Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
27,054 
1,386 
935 
427 
551 
894 
Not on farm operated 
1 1 ,022 
531 
357 
236 
297 
332 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
15,119 
1,389 
874 
370 
404 
476 
Any 
22,957 
528 
418 
293 
444 
750 
1 to 49 days 
2,668 
79 
58 
42 
50 
73 
50 to 99 days 
1,706 
39 
33 
40 
45 
58 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,757 
69 
65 
45 
99 
181 
200 days or more 
14,826 
341 
262 
166 
250 
438 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,247 
37 
23 
27 
34 
34 
3 or 4 years 
1,844 
72 
43 
33 
39 
54 
5 to 9 years 
5,258 
302 
153 
81 
83 
144 
1 0 years or more 
29,727 
1,506 
1,073 
522 
692 
994 
Average years on present farm 
23.0 
21.6 
23.3 
24.9 
25.1 
25.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
864 
17 
8 
16 
16 
24 
3 or 4 years 
1,448 
40 
26 
19 
18 
39 
5 to 9 years 
4,663 
238 
120 
74 
79 
109 
1 0 years or more 
31,101 
1,622 
1,138 
554 
735 
1,054 
Average years operating any farm 
24.8 
24.3 
26.2 
27.6 
28.0 
27.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
159 
4 
- 
9 
11 
11 
25 to 34 years 
1,442 
103 
88 
64 
50 
75 
35 to 44 years 
3,458 
272 
163 
71 
102 
114 
45 to 49 years 
2,725 
231 
127 
57 
54 
96 
50 to 54 years 
4,240 
354 
159 
91 
85 
119 
55 to 59 years 
5,286 
323 
236 
99 
137 
180 
60 to 64 years 
5,695 
287 
228 
96 
127 
158 
65 to 69 years 
5,179 
152 
129 
68 
104 
175 
70 years and over 
9,892 
191 
162 
108 
178 
298 
Average age 
60.4 
54.3 
55.7 
55.5 
57.6 
59.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
397 
17 
11 
2 
7 
7 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
133 
2 
- 
- 
2 
2 
Asian 
66 
32 
10 
- 
2 
- 
Black or African American 
5,029 
17 
15 
26 
69 
124 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
White 
32,756 
1,860 
1,265 
634 
775 
1,097 
More than one race reported 
83 
6 
2 
- 
- 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,851 
91 
110 
82 
85 
146 
2 people 
20,043 
893 
663 
355 
470 
659 
3 people 
5,498 
346 
202 
78 
129 
199 
4 people 
4,195 
380 
203 
106 
95 
152 
5 or more people 
2,489 
207 
114 
42 
69 
70 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
30,193 
274 
235 
149 
318 
600 
25 to 49 percent 
2,498 
154 
139 
73 
123 
212 
50 to 74 percent 
2,412 
390 
261 
143 
201 
252 
75 to 99 percent 
1,405 
470 
255 
165 
98 
93 
1 00 percent 
1,568 
629 
402 
133 
108 
69 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,051 
224 
99 
53 
59 
51 
acres 
968,857 
548,452 
84,245 
45,932 
40,608 
23,669 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
23,113 
1,580 
945 
493 
550 
779 
Dial-up service 
2,713 
139 
94 
54 
62 
86 
DSL service 
9,980 
683 
399 
210 
220 
346 
Cable modem service 
3,226 
132 
141 
56 
74 
84 
Fiber-optic service 
635 
70 
30 
10 
20 
19 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,042 
283 
169 
99 
118 
165 
Satellite service 
4,708 
425 
191 
89 
113 
166 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
279 
18 
6 
12 
15 
9 
Other Internet service 
285 
41 
13 
7 
4 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
30,414 
1,201 
933 
515 
668 
956 
2 households 
5,805 
453 
244 
117 
145 
220 
3 households 
1,080 
151 
57 
17 
17 
31 
4 households 
425 
69 
35 
10 
14 
15 
5 or more households 
352 
43 
23 
4 
4 
4 
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 
1,743 
1,209 
634 
807 
1,181 
acres 
9,843,046 
2,578,907 
882,465 
452,562 
433,285 
449,463 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,952 
175 
93 
70 
67 
79 
acres 
1,012,729 
299,011 
76,622 
79,345 
38,616 
40,585 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
94 Mississippi 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
