Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
32,794 
23,128 
7,476 
2,190 
20,479 
12,315 
Female 
5,282 
4,606 
487 
189 
3,226 
2,056 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
16,355 
10,605 
4,415 
1,335 
10,172 
6,183 
Other 
21,721 
17,129 
3,548 
1,044 
13,533 
8,188 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
27,054 
19,748 
6,341 
965 
16,255 
10,799 
Not on farm operated 
11,022 
7,986 
1,622 
1,414 
7,450 
3,572 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
15,119 
10,930 
3,217 
972 
9,926 
5,193 
Any 
22,957 
16,804 
4,746 
1,407 
13,779 
9,178 
1 to 49 days 
2,668 
2,085 
431 
152 
1,707 
961 
50 to 99 days 
1,706 
1,263 
329 
114 
1,070 
636 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,757 
2,584 
930 
243 
2,222 
1,535 
200 days or more 
14,826 
10,872 
3,056 
898 
8,780 
6,046 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,247 
828 
188 
231 
674 
573 
3 or 4 years 
1,844 
1,220 
358 
266 
1,019 
825 
5 to 9 years 
5,258 
3,830 
967 
461 
2,910 
2,348 
1 0 years or more 
29,727 
21,856 
6,450 
1,421 
19,102 
10,625 
Average years on present farm 
23.0 
23.2 
24.0 
16.1 
24.2 
20.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
864 
585 
125 
154 
467 
397 
3 or 4 years 
1,448 
991 
266 
191 
799 
649 
5 to 9 years 
4,663 
3,429 
815 
419 
2,557 
2,106 
1 0 years or more 
31,101 
22,729 
6,757 
1,615 
19,882 
11,219 
Average years operating any farm 
24.8 
24.8 
26.2 
19.1 
25.9 
22.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
159 
45 
31 
83 
84 
75 
25 to 34 years 
1,442 
721 
432 
289 
779 
663 
35 to 44 years 
3,458 
2,165 
909 
384 
1,893 
1,565 
45 to 49 years 
2,725 
1,745 
741 
239 
1,530 
1,195 
50 to 54 years 
4,240 
2,845 
1,088 
307 
2,410 
1,830 
55 to 59 years 
5,286 
3,697 
1,270 
319 
3,133 
2,153 
60 to 64 years 
5,695 
4,231 
1,180 
284 
3,539 
2,156 
65 to 69 years 
5,179 
4,038 
938 
203 
3,313 
1,866 
70 years and over 
9,892 
8,247 
1,374 
271 
7,024 
2,868 
Average age 
60.4 
62.1 
57.0 
51.6 
61.7 
58.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
397 
330 
51 
16 
260 
137 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
133 
105 
21 
7 
59 
74 
Asian 
66 
60 
6 
- 
24 
42 
Black or African American 
5,029 
3,305 
1,188 
536 
3,589 
1,440 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
6 
2 
1 
4 
5 
White 
32,756 
24,196 
6,730 
1,830 
19,979 
12,777 
More than one race reported 
83 
62 
16 
5 
50 
33 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,851 
4,658 
879 
314 
5,124 
727 
2 people 
20,043 
14,921 
4,064 
1,058 
1 1 ,924 
8,119 
3 people 
5,498 
3,758 
1,337 
403 
2,953 
2,545 
4 people 
4,195 
2,736 
1,078 
381 
2,239 
1,956 
5 or more people 
2,489 
1,661 
605 
223 
1,465 
1,024 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
30,193 
23,746 
5,000 
1,447 
18,856 
1 1 ,337 
25 to 49 percent 
2,498 
1,425 
838 
235 
1,587 
911 
50 to 74 percent 
2,412 
1,286 
850 
276 
1,482 
930 
75 to 99 percent 
1,405 
614 
618 
173 
818 
587 
1 00 percent 
1,568 
663 
657 
248 
962 
606 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,051 
605 
313 
133 
631 
420 
acres 
968,857 
341,654 
432,969 
194,234 
472,722 
496,135 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
23,113 
16,240 
5,220 
1,653 
12,916 
10,197 
Dial-up service 
2,713 
1,900 
686 
127 
1,543 
1,170 
DSL service 
9,980 
7,135 
2,140 
705 
5,564 
4,416 
Cable modem service 
3,226 
2,387 
581 
258 
1,956 
1,270 
Fiber-optic service 
635 
432 
152 
51 
413 
222 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,042 
2,628 
1,047 
367 
2,017 
2,025 
Satellite service 
4,708 
3,266 
1,156 
286 
2,431 
2,277 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
279 
192 
59 
28 
142 
137 
Other Internet service 
285 
189 
74 
22 
136 
149 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
30,414 
22,486 
6,157 
1,771 
20,077 
10,337 
2 households 
5,805 
3,958 
1,409 
438 
2,750 
3,055 
3 households 
1,080 
751 
237 
92 
466 
614 
4 households 
425 
284 
102 
39 
217 
208 
5 or more households 
352 
255 
58 
39 
195 
157 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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