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 
933 
2,499 
3,033 
3,062 
3,203 
4,213 
Not on farm operated 
175 
457 
549 
553 
644 
801 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
467 
1,149 
1,384 
1,238 
1,351 
1,744 
Any 
641 
1,807 
2,198 
2,377 
2,496 
3,270 
1 to 49 days 
81 
156 
214 
280 
383 
370 
50 to 99 days 
38 
136 
200 
189 
212 
249 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
115 
288 
361 
330 
333 
488 
200 days or more 
407 
1,227 
1,423 
1,578 
1,568 
2,163 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
15 
56 
91 
114 
100 
189 
3 or 4 years 
33 
97 
154 
164 
206 
322 
5 to 9 years 
109 
307 
441 
522 
660 
808 
1 0 years or more 
951 
2,496 
2,896 
2,815 
2,881 
3,695 
Average years on present farm 
28.0 
26.9 
24.8 
23.5 
21.2 
20.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
14 
45 
68 
89 
77 
145 
3 or 4 years 
25 
80 
131 
144 
171 
284 
5 to 9 years 
95 
254 
364 
458 
598 
735 
1 0 years or more 
974 
2,577 
3,019 
2,924 
3,001 
3,850 
Average years operating any farm 
30.1 
28.8 
26.7 
25.1 
22.6 
22.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
4 
6 
12 
8 
14 
15 
25 to 34 years 
45 
94 
134 
135 
144 
228 
35 to 44 years 
101 
239 
260 
341 
365 
544 
45 to 49 years 
78 
236 
241 
273 
345 
447 
50 to 54 years 
114 
352 
401 
427 
433 
627 
55 to 59 years 
144 
383 
552 
542 
557 
710 
60 to 64 years 
181 
491 
543 
491 
577 
716 
65 to 69 years 
153 
389 
508 
502 
545 
655 
70 years and over 
288 
766 
931 
896 
867 
1,072 
Average age 
60.6 
60.7 
60.7 
59.9 
59.4 
58.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
5 
16 
23 
23 
23 
25 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
13 
6 
4 
18 
Asian 
2 
2 
2 
7 
2 
3 
Black or African American 
6 
7 
1 
3 
8 
4 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
White 
1,098 
2,936 
3,558 
3,593 
3,820 
4,976 
More than one race reported 
2 
11 
8 
6 
11 
13 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
140 
370 
524 
458 
596 
677 
2 people 
614 
1,662 
1,908 
1,978 
2,055 
2,677 
3 people 
167 
452 
582 
567 
571 
768 
4 people 
116 
304 
367 
386 
430 
531 
5 or more people 
71 
168 
201 
226 
195 
361 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
636 
2,296 
3,150 
3,427 
3,697 
4,853 
25 to 49 percent 
219 
384 
258 
85 
49 
61 
50 to 74 percent 
157 
182 
104 
69 
68 
56 
75 to 99 percent 
63 
50 
42 
9 
10 
16 
1 00 percent 
33 
44 
28 
25 
23 
28 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
40 
44 
49 
30 
22 
70 
acres 
12,189 
8,091 
10,760 
3,452 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
686 
1,744 
2,104 
2,137 
2,364 
3,180 
Dial-up service 
81 
215 
331 
268 
259 
367 
DSL service 
324 
751 
858 
946 
1,079 
1,407 
Cable modem service 
97 
290 
333 
384 
437 
582 
Fiber-optic service 
30 
58 
46 
61 
57 
75 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
91 
174 
191 
215 
230 
319 
Satellite service 
129 
358 
444 
402 
417 
595 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
15 
57 
48 
31 
41 
69 
Other Internet service 
1 
13 
24 
34 
21 
44 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
835 
2,347 
2,954 
2,992 
3,331 
4,412 
2 households 
225 
519 
498 
532 
434 
517 
3 households 
39 
65 
80 
46 
42 
51 
4 households 
6 
19 
30 
26 
15 
16 
5 or more households 
3 
6 
20 
19 
25 
18 
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 
1,079 
2,893 
3,508 
3,567 
3,799 
4,938 
acres 
363,950 
652,796 
519,978 
387,392 
337,880 
415,578 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
58 
114 
113 
88 
96 
125 
acres 
20,535 
25,780 
18,941 
10,313 
7,444 
14,244 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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