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 21 9 
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 
338 
366 
276 
712 
337 
98 
30 
Not on farm operated 
67 
50 
32 
77 
46 
17 
9 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
175 
182 
144 
474 
264 
80 
29 
Any 
230 
234 
164 
315 
119 
35 
10 
1 to 49 days 
43 
44 
42 
76 
30 
4 
4 
50 to 99 days 
21 
10 
14 
35 
6 
1 
- 
100 to 199 days 
36 
50 
27 
54 
21 
2 
- 
200 days or more 
130 
130 
81 
150 
62 
28 
6 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
11 
17 
3 
19 
11 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
27 
19 
15 
21 
9 
2 
2 
5 to 9 years 
33 
53 
33 
69 
27 
9 
2 
10 years or more 
334 
327 
257 
680 
336 
104 
35 
Average years on present farm 
25.3 
23.7 
26.6 
27.5 
27.8 
27.4 
26.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
8 
2 
1 
10 
3 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
19 
15 
6 
12 
7 
2 
1 
5 to 9 years 
24 
46 
36 
47 
22 
3 
1 
1 0 years or more 
354 
353 
265 
720 
351 
110 
37 
Average years operating any farm 
28.1 
26.4 
28.3 
30.4 
30.0 
29.9 
29.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
3 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
10 
30 
16 
39 
25 
2 
1 
35 to 44 years 
25 
36 
12 
54 
34 
24 
7 
45 to 49 years 
33 
37 
46 
65 
42 
12 
6 
50 to 54 years 
67 
35 
42 
128 
50 
14 
3 
55 to 59 years 
55 
92 
29 
150 
63 
22 
8 
60 to 64 years 
65 
64 
61 
106 
70 
17 
2 
65 to 69 years 
48 
36 
41 
95 
43 
14 
8 
70 years and over 
99 
85 
61 
151 
56 
10 
4 
Average age 
60.6 
57.7 
59.2 
58.5 
56.8 
55.1 
55.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1 
- 
3 
4 
3 
2 
1 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1 
6 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
White 
404 
406 
308 
779 
383 
113 
39 
More than one race reported 
2 
- 
5 
- 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
67 
24 
53 
70 
41 
7 
1 
2 people 
212 
243 
122 
417 
168 
48 
22 
3 people 
67 
60 
53 
117 
69 
17 
6 
4 people 
40 
59 
52 
124 
51 
25 
7 
5 or more people 
19 
30 
28 
61 
54 
18 
3 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
258 
248 
175 
295 
107 
24 
7 
25 to 49 percent 
28 
35 
23 
79 
26 
12 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
39 
55 
36 
140 
84 
18 
5 
75 to 99 percent 
36 
37 
30 
101 
76 
25 
12 
100 percent 
44 
41 
44 
174 
90 
36 
13 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
18 
15 
12 
49 
60 
21 
5 
acres 
2,858 
3,063 
2,791 
18,040 
39,651 
30,119 
13,148 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
309 
300 
226 
582 
294 
101 
35 
Dial-up service 
29 
18 
19 
45 
33 
6 
3 
DSL service 
152 
165 
134 
336 
161 
49 
22 
Cable modem service 
63 
64 
38 
92 
40 
18 
3 
Fiber-optic service 
10 
5 
3 
14 
9 
1 
4 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
33 
22 
9 
43 
35 
18 
2 
Satellite service 
40 
40 
29 
68 
36 
18 
7 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
14 
11 
9 
26 
19 
6 
2 
Other Internet service 
9 
2 
- 
10 
5 
4 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
351 
364 
249 
591 
246 
68 
18 
2 households 
45 
44 
55 
154 
92 
24 
5 
3 households 
8 
2 
3 
29 
29 
13 
8 
4 households 
1 
3 
1 
10 
11 
4 
1 
5 or more households 
- 
3 
- 
5 
5 
6 
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 
380 
403 
303 
748 
353 
105 
34 
acres 
60,009 
80,027 
72,231 
263,885 
232,361 
137,484 
97,907 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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