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 
$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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,413 
4,695 
4,794 
4,427 
4,349 
6,362 
Female 
232 
574 
771 
907 
1,127 
1,254 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,360 
2,346 
2,162 
1,767 
1,567 
2,343 
Other 
1,285 
2,923 
3,403 
3,567 
3,909 
5,273 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,919 
3,887 
3,939 
3,676 
3,681 
5,616 
Not on farm operated 
726 
1,382 
1,626 
1,658 
1,795 
2,000 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,041 
1,994 
1,988 
1,902 
1,955 
2,638 
Any 
1,604 
3,275 
3,577 
3,432 
3,521 
4,978 
1 to 49 days 
177 
320 
443 
420 
528 
462 
50 to 99 days 
109 
277 
273 
267 
196 
359 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
301 
579 
574 
550 
493 
780 
200 days or more 
1,017 
2,099 
2,287 
2,195 
2,304 
3,377 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
72 
125 
161 
178 
195 
360 
3 or 4 years 
87 
247 
246 
290 
310 
409 
5 to 9 years 
302 
642 
728 
803 
828 
1,167 
1 0 years or more 
2,184 
4,255 
4,430 
4,063 
4,143 
5,680 
Average years on present farm 
25.7 
24.6 
23.6 
22.6 
21.9 
20.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
48 
83 
125 
127 
151 
249 
3 or 4 years 
67 
188 
180 
221 
270 
367 
5 to 9 years 
252 
562 
638 
735 
760 
1,074 
1 0 years or more 
2,278 
4,436 
4,622 
4,251 
4,295 
5,926 
Average years operating any farm 
28.1 
26.5 
25.3 
24.2 
23.3 
22.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
12 
32 
14 
17 
15 
25 
25 to 34 years 
91 
182 
173 
178 
189 
247 
35 to 44 years 
209 
395 
489 
439 
409 
784 
45 to 49 years 
168 
362 
357 
336 
371 
557 
50 to 54 years 
275 
555 
614 
532 
570 
868 
55 to 59 years 
374 
625 
700 
739 
741 
1,109 
60 to 64 years 
425 
890 
822 
764 
805 
1,072 
65 to 69 years 
361 
798 
839 
747 
707 
1,058 
70 years and over 
730 
1,430 
1,557 
1,582 
1,669 
1,896 
Average age 
61.1 
61.2 
61.4 
61.9 
62.0 
60.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
28 
42 
44 
61 
61 
117 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
15 
20 
11 
11 
20 
50 
Asian 
1 
3 
4 
1 
8 
5 
Black or African American 
264 
699 
912 
829 
787 
1,263 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
3 
White 
2,355 
4,536 
4,627 
4,484 
4,645 
6,277 
More than one race reported 
10 
9 
11 
9 
15 
18 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
331 
826 
887 
912 
1,043 
1,299 
2 people 
1,495 
2,893 
2,956 
2,796 
2,825 
3,906 
3 people 
410 
673 
789 
759 
776 
1,117 
4 people 
256 
535 
610 
554 
483 
799 
5 or more people 
153 
342 
323 
313 
349 
495 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,752 
4,177 
5,040 
4,965 
5,170 
7,386 
25 to 49 percent 
444 
578 
321 
197 
130 
92 
50 to 74 percent 
312 
344 
153 
117 
122 
79 
75 to 99 percent 
80 
102 
25 
28 
39 
36 
1 00 percent 
57 
68 
26 
27 
15 
23 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
72 
111 
85 
88 
79 
122 
acres 
42,118 
53,981 
52,169 
19,700 
19,123 
26,035 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,588 
3,206 
3,179 
3,034 
3,078 
4,524 
Dial-up service 
199 
435 
410 
374 
318 
519 
DSL service 
656 
1,324 
1,290 
1,412 
1,397 
1,973 
Cable modem service 
204 
429 
486 
404 
489 
703 
Fiber-optic service 
56 
104 
82 
84 
77 
80 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
279 
571 
556 
534 
491 
754 
Satellite service 
360 
664 
622 
558 
585 
898 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
10 
34 
50 
37 
26 
57 
Other Internet service 
23 
24 
35 
41 
35 
56 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,001 
4,126 
4,462 
4,355 
4,549 
6,494 
2 households 
493 
859 
888 
729 
717 
898 
3 households 
117 
147 
130 
156 
108 
133 
4 households 
21 
81 
51 
48 
49 
28 
5 or more households 
13 
56 
34 
46 
53 
63 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Mississippi 121 
