Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
16,009 
11,024 
3,903 
1,082 
8,496 
7,513 
Female 
2,018 
1,487 
243 
288 
1,012 
1,006 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
6,939 
4,316 
2,012 
611 
3,763 
3,176 
Other 
11,088 
8,195 
2,134 
759 
5,745 
5,343 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
12,861 
8,975 
3,184 
702 
6,388 
6,473 
Not on farm operated 
5,166 
3,536 
962 
668 
3,120 
2,046 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
5,741 
3,907 
1,387 
447 
3,408 
2,333 
Any 
12,286 
8,604 
2,759 
923 
6,100 
6,186 
1 to 49 days 
1,472 
1,072 
296 
104 
822 
650 
50 to 99 days 
810 
570 
165 
75 
434 
376 
100 to 199 days 
1,460 
948 
397 
115 
744 
716 
200 days or more 
8,544 
6,014 
1,901 
629 
4,100 
4,444 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
615 
417 
96 
102 
298 
317 
3 or 4 years 
893 
610 
155 
128 
437 
456 
5 to 9 years 
2,816 
2,039 
517 
260 
1,293 
1,523 
10 years or more 
13,703 
9,445 
3,378 
880 
7,480 
6,223 
Average years on present farm 
22.2 
21.8 
24.8 
18.0 
23.5 
20.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
432 
290 
70 
72 
204 
228 
3 or 4 years 
742 
519 
114 
109 
350 
392 
5 to 9 years 
2,299 
1,680 
390 
229 
1,056 
1,243 
10 years or more 
14,554 
10,022 
3,572 
960 
7,898 
6,656 
Average years operating any farm 
24.4 
24.0 
27.4 
20.0 
25.7 
23.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
78 
43 
12 
23 
43 
35 
25 to 34 years 
1,080 
644 
243 
193 
468 
612 
35 to 44 years 
2,069 
1,263 
598 
208 
885 
1,184 
45 to 49 years 
1,309 
858 
316 
135 
636 
673 
50 to 54 years 
2,383 
1,636 
563 
184 
1,157 
1,226 
55 to 59 years 
2,550 
1,774 
638 
138 
1,274 
1,276 
60 to 64 years 
2,400 
1,710 
567 
123 
1,312 
1,088 
65 to 69 years 
2,009 
1,448 
444 
117 
1,181 
828 
70 years and over 
4,149 
3,135 
765 
249 
2,552 
1,597 
Average age 
58.3 
59.3 
56.7 
53.1 
59.9 
56.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
345 
225 
64 
56 
218 
127 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
548 
187 
44 
317 
315 
233 
Asian 
52 
37 
8 
7 
35 
17 
Black or African American 
6 
6 
- 
- 
3 
3 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
8 
4 
4 
- 
- 
8 
White 
17,387 
12,258 
4,084 
1,045 
9,147 
8,240 
More than one race reported 
26 
19 
6 
1 
8 
18 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,682 
1,280 
278 
124 
1,345 
337 
2 people 
8,518 
6,173 
1,893 
452 
4,653 
3,865 
3 people 
2,650 
1,789 
648 
213 
1,246 
1,404 
4 people 
1,946 
1,193 
517 
236 
857 
1,089 
5 or more people 
3,231 
2,076 
810 
345 
1,407 
1,824 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
14,725 
10,869 
2,767 
1,089 
7,759 
6,966 
25 to 49 percent 
938 
528 
343 
67 
532 
406 
50 to 74 percent 
1,092 
584 
434 
74 
576 
516 
75 to 99 percent 
668 
264 
330 
74 
330 
338 
1 00 percent 
604 
266 
272 
66 
311 
293 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
566 
359 
151 
56 
295 
271 
acres 
5,120,615 
4,577,651 
515,489 
27,475 
4,674,188 
446,427 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,458 
9,195 
3,381 
882 
6,531 
6,927 
Dial-up service 
858 
610 
219 
29 
465 
393 
DSL service 
6,120 
4,143 
1 ,566 
411 
2,848 
3,272 
Cable modem service 
2,338 
1,608 
560 
170 
1,195 
1,143 
Fiber-optic service 
634 
424 
161 
49 
285 
349 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,970 
1,325 
501 
144 
915 
1,055 
Satellite service 
2,619 
1,771 
696 
152 
1,247 
1,372 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
411 
283 
112 
16 
188 
223 
Other Internet service 
242 
189 
43 
10 
95 
147 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
14,146 
10,112 
3,005 
1,029 
8,094 
6,052 
2 households 
2,810 
1,772 
828 
210 
1,013 
1,797 
3 households 
550 
286 
199 
65 
178 
372 
4 households 
287 
185 
62 
40 
133 
154 
5 or more households 
234 
156 
52 
26 
90 
144 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
218 Utah 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
