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 
344 
639 
676 
585 
748 
2,290 
Not on farm operated 
142 
222 
152 
142 
160 
465 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
179 
292 
226 
213 
253 
856 
Any 
307 
569 
602 
514 
655 
1,899 
1 to 49 days 
59 
90 
83 
73 
82 
276 
50 to 99 days 
27 
45 
69 
43 
67 
151 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
54 
108 
87 
76 
103 
231 
200 days or more 
167 
326 
363 
322 
403 
1,241 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
12 
47 
44 
40 
61 
92 
3 or 4 years 
36 
55 
66 
48 
93 
145 
5 to 9 years 
53 
125 
136 
125 
113 
440 
1 0 years or more 
385 
634 
582 
514 
641 
2,078 
Average years on present farm 
21.9 
21.1 
21.0 
19.8 
20.5 
21.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
30 
42 
25 
49 
62 
3 or 4 years 
25 
51 
56 
31 
89 
134 
5 to 9 years 
53 
114 
115 
117 
95 
380 
10 years or more 
408 
666 
615 
554 
675 
2,179 
Average years operating any farm 
24.4 
23.7 
22.8 
22.3 
22.6 
22.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
11 
14 
6 
6 
12 
25 to 34 years 
37 
64 
48 
63 
34 
32 
35 to 44 years 
40 
56 
76 
60 
76 
228 
45 to 49 years 
62 
74 
84 
80 
79 
328 
50 to 54 years 
63 
107 
106 
79 
138 
465 
55 to 59 years 
98 
156 
138 
155 
112 
430 
60 to 64 years 
67 
131 
115 
91 
144 
390 
65 to 69 years 
42 
109 
101 
76 
130 
349 
70 years and over 
77 
153 
146 
117 
189 
521 
Average age 
56.1 
57.5 
57.3 
56.3 
59.0 
58.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
14 
15 
12 
12 
18 
26 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
- 
1 
1 
2 
6 
Asian 
6 
9 
6 
14 
26 
7 
Black or African American 
5 
2 
- 
1 
11 
56 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
472 
845 
820 
710 
859 
2,675 
More than one race reported 
- 
5 
- 
1 
10 
11 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
93 
131 
122 
107 
112 
467 
2 people 
210 
369 
396 
359 
463 
1,369 
3 people 
67 
131 
134 
129 
95 
381 
4 people 
79 
143 
128 
63 
156 
285 
5 or more people 
37 
87 
48 
69 
82 
253 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
241 
617 
683 
626 
820 
2,425 
25 to 49 percent 
73 
87 
65 
48 
45 
110 
50 to 74 percent 
94 
81 
45 
27 
23 
99 
75 to 99 percent 
43 
44 
10 
18 
6 
57 
1 00 percent 
35 
32 
25 
8 
14 
64 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
45 
49 
24 
29 
16 
127 
acres 
4,165 
2,586 
11,983 
1,545 
621 
5,625 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
390 
693 
658 
601 
716 
2,141 
Dial-up service 
28 
46 
36 
28 
33 
128 
DSL service 
84 
143 
184 
148 
189 
442 
Cable modem service 
184 
354 
310 
300 
342 
1,081 
Fiber-optic service 
43 
85 
63 
57 
65 
312 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
73 
71 
57 
67 
45 
295 
Satellite service 
22 
42 
47 
33 
64 
139 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
22 
25 
31 
25 
33 
67 
Other Internet service 
1 
10 
8 
9 
8 
19 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
417 
748 
734 
676 
837 
2,500 
2 households 
46 
84 
77 
43 
56 
206 
3 households 
20 
23 
12 
7 
4 
30 
4 households 
2 
3 
5 
1 
4 
12 
5 or more households 
1 
3 
- 
- 
7 
7 
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 
457 
822 
785 
708 
895 
2,646 
acres 
37,911 
47,273 
48,785 
36,472 
32,944 
113,137 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
28 
61 
58 
32 
38 
134 
acres 
2,738 
3,264 
3,158 
1,102 
928 
8,875 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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