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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
16,009 
256 
308 
522 
875 
1,083 
Female 
2,018 
2 
5 
16 
38 
50 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
6,939 
235 
274 
479 
644 
659 
Other 
11,088 
23 
39 
59 
269 
474 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
12,861 
162 
217 
389 
658 
755 
Not on farm operated 
5,166 
96 
96 
149 
255 
378 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
5,741 
184 
191 
330 
433 
416 
Any 
12,286 
74 
122 
208 
480 
717 
1 to 49 days 
1,472 
14 
33 
34 
66 
90 
50 to 99 days 
810 
3 
8 
19 
45 
47 
100 to 199 days 
1,460 
7 
14 
36 
79 
122 
200 days or more 
8,544 
50 
67 
119 
290 
458 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
615 
12 
8 
12 
26 
47 
3 or 4 years 
893 
5 
5 
19 
22 
52 
5 to 9 years 
2,816 
20 
25 
40 
95 
109 
10 years or more 
13,703 
221 
275 
467 
770 
925 
Average years on present farm 
22.2 
27.3 
27.9 
28.6 
28.2 
27.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
432 
6 
3 
8 
21 
27 
3 or 4 years 
742 
2 
5 
9 
11 
45 
5 to 9 years 
2,299 
15 
16 
25 
85 
84 
10 years or more 
14,554 
235 
289 
496 
796 
977 
Average years operating any farm 
24.4 
30.5 
31.0 
31.2 
30.4 
30.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
78 
- 
- 
1 
3 
6 
25 to 34 years 
1,080 
13 
15 
32 
55 
69 
35 to 44 years 
2,069 
44 
41 
66 
97 
118 
45 to 49 years 
1,309 
23 
19 
38 
98 
51 
50 to 54 years 
2,383 
40 
52 
85 
105 
142 
55 to 59 years 
2,550 
38 
58 
90 
104 
161 
60 to 64 years 
2,400 
33 
58 
89 
148 
137 
65 to 69 years 
2,009 
33 
32 
54 
93 
143 
70 years and over 
4,149 
34 
38 
83 
210 
306 
Average age 
58.3 
55.4 
56.3 
56.5 
58.3 
59.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
345 
5 
3 
5 
11 
23 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
548 
- 
1 
2 
1 
8 
Asian 
52 
- 
- 
2 
13 
2 
Black or African American 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
17,387 
258 
312 
534 
898 
1,121 
More than one race reported 
26 
- 
- 
" 
1 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,682 
13 
21 
33 
57 
75 
2 people 
8,518 
98 
147 
241 
448 
584 
3 people 
2,650 
29 
45 
91 
148 
155 
4 people 
1,946 
38 
35 
47 
103 
157 
5 or more people 
3,231 
80 
65 
126 
157 
162 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
14,725 
34 
51 
128 
327 
646 
25 to 49 percent 
938 
21 
25 
43 
120 
182 
50 to 74 percent 
1,092 
41 
69 
121 
220 
185 
75 to 99 percent 
668 
78 
96 
120 
139 
76 
1 00 percent 
604 
84 
72 
126 
107 
44 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
566 
65 
54 
72 
73 
46 
acres 
5,120,615 
439,143 
936,407 
198,602 
207,998 
23,862 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,458 
246 
280 
444 
731 
891 
Dial-up service 
858 
15 
16 
24 
77 
56 
DSL service 
6,120 
106 
148 
240 
346 
452 
Cable modem service 
2,338 
33 
39 
66 
114 
144 
Fiber-optic service 
634 
21 
12 
27 
55 
37 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,970 
51 
55 
85 
96 
144 
Satellite service 
2,619 
55 
53 
72 
120 
168 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
411 
10 
6 
8 
21 
18 
Other Internet service 
242 
8 
6 
3 
9 
7 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
14,146 
115 
146 
306 
616 
791 
2 households 
2,810 
46 
100 
149 
220 
250 
3 households 
550 
57 
34 
59 
44 
48 
4 households 
287 
21 
23 
5 
27 
29 
5 or more households 
234 
19 
10 
19 
6 
15 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Utah 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
