Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,461 
2,876 
3,144 
3,671 
3,937 
10,253 
Not on farm operated 
382 
522 
398 
413 
450 
2,260 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
798 
1,287 
1,258 
1,335 
1,372 
4,273 
Any 
1,045 
2,111 
2,284 
2,749 
3,015 
8,240 
1 to 49 days 
139 
313 
312 
380 
391 
1,221 
50 to 99 days 
98 
159 
190 
222 
181 
524 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
224 
357 
343 
394 
427 
1,163 
200 days or more 
584 
1,282 
1,439 
1,753 
2,016 
5,332 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
55 
96 
155 
194 
227 
546 
3 or 4 years 
87 
184 
223 
293 
335 
796 
5 to 9 years 
313 
655 
657 
812 
959 
2,285 
1 0 years or more 
1,388 
2,463 
2,507 
2,785 
2,866 
8,886 
Average years on present farm 
22.6 
21.0 
20.2 
18.8 
18.2 
19.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
30 
71 
119 
159 
182 
424 
3 or 4 years 
63 
136 
177 
243 
281 
688 
5 to 9 years 
236 
564 
574 
710 
872 
1,968 
10 years or more 
1,514 
2,627 
2,672 
2,972 
3,052 
9,433 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
23.6 
22.8 
20.9 
20.1 
22.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2 
38 
14 
32 
45 
23 
25 to 34 years 
78 
162 
165 
151 
195 
410 
35 to 44 years 
162 
315 
339 
391 
468 
1,083 
45 to 49 years 
168 
243 
281 
358 
371 
888 
50 to 54 years 
212 
392 
441 
536 
604 
1,615 
55 to 59 years 
291 
473 
490 
621 
663 
1,879 
60 to 64 years 
258 
567 
487 
660 
720 
2,012 
65 to 69 years 
261 
460 
582 
543 
566 
1,796 
70 years and over 
411 
748 
743 
792 
755 
2,807 
Average age 
59.3 
59.2 
59.2 
58.6 
57.7 
60.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
130 
196 
175 
197 
216 
574 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
28 
45 
47 
58 
75 
156 
Asian 
36 
63 
35 
46 
60 
72 
Black or African American 
3 
1 
3 
15 
19 
15 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
2 
2 
2 
2 
28 
White 
1,758 
3,234 
3,413 
3,919 
4,183 
12,180 
More than one race reported 
11 
53 
42 
44 
48 
62 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
244 
476 
436 
506 
579 
1,662 
2 people 
993 
1,727 
1,905 
2,077 
2,190 
6,754 
3 people 
268 
497 
511 
635 
620 
1,857 
4 people 
161 
332 
383 
441 
550 
1,279 
5 or more people 
177 
366 
307 
425 
448 
961 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,110 
2,612 
3,173 
3,809 
4,185 
1 1 ,474 
25 to 49 percent 
285 
345 
150 
103 
64 
441 
50 to 74 percent 
254 
241 
113 
105 
79 
335 
75 to 99 percent 
86 
99 
45 
26 
25 
142 
1 00 percent 
108 
101 
61 
41 
34 
121 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
110 
109 
75 
81 
55 
480 
acres 
19,275 
22,895 
4,102 
3,069 
1,137 
994,177 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,421 
2,636 
2,802 
3,269 
3,497 
9,707 
Dial-up service 
135 
270 
286 
347 
329 
963 
DSL service 
538 
1,003 
1,127 
1,259 
1,351 
3,508 
Cable modem service 
222 
435 
498 
667 
676 
1,779 
Fiber-optic service 
71 
95 
78 
102 
74 
402 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
222 
462 
480 
482 
561 
1,360 
Satellite service 
324 
503 
522 
564 
638 
2,091 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
44 
68 
93 
102 
122 
310 
Other Internet service 
45 
90 
80 
109 
114 
304 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,455 
2,885 
3,026 
3,567 
3,917 
10,900 
2 households 
271 
397 
438 
409 
377 
1,076 
3 households 
74 
70 
39 
61 
32 
221 
4 households 
30 
27 
24 
15 
15 
174 
5 or more households 
13 
19 
15 
32 
46 
142 
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 
1,742 
3,287 
3,450 
3,997 
4,314 
12,140 
acres 
372,195 
346,293 
190,893 
149,120 
124,195 
1,425,596 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
215 
257 
216 
167 
140 
659 
acres 
67,759 
32,941 
12,907 
6,370 
8,353 
197,590 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Washington 101 
