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 
843 
539 
386 
1,229 
984 
789 
1,098 
Not on farm operated 
337 
200 
141 
576 
524 
334 
373 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
602 
368 
262 
990 
831 
670 
1,027 
Any 
578 
371 
265 
815 
677 
453 
444 
1 to 49 days 
81 
48 
44 
152 
94 
96 
96 
50 to 99 days 
58 
25 
11 
57 
41 
32 
46 
100 to 199 days 
85 
44 
40 
135 
120 
60 
51 
200 days or more 
354 
254 
170 
471 
422 
265 
251 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
38 
18 
16 
37 
36 
18 
21 
3 or 4 years 
51 
26 
14 
75 
64 
39 
36 
5 to 9 years 
132 
90 
69 
180 
164 
81 
92 
1 0 years or more 
959 
605 
428 
1,513 
1,244 
985 
1,322 
Average years on present farm 
25.0 
25.4 
25.3 
26.8 
25.6 
28.1 
28.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
28 
14 
10 
18 
25 
11 
14 
3 or 4 years 
36 
18 
6 
61 
40 
31 
24 
5 to 9 years 
111 
67 
47 
151 
125 
63 
68 
1 0 years or more 
1,005 
640 
464 
1,575 
1,318 
1,018 
1,365 
Average years operating any farm 
27.1 
27.9 
28.3 
29.3 
28.6 
30.4 
30.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
1 
4 
1 
3 
3 
2 
1 
25 to 34 years 
37 
23 
24 
66 
55 
47 
50 
35 to 44 years 
59 
50 
46 
140 
135 
102 
147 
45 to 49 years 
89 
52 
44 
117 
116 
74 
129 
50 to 54 years 
146 
88 
53 
210 
198 
134 
196 
55 to 59 years 
172 
133 
97 
252 
247 
209 
283 
60 to 64 years 
185 
117 
69 
276 
253 
196 
259 
65 to 69 years 
174 
103 
73 
256 
159 
145 
160 
70 years and over 
317 
169 
120 
485 
342 
214 
246 
Average age 
61.8 
60.7 
59.6 
61.2 
59.5 
59.1 
58.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
28 
17 
6 
34 
22 
14 
13 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
12 
12 
2 
8 
9 
6 
15 
Asian 
13 
5 
4 
14 
15 
5 
1 
Black or African American 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,148 
721 
515 
1,773 
1,479 
1,105 
1,452 
More than one race reported 
5 
1 
6 
10 
5 
5 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
140 
88 
57 
225 
214 
143 
115 
2 people 
712 
418 
311 
1,013 
807 
590 
849 
3 people 
138 
91 
54 
209 
186 
133 
157 
4 people 
104 
77 
49 
180 
134 
150 
209 
5 or more people 
86 
65 
56 
178 
167 
107 
141 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
787 
473 
288 
936 
615 
312 
311 
25 to 49 percent 
86 
67 
56 
189 
213 
154 
138 
50 to 74 percent 
92 
72 
76 
234 
233 
198 
332 
75 to 99 percent 
106 
54 
56 
217 
200 
249 
366 
100 percent 
109 
73 
51 
229 
247 
210 
324 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
79 
74 
69 
217 
198 
174 
243 
acres 
12,820 
14,821 
16,325 
77,914 
139,229 
244,831 
2,988,013 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
841 
562 
415 
1,397 
1,221 
931 
1,320 
Dial-up service 
91 
47 
34 
94 
100 
93 
91 
DSL service 
256 
171 
130 
454 
350 
222 
312 
Cable modem service 
120 
81 
47 
179 
171 
101 
112 
Fiber-optic service 
57 
31 
16 
107 
74 
62 
112 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
129 
73 
87 
276 
194 
196 
229 
Satellite service 
221 
155 
117 
381 
357 
315 
524 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
21 
12 
16 
27 
34 
26 
31 
Other Internet service 
32 
29 
21 
50 
63 
58 
94 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
894 
567 
394 
1,293 
1,025 
625 
793 
2 households 
190 
105 
96 
333 
302 
286 
401 
3 households 
55 
34 
17 
93 
98 
112 
146 
4 households 
21 
17 
10 
40 
47 
54 
48 
5 or more households 
20 
16 
10 
46 
36 
46 
83 
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 
1,117 
690 
487 
1,661 
1,411 
1,024 
1,294 
acres 
176,341 
136,427 
115,693 
598,705 
987,131 
1,438,038 
6,551,575 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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