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 
2,091 
1,650 
975 
2,806 
1,405 
655 
492 
Not on farm operated 
901 
681 
503 
1,387 
918 
582 
437 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,222 
991 
568 
1,789 
1,150 
674 
610 
Any 
1,770 
1,340 
910 
2,404 
1,173 
563 
319 
1 to 49 days 
234 
167 
120 
283 
146 
78 
39 
50 to 99 days 
127 
107 
63 
184 
106 
40 
23 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
289 
215 
177 
380 
211 
74 
51 
200 days or more 
1,120 
851 
550 
1,557 
710 
371 
206 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
94 
64 
39 
100 
52 
18 
21 
3 or 4 years 
115 
82 
65 
151 
80 
52 
36 
5 to 9 years 
313 
241 
146 
417 
242 
111 
76 
1 0 years or more 
2,470 
1,944 
1,228 
3,525 
1,949 
1,056 
796 
Average years on present farm 
25.2 
25.5 
26.3 
26.7 
27.4 
26.1 
25.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
73 
47 
32 
67 
31 
4 
11 
3 or 4 years 
93 
63 
53 
108 
55 
26 
16 
5 to 9 years 
270 
202 
133 
368 
196 
83 
53 
1 0 years or more 
2,556 
2,019 
1,260 
3,650 
2,041 
1,124 
849 
Average years operating any farm 
27.0 
27.4 
28.1 
28.6 
29.6 
28.8 
28.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
16 
9 
6 
14 
9 
2 
1 
25 to 34 years 
88 
64 
32 
124 
105 
62 
30 
35 to 44 years 
213 
176 
94 
304 
162 
107 
101 
45 to 49 years 
159 
133 
67 
282 
118 
95 
83 
50 to 54 years 
294 
225 
154 
410 
276 
131 
151 
55 to 59 years 
408 
267 
202 
529 
308 
201 
143 
60 to 64 years 
419 
361 
222 
659 
360 
228 
153 
65 to 69 years 
479 
379 
212 
583 
269 
147 
94 
70 years and over 
916 
717 
489 
1,288 
716 
264 
173 
Average age 
62.4 
62.4 
63.2 
62.2 
61.6 
59.2 
58.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
32 
23 
1 
33 
15 
8 
6 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
10 
5 
- 
11 
10 
2 
1 
Asian 
3 
2 
- 
5 
- 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
359 
279 
135 
268 
86 
17 
13 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
White 
2,618 
2,037 
1,341 
3,903 
2,215 
1,216 
910 
More than one race reported 
2 
7 
2 
6 
11 
1 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
536 
384 
250 
679 
354 
125 
66 
2 people 
1,608 
1,306 
850 
2,283 
1,275 
661 
489 
3 people 
392 
314 
155 
583 
281 
187 
135 
4 people 
270 
217 
147 
395 
265 
161 
146 
5 or more people 
186 
110 
76 
253 
148 
103 
93 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,441 
1,819 
1,109 
2,907 
1,254 
482 
281 
25 to 49 percent 
214 
198 
147 
485 
269 
101 
101 
50 to 74 percent 
196 
172 
131 
415 
297 
220 
180 
75 to 99 percent 
73 
77 
46 
181 
265 
194 
166 
1 00 percent 
68 
65 
45 
205 
238 
240 
201 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
57 
51 
27 
110 
119 
96 
153 
acres 
9,099 
10,113 
6,462 
38,999 
85,234 
134,962 
660,839 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,671 
1,386 
846 
2,536 
1,499 
937 
757 
Dial-up service 
231 
184 
113 
293 
155 
92 
56 
DSL service 
719 
588 
346 
1,084 
587 
388 
297 
Cable modem service 
238 
190 
126 
356 
303 
158 
111 
Fiber-optic service 
37 
34 
25 
86 
41 
35 
40 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
298 
192 
152 
408 
240 
176 
144 
Satellite service 
345 
315 
173 
547 
315 
193 
196 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
11 
21 
13 
30 
32 
9 
23 
Other Internet service 
18 
8 
6 
26 
22 
11 
12 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,393 
1,896 
1,158 
3,286 
1,715 
872 
448 
2 households 
482 
331 
252 
688 
422 
236 
264 
3 households 
62 
52 
39 
131 
106 
69 
118 
4 households 
38 
33 
15 
47 
51 
32 
50 
5 or more households 
17 
19 
14 
41 
29 
28 
49 
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 
2,910 
2,249 
1,423 
4,000 
2,177 
1,094 
778 
acres 
457,380 
444,687 
338,884 
1,402,663 
1 ,482,969 
1,476,512 
2,970,800 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Mississippi 69 
