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 
1,558 
1,100 
802 
1,829 
766 
235 
67 
Not on farm operated 
303 
222 
153 
351 
128 
44 
16 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
742 
539 
410 
942 
427 
138 
33 
Any 
1,119 
783 
545 
1,238 
467 
141 
50 
1 to 49 days 
134 
78 
61 
133 
62 
11 
5 
50 to 99 days 
97 
52 
59 
95 
31 
10 
3 
100 to 199 days 
179 
119 
99 
214 
79 
30 
5 
200 days or more 
709 
534 
326 
796 
295 
90 
37 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
30 
26 
16 
40 
16 
2 
- 
3 or 4 years 
69 
41 
25 
55 
21 
1 
1 
5 to 9 years 
209 
143 
95 
204 
68 
14 
6 
10 years or more 
1,553 
1,112 
819 
1,881 
789 
262 
76 
Average years on present farm 
25.7 
26.3 
27.4 
28.4 
29.6 
30.1 
33.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
25 
22 
11 
36 
12 
1 
- 
3 or 4 years 
54 
35 
20 
43 
12 
1 
1 
5 to 9 years 
169 
115 
79 
162 
54 
11 
4 
10 years or more 
1,613 
1,150 
845 
1,939 
816 
266 
78 
Average years operating any farm 
27.6 
28.1 
29.2 
30.5 
32.0 
31.8 
35.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
5 
2 
2 
5 
- 
2 
- 
25 to 34 years 
63 
50 
21 
74 
29 
12 
6 
35 to 44 years 
136 
75 
60 
155 
88 
22 
10 
45 to 49 years 
122 
87 
72 
140 
51 
33 
6 
50 to 54 years 
204 
152 
99 
234 
96 
29 
8 
55 to 59 years 
279 
176 
129 
288 
118 
35 
6 
60 to 64 years 
289 
211 
169 
352 
117 
41 
13 
65 to 69 years 
300 
196 
149 
317 
139 
32 
8 
70 years and over 
463 
373 
254 
615 
256 
73 
26 
Average age 
61.0 
61.7 
61.8 
61.7 
61.3 
59.9 
59.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
7 
12 
- 
17 
2 
2 
1 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
8 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Asian 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
3 
1 
1 
3 
1 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,842 
1,321 
949 
2,170 
889 
278 
83 
More than one race reported 
6 
- 
3 
4 
3 
1 
" 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
285 
189 
122 
308 
119 
31 
15 
2 people 
1,039 
726 
532 
1,228 
468 
156 
39 
3 people 
249 
206 
174 
306 
133 
37 
16 
4 people 
173 
110 
78 
227 
90 
30 
9 
5 or more people 
115 
91 
49 
111 
84 
25 
4 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,605 
1,078 
772 
1,571 
519 
114 
19 
25 to 49 percent 
131 
123 
87 
261 
137 
44 
11 
50 to 74 percent 
63 
84 
48 
195 
121 
60 
25 
75 to 99 percent 
30 
24 
33 
85 
71 
41 
22 
100 percent 
32 
13 
15 
68 
46 
20 
6 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
21 
23 
11 
43 
34 
14 
9 
acres 
3,120 
4,567 
2,676 
15,217 
21,847 
20,900 
31,255 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,027 
778 
540 
1,254 
545 
186 
62 
Dial-up service 
158 
116 
87 
172 
68 
13 
7 
DSL service 
429 
351 
207 
578 
265 
101 
36 
Cable modem service 
165 
117 
105 
150 
75 
14 
9 
Fiber-optic service 
26 
31 
12 
43 
22 
12 
3 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
113 
66 
64 
105 
56 
21 
8 
Satellite service 
200 
152 
98 
296 
127 
38 
9 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
16 
10 
2 
31 
15 
7 
2 
Other Internet service 
14 
8 
7 
13 
6 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,530 
1,103 
749 
1,723 
648 
195 
50 
2 households 
276 
169 
171 
374 
195 
47 
24 
3 households 
37 
37 
25 
61 
31 
25 
6 
4 households 
12 
8 
5 
13 
8 
6 
2 
5 or more households 
6 
5 
5 
9 
12 
6 
1 
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 
1,823 
1,293 
938 
2,127 
850 
265 
79 
acres 
286,426 
256,315 
222,337 
741,132 
561,190 
348,623 
258,374 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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