
378 
1,668 
523 
634 
509 
1 0 years or more 
29,727 
1,021 
6,363 
2,687 
3,285 
3,403 
Average years on present farm 
23.0 
15.7 
19.1 
21.2 
22.4 
24.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
864 
84 
247 
86 
101 
81 
3 or 4 years 
1,448 
158 
500 
142 
122 
112 
5 to 9 years 
4,663 
364 
1,493 
471 
569 
461 
1 0 years or more 
31,101 
1,091 
6,777 
2,791 
3,430 
3,513 
Average years operating any farm 
24.8 
17.1 
20.8 
22.9 
24.0 
25.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
159 
24 
39 
19 
12 
8 
25 to 34 years 
1,442 
101 
411 
112 
166 
147 
35 to 44 years 
3,458 
241 
1,019 
335 
365 
341 
45 to 49 years 
2,725 
173 
806 
263 
303 
243 
50 to 54 years 
4,240 
224 
1,117 
345 
498 
415 
55 to 59 years 
5,286 
237 
1,327 
504 
586 
574 
60 to 64 years 
5,695 
224 
1,246 
549 
615 
659 
65 to 69 years 
5,179 
215 
1,224 
458 
572 
547 
70 years and over 
9,892 
258 
1,828 
905 
1,105 
1,233 
Average age 
60.4 
55.6 
58.3 
60.4 
60.6 
61.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
397 
42 
129 
26 
29 
53 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
133 
15 
32 
10 
10 
27 
Asian 
66 
3 
27 
9 
12 
4 
Black or African American 
5,029 
318 
1,686 
645 
686 
537 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
- 
3 
- 
- 
2 
White 
32,756 
1,359 
7,249 
2,817 
3,502 
3,589 
More than one race reported 
83 
2 
20 
9 
12 
8 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,851 
256 
1,288 
614 
647 
652 
2 people 
20,043 
747 
4,526 
1,812 
2,233 
2,253 
3 people 
5,498 
325 
1,453 
488 
578 
607 
4 people 
4,195 
236 
1,122 
358 
474 
404 
5 or more people 
2,489 
133 
628 
218 
290 
251 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
30,193 
1,568 
8,176 
3,029 
3,624 
3,503 
25 to 49 percent 
2,498 
59 
288 
183 
187 
266 
50 to 74 percent 
2,412 
36 
247 
117 
184 
217 
75 to 99 percent 
1,405 
13 
127 
71 
105 
87 
1 00 percent 
1,568 
21 
179 
90 
122 
94 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,051 
39 
192 
65 
76 
66 
acres 
968,857 
172 
5,488 
3,800 
6,183 
7,506 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
23,113 
1,150 
5,563 
2,004 
2,387 
2,377 
Dial-up service 
2,713 
107 
597 
262 
329 
294 
DSL service 
9,980 
501 
2,554 
871 
1,058 
987 
Cable modem service 
3,226 
219 
679 
235 
304 
307 
Fiber-optic service 
635 
16 
105 
69 
77 
70 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,042 
219 
1,033 
337 
392 
451 
Satellite service 
4,708 
186 
1,055 
435 
444 
504 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
279 
19 
60 
12 
30 
19 
Other Internet service 
285 
15 
80 
20 
37 
30 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
30,414 
1,433 
7,578 
2,877 
3,403 
3,355 
2 households 
5,805 
212 
1,123 
484 
658 
653 
3 households 
1,080 
25 
184 
95 
93 
106 
4 households 
425 
15 
69 
17 
38 
20 
5 or more households 
352 
12 
63 
17 
30 
33 
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 
36,711 
1,653 
8,854 
3,402 
4,109 
4,062 
acres 
9,843,046 
7,775 
252,477 
197,571 
340,261 
471,067 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
68 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
