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 
1,059 
2,708 
3,141 
3,171 
3,308 
4,087 
Female 
95 
300 
454 
454 
533 
783 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
662 
1,506 
1,621 
1,366 
1,300 
1,667 
Other 
492 
1,502 
1,974 
2,259 
2,541 
3,203 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
967 
2,539 
3,053 
3,061 
3,196 
4,101 
Not on farm operated 
187 
469 
542 
564 
645 
769 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
483 
1,174 
1,368 
1,248 
1,356 
1,695 
Any 
671 
1,834 
2,227 
2,377 
2,485 
3,175 
1 to 49 days 
83 
160 
222 
288 
373 
355 
50 to 99 days 
43 
135 
204 
193 
213 
235 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
122 
290 
370 
325 
335 
472 
200 days or more 
423 
1,249 
1,431 
1,571 
1,564 
2,113 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
15 
63 
92 
113 
103 
179 
3 or 4 years 
38 
101 
157 
163 
203 
313 
5 to 9 years 
115 
326 
452 
513 
651 
789 
1 0 years or more 
986 
2,518 
2,894 
2,836 
2,884 
3,589 
Average years on present farm 
27.7 
26.6 
24.6 
23.6 
21.2 
20.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
14 
52 
69 
88 
78 
137 
3 or 4 years 
29 
84 
132 
143 
167 
279 
5 to 9 years 
99 
267 
370 
456 
593 
718 
1 0 years or more 
1,012 
2,605 
3,024 
2,938 
3,003 
3,736 
Average years operating any farm 
29.8 
28.6 
26.6 
25.2 
22.6 
22.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
4 
6 
15 
5 
14 
15 
25 to 34 years 
45 
106 
127 
134 
147 
221 
35 to 44 years 
111 
240 
268 
330 
358 
542 
45 to 49 years 
82 
240 
242 
273 
339 
442 
50 to 54 years 
124 
357 
408 
424 
439 
598 
55 to 59 years 
157 
385 
554 
548 
550 
692 
60 to 64 years 
178 
495 
541 
498 
577 
698 
65 to 69 years 
157 
411 
505 
504 
542 
628 
70 years and over 
296 
768 
935 
909 
875 
1,034 
Average age 
60.4 
60.6 
60.7 
60.1 
59.5 
58.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
5 
20 
20 
23 
23 
24 
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 
1,144 
2,987 
3,571 
3,601 
3,812 
4,837 
More than one race reported 
2 
12 
8 
8 
13 
8 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
141 
378 
536 
458 
595 
654 
2 people 
631 
1,691 
1,909 
1,996 
2,062 
2,588 
3 people 
181 
461 
579 
566 
565 
750 
4 people 
126 
308 
365 
383 
427 
521 
5 or more people 
75 
170 
206 
222 
192 
357 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
675 
2,349 
3,174 
3,436 
3,695 
4,718 
25 to 49 percent 
223 
382 
251 
89 
44 
60 
50 to 74 percent 
156 
180 
102 
70 
68 
52 
75 to 99 percent 
63 
55 
38 
10 
10 
13 
100 percent 
37 
42 
30 
20 
24 
27 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
41 
45 
49 
34 
18 
68 
acres 
12,448 
8,632 
10,760 
4,372 
(D) 
13,352 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
717 
1,777 
2,122 
2,143 
2,347 
3,087 
Dial-up service 
87 
218 
326 
276 
253 
361 
DSL service 
333 
769 
865 
956 
1,073 
1,357 
Cable modem service 
101 
300 
328 
391 
430 
567 
Fiber-optic service 
29 
59 
46 
67 
54 
71 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
99 
175 
194 
212 
228 
311 
Satellite service 
136 
360 
458 
389 
417 
581 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
15 
57 
50 
30 
44 
65 
Other Internet service 
4 
12 
25 
34 
20 
42 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
879 
2,384 
2,971 
3,011 
3,316 
4,289 
2 households 
224 
523 
505 
523 
439 
503 
3 households 
42 
67 
76 
46 
44 
48 
4 households 
6 
23 
26 
26 
15 
16 
5 or more households 
3 
11 
17 
19 
27 
14 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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