Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
1 00 to 1 39 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
30,701 
9,406 
11,187 
1,498 
1,594 
1,148 
Not on farm operated 
6,548 
1,153 
1,793 
328 
424 
365 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,862 
3,213 
4,595 
740 
887 
677 
Any 
22,387 
7,346 
8,385 
1,086 
1,131 
836 
1 to 49 days 
3,247 
1,018 
1,174 
143 
164 
137 
50 to 99 days 
1,596 
520 
589 
81 
72 
64 
100 to 199 days 
3,364 
995 
1,325 
192 
197 
120 
200 days or more 
14,180 
4,813 
5,297 
670 
698 
515 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,449 
606 
485 
63 
72 
39 
3 or 4 years 
2,200 
913 
738 
80 
87 
77 
5 to 9 years 
6,451 
2,314 
2,509 
317 
297 
206 
10 years or more 
27,149 
6,726 
9,248 
1,366 
1,562 
1,191 
Average years on present farm 
20.9 
16.6 
19.8 
22.3 
22.7 
24.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,086 
497 
364 
44 
33 
28 
3 or 4 years 
1,769 
794 
573 
62 
57 
67 
5 to 9 years 
5,500 
2,054 
2,165 
245 
233 
171 
10 years or more 
28,894 
7,214 
9,878 
1,475 
1,695 
1,247 
Average years operating any farm 
23.2 
18.5 
22.2 
25.1 
25.8 
26.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
181 
88 
64 
3 
- 
11 
25 to 34 years 
1,526 
591 
436 
68 
73 
56 
35 to 44 years 
3,502 
1,283 
1,173 
133 
152 
82 
45 to 49 years 
3,026 
962 
1,040 
129 
146 
128 
50 to 54 years 
4,861 
1,504 
1,670 
221 
282 
159 
55 to 59 years 
5,836 
1,622 
1,969 
306 
288 
258 
60 to 64 years 
5,928 
1,545 
2,188 
302 
322 
216 
65 to 69 years 
5,024 
1,407 
1,790 
249 
294 
214 
70 years and over 
7,365 
1,557 
2,650 
415 
461 
389 
Average age 
58.8 
56.5 
59.2 
60.0 
60.2 
60.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1,874 
837 
661 
73 
111 
58 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
458 
156 
162 
25 
35 
16 
Asian 
436 
201 
122 
18 
33 
5 
Black or African American 
60 
18 
23 
3 
4 
9 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
49 
17 
25 
5 
- 
1 
White 
35,958 
10,042 
12,553 
1,765 
1,936 
1,469 
More than one race reported 
288 
125 
95 
10 
10 
13 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,636 
1,283 
1,620 
220 
294 
237 
2 people 
19,480 
5,003 
6,976 
970 
1,044 
787 
3 people 
5,351 
1,690 
1,928 
266 
304 
195 
4 people 
4,112 
1,322 
1,361 
196 
182 
148 
5 or more people 
3,670 
1,261 
1,095 
174 
194 
146 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
28,453 
9,603 
11,187 
1,411 
1,460 
1,070 
25 to 49 percent 
2,208 
323 
579 
101 
190 
112 
50 to 74 percent 
2,577 
344 
568 
127 
169 
132 
75 to 99 percent 
1,919 
107 
283 
101 
80 
100 
1 00 percent 
2,092 
182 
363 
86 
119 
99 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,236 
239 
536 
134 
146 
127 
acres 
3,542,277 
910 
13,081 
7,702 
11,976 
14,655 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
29,827 
8,658 
10,383 
1,421 
1,524 
1,154 
Dial-up service 
2,800 
742 
1,083 
139 
158 
128 
DSL service 
10,682 
3,472 
3,930 
485 
511 
389 
Cable modem service 
5,140 
2,087 
1,649 
196 
244 
153 
Fiber-optic service 
1,389 
312 
418 
64 
72 
64 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,785 
1,255 
1,672 
235 
239 
200 
Satellite service 
6,484 
1,284 
2,108 
326 
391 
305 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
913 
302 
320 
49 
43 
32 
Other Internet service 
1,064 
237 
349 
52 
53 
26 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
30,668 
9,466 
11,214 
1,516 
1,625 
1,256 
2 households 
4,615 
869 
1,353 
224 
282 
174 
3 households 
987 
105 
197 
26 
60 
44 
4 households 
466 
53 
96 
32 
25 
23 
5 or more households 
513 
66 
120 
28 
26 
16 
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 
35,620 
10,313 
12,533 
1,747 
1,908 
1,435 
acres 
10,757,375 
47,648 
284,480 
100,695 
155,374 
165,268 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
74 Washington 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
