Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
32,794 
1,834 
1,179 
627 
860 
1,254 
Female 
5,282 
114 
124 
33 
60 
86 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
16,355 
1,774 
1,117 
530 
596 
793 
Other 
21,721 
174 
186 
130 
324 
547 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
27,054 
1,398 
938 
440 
606 
954 
Not on farm operated 
1 1 ,022 
550 
365 
220 
314 
386 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
15,119 
1,412 
875 
368 
424 
522 
Any 
22,957 
536 
428 
292 
496 
818 
1 to 49 days 
2,668 
79 
60 
41 
63 
75 
50 to 99 days 
1,706 
39 
34 
39 
54 
59 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,757 
74 
61 
47 
107 
191 
200 days or more 
14,826 
344 
273 
165 
272 
493 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,247 
42 
23 
22 
34 
35 
3 or 4 years 
1,844 
72 
44 
32 
49 
58 
5 to 9 years 
5,258 
311 
154 
77 
90 
156 
1 0 years or more 
29,727 
1,523 
1,082 
529 
747 
1,091 
Average years on present farm 
23.0 
21.6 
23.3 
25.0 
24.8 
25.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
864 
22 
3 
16 
16 
24 
3 or 4 years 
1,448 
40 
26 
19 
28 
42 
5 to 9 years 
4,663 
243 
122 
73 
79 
125 
1 0 years or more 
31,101 
1,643 
1,152 
552 
797 
1,149 
Average years operating any farm 
24.8 
24.3 
26.3 
27.6 
27.5 
27.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
159 
4 
- 
9 
14 
17 
25 to 34 years 
1,442 
113 
84 
64 
62 
59 
35 to 44 years 
3,458 
274 
165 
69 
107 
118 
45 to 49 years 
2,725 
231 
131 
56 
57 
99 
50 to 54 years 
4,240 
356 
164 
89 
93 
124 
55 to 59 years 
5,286 
330 
232 
102 
144 
190 
60 to 64 years 
5,695 
293 
226 
95 
144 
159 
65 to 69 years 
5,179 
153 
134 
72 
101 
209 
70 years and over 
9,892 
194 
167 
104 
198 
365 
Average age 
60.4 
54.2 
55.8 
55.5 
57.5 
60.1 
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 
22 
13 
32 
76 
132 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
White 
32,756 
1,886 
1,278 
625 
840 
1,203 
More than one race reported 
83 
6 
2 
- 
- 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,851 
94 
117 
77 
99 
166 
2 people 
20,043 
907 
670 
357 
502 
736 
3 people 
5,498 
355 
193 
87 
138 
201 
4 people 
4,195 
380 
212 
99 
105 
162 
5 or more people 
2,489 
212 
111 
40 
76 
75 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
30,193 
278 
238 
155 
361 
671 
25 to 49 percent 
2,498 
161 
134 
77 
133 
231 
50 to 74 percent 
2,412 
391 
268 
141 
211 
274 
75 to 99 percent 
1,405 
473 
269 
151 
106 
96 
1 00 percent 
1,568 
645 
394 
136 
109 
68 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,051 
224 
103 
57 
54 
56 
acres 
968,857 
548,452 
87,889 
49,908 
33,963 
35,519 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
23,113 
1,604 
955 
487 
583 
875 
Dial-up service 
2,713 
139 
99 
55 
64 
101 
DSL service 
9,980 
688 
405 
208 
238 
389 
Cable modem service 
3,226 
133 
150 
53 
71 
104 
Fiber-optic service 
635 
71 
29 
11 
20 
21 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,042 
292 
162 
101 
125 
177 
Satellite service 
4,708 
435 
188 
85 
123 
190 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
279 
18 
6 
12 
15 
14 
Other Internet service 
285 
41 
13 
7 
6 
4 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
30,414 
1,219 
949 
513 
713 
1,033 
2 households 
5,805 
459 
243 
116 
168 
235 
3 households 
1,080 
153 
58 
17 
17 
44 
4 households 
425 
69 
35 
10 
14 
19 
5 or more households 
352 
48 
18 
4 
8 
9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
