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 
1,356 
2,052 
1,865 
1,879 
1,767 
4,046 
Female 
112 
183 
258 
246 
247 
861 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
674 
856 
756 
576 
552 
1,234 
Other 
794 
1,379 
1,367 
1,549 
1,462 
3,673 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,004 
1,545 
1,563 
1,550 
1,447 
3,571 
Not on farm operated 
464 
690 
560 
575 
567 
1,336 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
451 
606 
618 
506 
527 
1,479 
Any 
1,017 
1,629 
1,505 
1,619 
1,487 
3,428 
1 to 49 days 
123 
153 
147 
204 
196 
412 
50 to 99 days 
68 
106 
145 
87 
104 
178 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
154 
184 
198 
194 
165 
307 
200 days or more 
672 
1,186 
1,015 
1,134 
1,022 
2,531 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
32 
76 
64 
93 
57 
188 
3 or 4 years 
59 
77 
125 
127 
102 
300 
5 to 9 years 
220 
352 
339 
408 
348 
860 
10 years or more 
1,157 
1,730 
1,595 
1,497 
1,507 
3,559 
Average years on present farm 
25.3 
22.7 
21.2 
19.6 
20.1 
19.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
24 
45 
42 
67 
49 
140 
3 or 4 years 
41 
62 
106 
116 
83 
262 
5 to 9 years 
146 
283 
283 
345 
296 
721 
1 0 years or more 
1,257 
1,845 
1,692 
1,597 
1,586 
3,784 
Average years operating any farm 
28.4 
25.4 
23.4 
21.5 
21.7 
21.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
5 
4 
11 
8 
18 
22 
25 to 34 years 
63 
126 
113 
161 
126 
307 
35 to 44 years 
142 
248 
230 
232 
244 
607 
45 to 49 years 
91 
143 
170 
194 
167 
315 
50 to 54 years 
207 
278 
276 
299 
258 
641 
55 to 59 years 
188 
325 
308 
325 
271 
682 
60 to 64 years 
231 
322 
261 
208 
271 
642 
65 to 69 years 
178 
261 
252 
207 
238 
518 
70 years and over 
363 
528 
502 
491 
421 
1,173 
Average age 
59.8 
58.9 
58.5 
57.3 
57.6 
58.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
43 
28 
35 
41 
32 
119 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
13 
31 
56 
42 
74 
320 
Asian 
2 
10 
5 
9 
4 
5 
Black or African American 
- 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
4 
- 
- 
4 
- 
White 
1,448 
2,188 
2,057 
2,068 
1,931 
4,572 
More than one race reported 
5 
1 
2 
6 
1 
10 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
126 
194 
200 
232 
199 
532 
2 people 
758 
1,121 
1,006 
979 
892 
2,244 
3 people 
174 
301 
291 
282 
303 
831 
4 people 
184 
191 
237 
235 
214 
505 
5 or more people 
226 
428 
389 
397 
406 
795 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,043 
1,874 
1,928 
2,035 
1,949 
4,710 
25 to 49 percent 
179 
183 
82 
31 
13 
59 
50 to 74 percent 
151 
112 
57 
44 
27 
65 
75 to 99 percent 
60 
38 
34 
7 
7 
13 
100 percent 
35 
28 
22 
8 
18 
60 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
40 
39 
22 
42 
36 
77 
acres 
58,672 
5,128 
1,360 
1,758 
5,446 
3,242,239 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,156 
1,711 
1,604 
1,620 
1,482 
3,293 
Dial-up service 
92 
111 
90 
86 
98 
193 
DSL service 
555 
740 
684 
721 
635 
1,493 
Cable modem service 
170 
309 
330 
262 
265 
606 
Fiber-optic service 
71 
99 
71 
56 
60 
125 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
169 
234 
212 
213 
213 
498 
Satellite service 
251 
365 
339 
327 
296 
573 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
35 
47 
34 
62 
55 
115 
Other Internet service 
13 
36 
31 
43 
35 
51 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,102 
1,764 
1,734 
1,747 
1,620 
4,205 
2 households 
281 
372 
306 
301 
290 
495 
3 households 
62 
61 
33 
29 
35 
88 
4 households 
10 
22 
22 
32 
26 
70 
5 or more households 
13 
16 
28 
16 
43 
49 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Utah 121 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
