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 
392 
607 
554 
455 
613 
1,574 
Female 
101 
283 
281 
293 
320 
1,055 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
312 
496 
421 
326 
340 
999 
Other 
181 
394 
414 
422 
593 
1,630 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
350 
650 
675 
601 
765 
2,214 
Not on farm operated 
143 
240 
160 
147 
168 
415 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
169 
290 
221 
222 
256 
839 
Any 
324 
600 
614 
526 
677 
1,790 
1 to 49 days 
60 
100 
75 
77 
82 
265 
50 to 99 days 
29 
46 
72 
44 
71 
140 
100 to 199 days 
60 
113 
86 
79 
101 
219 
200 days or more 
175 
341 
381 
326 
423 
1,166 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
13 
51 
39 
40 
61 
92 
3 or 4 years 
30 
56 
72 
48 
97 
134 
5 to 9 years 
60 
135 
129 
134 
125 
408 
10 years or more 
390 
648 
595 
526 
650 
1,995 
Average years on present farm 
22.0 
21.0 
21.2 
20.0 
20.4 
21.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
35 
37 
25 
49 
62 
3 or 4 years 
19 
52 
62 
31 
93 
123 
5 to 9 years 
60 
117 
115 
126 
103 
352 
10 years or more 
414 
686 
621 
566 
688 
2,092 
Average years operating any farm 
24.8 
23.7 
22.8 
22.4 
22.4 
23.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
11 
14 
6 
6 
12 
25 to 34 years 
38 
62 
43 
64 
33 
32 
35 to 44 years 
46 
57 
76 
65 
79 
212 
45 to 49 years 
59 
73 
85 
82 
85 
318 
50 to 54 years 
61 
118 
101 
81 
140 
452 
55 to 59 years 
95 
168 
147 
154 
116 
396 
60 to 64 years 
71 
132 
122 
91 
157 
361 
65 to 69 years 
42 
109 
100 
76 
130 
348 
70 years and over 
81 
160 
147 
129 
187 
498 
Average age 
56.2 
57.6 
57.5 
56.5 
58.8 
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 
479 
874 
827 
731 
884 
2,549 
More than one race reported 
5 
- 
1 
10 
11 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
97 
139 
122 
108 
126 
438 
2 people 
217 
384 
414 
368 
466 
1,306 
3 people 
58 
138 
126 
133 
100 
366 
4 people 
83 
142 
126 
66 
159 
270 
5 or more people 
38 
87 
47 
73 
82 
249 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
259 
656 
683 
646 
840 
2,320 
25 to 49 percent 
65 
87 
66 
49 
43 
109 
50 to 74 percent 
94 
80 
45 
26 
23 
94 
75 to 99 percent 
44 
39 
17 
17 
6 
51 
100 percent 
31 
28 
24 
10 
21 
55 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
44 
50 
23 
30 
15 
127 
acres 
4,156 
2,599 
11,970 
1,587 
579 
5,625 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
389 
719 
664 
621 
726 
2,043 
Dial-up service 
26 
45 
42 
37 
36 
110 
DSL service 
88 
163 
182 
155 
183 
412 
Cable modem service 
181 
361 
318 
310 
353 
1,033 
Fiber-optic service 
48 
90 
52 
56 
65 
312 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
62 
69 
65 
66 
50 
281 
Satellite service 
18 
47 
42 
35 
67 
134 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
20 
24 
32 
25 
33 
66 
Other Internet service 
1 
10 
8 
10 
7 
19 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
425 
776 
733 
696 
866 
2,386 
2 households 
47 
87 
85 
44 
52 
194 
3 households 
18 
21 
12 
7 
4 
30 
4 households 
2 
3 
5 
1 
4 
12 
5 or more households 
1 
3 
- 
- 
7 
7 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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