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 
466 
728 
795 
608 
661 
1,042 
Female 
98 
187 
198 
216 
218 
582 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
370 
461 
427 
331 
279 
547 
Other 
194 
454 
566 
493 
600 
1,077 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
475 
807 
869 
742 
784 
1,461 
Not on farm operated 
89 
108 
124 
82 
95 
163 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
200 
329 
308 
262 
214 
474 
Any 
364 
586 
685 
562 
665 
1,150 
1 to 49 days 
60 
74 
110 
72 
69 
150 
50 to 99 days 
44 
42 
88 
46 
61 
102 
100 to 199 days 
55 
121 
123 
99 
93 
160 
200 days or more 
205 
349 
364 
345 
442 
738 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
19 
56 
51 
39 
73 
76 
3 or 4 years 
36 
43 
76 
81 
81 
84 
5 to 9 years 
74 
145 
210 
165 
183 
295 
10 years or more 
435 
671 
656 
539 
542 
1,169 
Average years on present farm 
23.2 
21.7 
20.2 
19.8 
17.2 
19.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
11 
27 
37 
21 
43 
54 
3 or 4 years 
33 
36 
48 
67 
69 
69 
5 to 9 years 
61 
129 
193 
127 
167 
243 
10 years or more 
459 
723 
715 
609 
600 
1,258 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
24.3 
23.2 
22.3 
19.7 
21.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
4 
- 
- 
4 
7 
25 to 34 years 
39 
60 
39 
30 
47 
51 
35 to 44 years 
54 
90 
126 
92 
112 
144 
45 to 49 years 
40 
66 
91 
120 
105 
167 
50 to 54 years 
68 
152 
113 
87 
91 
172 
55 to 59 years 
80 
102 
147 
129 
145 
294 
60 to 64 years 
116 
159 
164 
118 
142 
255 
65 to 69 years 
75 
125 
133 
94 
87 
196 
70 years and over 
92 
157 
180 
154 
146 
338 
Average age 
58.0 
57.6 
58.1 
58.2 
56.7 
59.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
2 
2 
5 
6 
7 
26 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1 
2 
4 
3 
1 
8 
Asian 
1 
- 
- 
6 
1 
7 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
5 
3 
9 
6 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
561 
903 
978 
799 
862 
1,599 
More than one race reported 
1 
6 
6 
13 
6 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
58 
101 
110 
105 
96 
279 
2 people 
304 
460 
509 
391 
417 
818 
3 people 
97 
145 
176 
145 
158 
234 
4 people 
66 
147 
122 
124 
140 
203 
5 or more people 
39 
62 
76 
59 
68 
90 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
295 
657 
822 
738 
808 
1,492 
25 to 49 percent 
97 
104 
59 
19 
30 
32 
50 to 74 percent 
82 
98 
61 
47 
18 
42 
75 to 99 percent 
53 
28 
18 
14 
10 
30 
100 percent 
37 
28 
33 
6 
13 
28 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
23 
29 
24 
20 
6 
20 
acres 
5,529 
5,961 
3,197 
3,506 
723 
3,251 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
468 
710 
787 
648 
699 
1,317 
Dial-up service 
22 
49 
43 
58 
39 
103 
DSL service 
255 
375 
410 
338 
410 
759 
Cable modem service 
100 
148 
149 
121 
140 
251 
Fiber-optic service 
6 
20 
42 
25 
31 
67 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
46 
64 
54 
45 
50 
158 
Satellite service 
62 
81 
108 
78 
81 
153 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
20 
26 
37 
21 
17 
56 
Other Internet service 
3 
8 
15 
10 
8 
25 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
454 
817 
901 
759 
814 
1,526 
2 households 
90 
74 
73 
46 
60 
83 
3 households 
15 
10 
14 
10 
5 
5 
4 households 
4 
9 
2 
8 
- 
4 
5 or more households 
1 
5 
3 
1 
- 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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