Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
174 
166 
78 
193 
56 
16 
3 
Not on farm operated 
67 
31 
30 
76 
25 
9 
4 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
96 
90 
57 
135 
54 
19 
3 
Any 
145 
107 
51 
134 
27 
6 
4 
1 to 49 days 
30 
9 
5 
29 
6 
2 
- 
50 to 99 days 
28 
12 
5 
23 
- 
1 
- 
100 to 199 days 
13 
23 
9 
12 
2 
- 
3 
200 days or more 
74 
63 
32 
70 
19 
3 
1 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
11 
3 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
6 
8 
2 
9 
1 
1 
- 
5 to 9 years 
22 
10 
11 
32 
11 
2 
- 
1 0 years or more 
202 
176 
93 
226 
69 
22 
7 
Average years on present farm 
27.2 
28.3 
27.4 
28.5 
27.0 
26.1 
36.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
4 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
3 
6 
2 
9 
1 
1 
- 
5 to 9 years 
17 
10 
9 
30 
6 
- 
- 
10 years or more 
217 
181 
96 
229 
74 
24 
7 
Average years operating any farm 
30.9 
30.2 
30.3 
29.9 
29.3 
31.5 
38.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2 
6 
2 
2 
2 
1 
- 
35 to 44 years 
6 
24 
6 
20 
7 
1 
- 
45 to 49 years 
25 
10 
5 
17 
7 
1 
- 
50 to 54 years 
31 
26 
6 
41 
16 
2 
1 
55 to 59 years 
45 
29 
19 
34 
11 
3 
3 
60 to 64 years 
45 
37 
23 
58 
11 
6 
- 
65 to 69 years 
39 
8 
18 
30 
12 
5 
2 
70 years and over 
48 
57 
29 
67 
15 
6 
1 
Average age 
60.9 
60.4 
62.5 
61.4 
59.3 
62.0 
62.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
- 
12 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
240 
196 
107 
269 
81 
25 
7 
More than one race reported 
- 
" 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
39 
30 
13 
35 
5 
1 
3 
2 people 
145 
94 
65 
144 
43 
16 
1 
3 people 
24 
39 
20 
39 
8 
4 
1 
4 people 
19 
22 
5 
30 
14 
3 
2 
5 or more people 
14 
12 
5 
21 
11 
1 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
157 
107 
59 
148 
34 
11 
7 
25 to 49 percent 
10 
27 
12 
22 
7 
3 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
25 
13 
14 
42 
19 
3 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
22 
21 
12 
22 
10 
3 
- 
100 percent 
27 
29 
11 
35 
11 
5 
" 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
26 
10 
8 
18 
19 
7 
3 
acres 
4,026 
2,015 
1,969 
6,268 
11,977 
8,303 
25,560 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
179 
156 
86 
207 
64 
22 
6 
Dial-up service 
16 
6 
9 
21 
2 
1 
- 
DSL service 
39 
47 
21 
62 
18 
8 
- 
Cable modem service 
87 
66 
44 
85 
33 
6 
1 
Fiber-optic service 
20 
16 
3 
9 
9 
3 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
36 
35 
7 
37 
8 
4 
4 
Satellite service 
11 
16 
11 
16 
2 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
4 
- 
2 
4 
1 
1 
- 
Other Internet service 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
199 
149 
91 
191 
52 
14 
4 
2 households 
36 
35 
12 
50 
14 
2 
1 
3 households 
2 
9 
1 
20 
8 
4 
2 
4 households 
1 
3 
2 
7 
6 
2 
- 
5 or more households 
3 
1 
2 
1 
1 
3 
- 
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 
218 
184 
100 
246 
68 
24 
4 
acres 
34,155 
36,438 
24,167 
84,107 
43,523 
29,523 
14,562 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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