Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,767 
3,466 
3,353 
2,969 
2,414 
8,892 
Not on farm operated 
521 
866 
869 
699 
553 
5,761 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
916 
1,625 
1,488 
1,235 
950 
5,392 
Any 
1,372 
2,707 
2,734 
2,433 
2,017 
9,261 
1 to 49 days 
146 
258 
294 
248 
251 
1,169 
50 to 99 days 
91 
238 
207 
196 
133 
626 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
262 
520 
475 
474 
345 
1,222 
200 days or more 
873 
1,691 
1,758 
1,515 
1,288 
6,244 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
54 
101 
115 
116 
115 
591 
3 or 4 years 
76 
207 
173 
217 
226 
704 
5 to 9 years 
259 
519 
575 
528 
567 
2,047 
1 0 years or more 
1,899 
3,505 
3,359 
2,807 
2,059 
11,311 
Average years on present farm 
26.0 
24.5 
23.6 
22.1 
19.5 
22.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
38 
66 
92 
87 
100 
400 
3 or 4 years 
65 
156 
129 
163 
190 
603 
5 to 9 years 
218 
471 
506 
472 
513 
1,863 
1 0 years or more 
1,967 
3,639 
3,495 
2,946 
2,164 
1 1 ,787 
Average years operating any farm 
28.4 
26.5 
25.3 
23.9 
21.0 
23.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
21 
26 
17 
17 
15 
28 
25 to 34 years 
69 
166 
143 
144 
171 
369 
35 to 44 years 
194 
347 
392 
377 
293 
1,133 
45 to 49 years 
148 
298 
302 
256 
262 
894 
50 to 54 years 
244 
474 
498 
415 
358 
1,443 
55 to 59 years 
323 
531 
544 
503 
426 
1,984 
60 to 64 years 
338 
754 
655 
547 
468 
2,037 
65 to 69 years 
310 
644 
644 
511 
370 
2,072 
70 years and over 
641 
1,092 
1,027 
898 
604 
4,693 
Average age 
60.8 
60.4 
60.2 
60.0 
58.1 
62.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
25 
35 
36 
42 
44 
171 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
15 
13 
11 
11 
15 
62 
Asian 
1 
2 
3 
- 
5 
11 
Black or African American 
231 
568 
784 
773 
641 
1,781 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 
White 
2,032 
3,741 
3,416 
2,880 
2,296 
12,760 
More than one race reported 
9 
6 
8 
4 
10 
35 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
262 
604 
591 
517 
385 
2,978 
2 people 
1,308 
2,417 
2,238 
1,908 
1,506 
7,626 
3 people 
359 
588 
651 
572 
524 
1,850 
4 people 
223 
457 
486 
449 
329 
1,315 
5 or more people 
136 
266 
256 
222 
223 
884 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,464 
3,378 
3,811 
3,434 
2,807 
13,723 
25 to 49 percent 
404 
492 
263 
133 
64 
441 
50 to 74 percent 
290 
316 
102 
75 
71 
311 
75 to 99 percent 
71 
81 
22 
10 
17 
123 
1 00 percent 
59 
65 
24 
16 
8 
55 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
48 
96 
66 
61 
44 
250 
acres 
13,196 
20,749 
17,750 
5,566 
2,417 
166,273 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,394 
2,622 
2,462 
2,149 
1,839 
8,300 
Dial-up service 
184 
369 
325 
279 
206 
915 
DSL service 
591 
1,099 
997 
964 
856 
3,615 
Cable modem service 
156 
291 
307 
202 
208 
1,575 
Fiber-optic service 
41 
97 
57 
43 
31 
217 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
238 
500 
452 
424 
330 
1,264 
Satellite service 
326 
540 
537 
429 
365 
1,527 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
7 
29 
31 
25 
15 
112 
Other Internet service 
25 
23 
30 
37 
26 
79 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,746 
3,480 
3,418 
2,999 
2,470 
12,028 
2 households 
436 
706 
666 
569 
401 
1,848 
3 households 
89 
75 
95 
68 
64 
416 
4 households 
9 
46 
29 
24 
19 
155 
5 or more households 
8 
25 
14 
8 
13 
206 
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 
2,234 
4,241 
4,142 
3,587 
2,907 
14,026 
acres 
652,845 
775,235 
528,292 
332,826 
210,115 
2,547,051 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
141 
200 
131 
108 
98 
790 
acres 
55,016 
51,169 
18,475 
12,455 
8,027 
333,408 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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