Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
30,701 
1,078 
870 
936 
1,471 
1,004 
Not on farm operated 
6,548 
508 
279 
350 
610 
376 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,862 
1,166 
805 
822 
1,109 
637 
Any 
22,387 
420 
344 
464 
972 
743 
1 to 49 days 
3,247 
73 
74 
80 
158 
106 
50 to 99 days 
1,596 
24 
23 
32 
90 
53 
100 to 199 days 
3,364 
39 
41 
83 
165 
128 
200 days or more 
14,180 
284 
206 
269 
559 
456 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,449 
22 
23 
29 
57 
45 
3 or 4 years 
2,200 
31 
33 
42 
104 
72 
5 to 9 years 
6,451 
111 
81 
119 
282 
177 
1 0 years or more 
27,149 
1,422 
1,012 
1,096 
1,638 
1,086 
Average years on present farm 
20.9 
26.1 
26.7 
26.2 
23.4 
22.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,086 
12 
12 
13 
29 
35 
3 or 4 years 
1,769 
18 
21 
20 
73 
49 
5 to 9 years 
5,500 
83 
50 
94 
216 
133 
10 years or more 
28,894 
1,473 
1,066 
1,159 
1,763 
1,163 
Average years operating any farm 
23.2 
28.6 
29.2 
29.1 
26.7 
25.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
181 
3 
1 
3 
17 
3 
25 to 34 years 
1,526 
34 
40 
63 
143 
85 
35 to 44 years 
3,502 
167 
152 
111 
186 
128 
45 to 49 years 
3,026 
171 
93 
131 
206 
116 
50 to 54 years 
4,861 
290 
180 
170 
255 
166 
55 to 59 years 
5,836 
352 
242 
264 
357 
204 
60 to 64 years 
5,928 
260 
197 
213 
331 
223 
65 to 69 years 
5,024 
129 
112 
148 
239 
188 
70 years and over 
7,365 
180 
132 
183 
347 
267 
Average age 
58.8 
56.2 
56.3 
57.3 
57.0 
58.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1,874 
61 
46 
60 
144 
75 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
458 
6 
3 
6 
21 
13 
Asian 
436 
20 
26 
20 
28 
30 
Black or African American 
60 
- 
1 
- 
2 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
49 
- 
2 
1 
- 
3 
White 
35,958 
1,557 
1,113 
1,256 
2,021 
1,324 
More than one race reported 
288 
3 
4 
3 
9 
9 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,636 
93 
89 
151 
251 
149 
2 people 
19,480 
769 
576 
664 
1,078 
747 
3 people 
5,351 
188 
154 
170 
265 
186 
4 people 
4,112 
254 
158 
151 
248 
155 
5 or more people 
3,670 
282 
172 
150 
239 
143 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
28,453 
289 
204 
289 
659 
649 
25 to 49 percent 
2,208 
112 
108 
114 
267 
219 
50 to 74 percent 
2,577 
275 
205 
274 
460 
236 
75 to 99 percent 
1,919 
399 
316 
294 
345 
142 
1 00 percent 
2,092 
511 
316 
315 
350 
134 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,236 
458 
240 
249 
282 
97 
acres 
3,542,277 
1,001,459 
350,717 
320,850 
800,629 
23,967 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
29,827 
1,513 
1,061 
1,101 
1,724 
1,096 
Dial-up service 
2,800 
65 
67 
105 
133 
100 
DSL service 
10,682 
430 
310 
285 
494 
377 
Cable modem service 
5,140 
157 
108 
136 
272 
190 
Fiber-optic service 
1,389 
153 
78 
88 
173 
75 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,785 
377 
191 
194 
285 
171 
Satellite service 
6,484 
485 
357 
343 
420 
237 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
913 
43 
20 
21 
62 
28 
Other Internet service 
1,064 
82 
66 
58 
74 
42 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
30,668 
858 
697 
825 
1,496 
1,042 
2 households 
4,615 
391 
295 
310 
402 
249 
3 households 
987 
178 
89 
77 
97 
49 
4 households 
466 
56 
36 
32 
36 
21 
5 or more households 
513 
103 
32 
42 
50 
19 
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 
1,327 
1,008 
1,149 
1,913 
1,293 
acres 
10,757,375 
3,186,598 
1,832,376 
1,450,382 
1,209,771 
469,956 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,788 
316 
152 
195 
287 
184 
acres 
1,200,467 
391,162 
117,376 
129,374 
161,057 
75,578 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
100 Washington 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
