Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29,730 
1,587 
1,159 
1,242 
1,948 
1,358 
Female 
7,519 
33 
35 
62 
162 
210 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
17,650 
1,491 
1,102 
1,135 
1,635 
1,006 
Other 
19,599 
129 
92 
169 
475 
562 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
30,701 
1,107 
901 
945 
1,489 
1,098 
Not on farm operated 
6,548 
513 
293 
359 
621 
470 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,862 
1,192 
835 
820 
1,128 
702 
Any 
22,387 
428 
359 
484 
982 
866 
1 to 49 days 
3,247 
74 
80 
87 
151 
127 
50 to 99 days 
1,596 
26 
22 
32 
93 
63 
100 to 199 days 
3,364 
41 
40 
87 
166 
137 
200 days or more 
14,180 
287 
217 
278 
572 
539 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,449 
22 
25 
27 
62 
51 
3 or 4 years 
2,200 
32 
34 
46 
105 
80 
5 to 9 years 
6,451 
112 
87 
124 
287 
185 
10 years or more 
27,149 
1,454 
1,048 
1,107 
1,656 
1,252 
Average years on present farm 
20.9 
26.2 
26.7 
26.1 
23.4 
23.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,086 
12 
13 
12 
33 
36 
3 or 4 years 
1,769 
19 
21 
24 
75 
54 
5 to 9 years 
5,500 
83 
56 
98 
219 
140 
10 years or more 
28,894 
1,506 
1,104 
1,170 
1,783 
1,338 
Average years operating any farm 
23.2 
28.7 
29.2 
29.0 
26.8 
26.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
181 
3 
1 
5 
15 
3 
25 to 34 years 
1,526 
36 
42 
64 
140 
87 
35 to 44 years 
3,502 
169 
156 
112 
194 
131 
45 to 49 years 
3,026 
171 
101 
129 
205 
122 
50 to 54 years 
4,861 
298 
182 
184 
246 
186 
55 to 59 years 
5,836 
359 
254 
262 
360 
230 
60 to 64 years 
5,928 
268 
203 
218 
332 
250 
65 to 69 years 
5,024 
130 
122 
141 
247 
224 
70 years and over 
7,365 
186 
133 
189 
371 
335 
Average age 
58.8 
56.3 
56.2 
57.2 
57.3 
59.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1,874 
61 
46 
61 
145 
81 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
458 
6 
4 
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 
1,591 
1,156 
1,275 
2,050 
1,511 
More than one race reported 
288 
3 
5 
2 
9 
10 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,636 
93 
97 
154 
252 
191 
2 people 
19,480 
790 
596 
670 
1,106 
858 
3 people 
5,351 
193 
158 
173 
267 
202 
4 people 
4,112 
261 
162 
158 
242 
173 
5 or more people 
3,670 
283 
181 
149 
243 
144 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
28,453 
295 
214 
291 
684 
739 
25 to 49 percent 
2,208 
117 
110 
112 
291 
252 
50 to 74 percent 
2,577 
279 
213 
287 
463 
278 
75 to 99 percent 
1,919 
409 
328 
304 
327 
168 
1 00 percent 
2,092 
520 
329 
310 
345 
131 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,236 
465 
243 
254 
282 
112 
acres 
3,542,277 
1,036,921 
375,988 
951,176 
290,035 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
29,827 
1,545 
1,103 
1,115 
1,738 
1,227 
Dial-up service 
2,800 
70 
70 
103 
135 
112 
DSL service 
10,682 
437 
322 
283 
501 
406 
Cable modem service 
5,140 
158 
113 
138 
278 
212 
Fiber-optic service 
1,389 
155 
89 
83 
178 
78 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,785 
384 
192 
203 
291 
187 
Satellite service 
6,484 
497 
367 
349 
422 
286 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
913 
43 
20 
27 
57 
37 
Other Internet service 
1,064 
85 
72 
57 
72 
43 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
30,668 
873 
729 
849 
1,494 
1,162 
2 households 
4,615 
404 
302 
306 
421 
278 
3 households 
987 
183 
90 
80 
97 
69 
4 households 
466 
57 
39 
28 
42 
33 
5 or more households 
513 
103 
34 
41 
56 
26 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
126 Washington 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
