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 
460 
300 
229 
693 
574 
420 
493 
Not on farm operated 
258 
161 
99 
382 
318 
203 
212 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
218 
150 
136 
446 
392 
294 
390 
Any 
500 
311 
192 
629 
500 
329 
315 
1 to 49 days 
76 
50 
21 
85 
67 
50 
51 
50 to 99 days 
31 
17 
17 
38 
41 
19 
24 
100 to 199 days 
54 
45 
20 
95 
65 
56 
46 
200 days or more 
339 
199 
134 
411 
327 
204 
194 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
31 
2 
16 
26 
34 
16 
14 
3 or 4 years 
34 
25 
7 
48 
26 
26 
33 
5 to 9 years 
88 
54 
33 
130 
92 
60 
62 
10 years or more 
565 
380 
272 
871 
740 
521 
596 
Average years on present farm 
23.8 
26.0 
26.2 
26.3 
27.2 
29.4 
27.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
24 
1 
16 
15 
26 
10 
9 
3 or 4 years 
26 
17 
6 
35 
18 
14 
23 
5 to 9 years 
70 
50 
21 
96 
68 
54 
45 
10 years or more 
598 
393 
285 
929 
780 
545 
628 
Average years operating any farm 
26.3 
28.4 
28.0 
29.0 
30.2 
31.9 
30.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
4 
- 
- 
10 
4 
1 
- 
25 to 34 years 
39 
28 
15 
75 
26 
19 
40 
35 to 44 years 
78 
39 
41 
87 
104 
53 
80 
45 to 49 years 
47 
26 
29 
68 
57 
38 
59 
50 to 54 years 
82 
61 
35 
137 
123 
83 
85 
55 to 59 years 
82 
70 
35 
131 
134 
90 
99 
60 to 64 years 
95 
75 
43 
154 
123 
95 
113 
65 to 69 years 
92 
41 
39 
117 
92 
74 
94 
70 years and over 
199 
121 
91 
296 
229 
170 
135 
Average age 
59.8 
60.0 
59.5 
59.4 
59.7 
61.2 
58.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
10 
5 
6 
16 
1 
17 
11 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
12 
17 
8 
20 
26 
38 
27 
Asian 
1 
2 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
705 
438 
320 
1,047 
864 
585 
677 
More than one race reported 
- 
" 
2 
- 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
73 
44 
24 
93 
88 
38 
57 
2 people 
360 
235 
162 
554 
428 
341 
330 
3 people 
95 
62 
46 
136 
132 
96 
107 
4 people 
74 
37 
28 
122 
93 
64 
67 
5 or more people 
116 
83 
68 
170 
151 
84 
144 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
558 
346 
221 
603 
499 
318 
251 
25 to 49 percent 
58 
29 
28 
126 
93 
55 
61 
50 to 74 percent 
59 
45 
34 
172 
125 
112 
150 
75 to 99 percent 
33 
17 
24 
103 
81 
74 
133 
100 percent 
10 
24 
21 
71 
94 
64 
110 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
10 
18 
12 
54 
70 
39 
100 
acres 
1,527 
3,538 
2,902 
19,761 
49,977 
56,006 
4,977,465 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
531 
325 
253 
800 
676 
472 
584 
Dial-up service 
43 
26 
18 
63 
53 
42 
40 
DSL service 
226 
164 
129 
392 
325 
231 
299 
Cable modem service 
81 
39 
52 
106 
93 
54 
80 
Fiber-optic service 
32 
17 
12 
47 
35 
32 
58 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
97 
49 
35 
118 
112 
86 
115 
Satellite service 
94 
51 
44 
147 
128 
119 
86 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
16 
4 
2 
19 
30 
13 
8 
Other Internet service 
10 
4 
- 
10 
6 
3 
10 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
551 
357 
242 
749 
575 
371 
386 
2 households 
131 
71 
59 
236 
224 
159 
206 
3 households 
21 
14 
20 
55 
55 
56 
60 
4 households 
11 
9 
6 
27 
21 
16 
41 
5 or more households 
4 
10 
1 
8 
17 
21 
12 
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 
692 
433 
305 
1,014 
828 
563 
614 
acres 
108,507 
85,219 
72,466 
360,601 
564,390 
763,403 
3,670,567 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Utah 69 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
