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 
$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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,794 
3,108 
3,119 
3,343 
3,568 
7,504 
Female 
409 
808 
866 
1,074 
1,141 
2,719 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,265 
1,829 
1,599 
1,698 
1,530 
3,360 
Other 
938 
2,087 
2,386 
2,719 
3,179 
6,863 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,596 
3,112 
3,394 
3,861 
4,115 
9,083 
Not on farm operated 
607 
804 
591 
556 
594 
1,140 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
937 
1,505 
1,452 
1,477 
1,495 
3,319 
Any 
1,266 
2,411 
2,533 
2,940 
3,214 
6,904 
1 to 49 days 
190 
364 
353 
400 
427 
994 
50 to 99 days 
112 
173 
207 
236 
198 
434 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
242 
393 
388 
421 
433 
1,016 
200 days or more 
722 
1,481 
1,585 
1,883 
2,156 
4,460 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
69 
118 
174 
198 
233 
470 
3 or 4 years 
115 
215 
251 
316 
338 
668 
5 to 9 years 
350 
718 
726 
876 
1,007 
1,979 
1 0 years or more 
1,669 
2,865 
2,834 
3,027 
3,131 
7,106 
Average years on present farm 
23.1 
21.6 
20.7 
19.2 
18.6 
18.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
44 
89 
135 
163 
185 
364 
3 or 4 years 
91 
157 
199 
270 
283 
576 
5 to 9 years 
267 
624 
633 
760 
912 
1,708 
1 0 years or more 
1,801 
3,046 
3,018 
3,224 
3,329 
7,575 
Average years operating any farm 
26.0 
24.2 
23.3 
21.2 
20.5 
20.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2 
40 
14 
32 
45 
21 
25 to 34 years 
80 
179 
163 
166 
198 
371 
35 to 44 years 
184 
341 
361 
414 
482 
958 
45 to 49 years 
184 
264 
300 
371 
396 
783 
50 to 54 years 
255 
424 
483 
570 
644 
1,389 
55 to 59 years 
324 
556 
531 
692 
700 
1,568 
60 to 64 years 
308 
645 
562 
678 
769 
1,695 
65 to 69 years 
322 
536 
643 
579 
611 
1,469 
70 years and over 
544 
931 
928 
915 
864 
1,969 
Average age 
60.3 
59.9 
60.0 
58.9 
58.0 
59.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
140 
193 
190 
201 
221 
535 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
28 
45 
50 
60 
75 
150 
Asian 
36 
65 
41 
46 
60 
64 
Black or African American 
5 
1 
3 
15 
19 
13 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
2 
2 
2 
2 
28 
White 
2,117 
3,747 
3,847 
4,253 
4,505 
9,906 
More than one race reported 
10 
56 
42 
41 
48 
62 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
326 
567 
513 
547 
605 
1,291 
2 people 
1,191 
1,996 
2,182 
2,275 
2,397 
5,419 
3 people 
305 
578 
557 
677 
661 
1,580 
4 people 
185 
379 
426 
471 
582 
1,073 
5 or more people 
196 
396 
307 
447 
464 
860 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,343 
2,996 
3,526 
4,123 
4,473 
9,769 
25 to 49 percent 
358 
424 
190 
120 
74 
160 
50 to 74 percent 
287 
267 
134 
108 
93 
168 
75 to 99 percent 
103 
113 
66 
30 
30 
41 
100 percent 
112 
116 
69 
36 
39 
85 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
141 
154 
102 
101 
90 
292 
acres 
35,440 
42,519 
13,931 
5,643 
6,272 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,684 
2,998 
3,099 
3,504 
3,729 
8,085 
Dial-up service 
164 
298 
306 
368 
359 
815 
DSL service 
603 
1,111 
1,187 
1,310 
1,406 
3,116 
Cable modem service 
284 
537 
573 
713 
706 
1,428 
Fiber-optic service 
89 
117 
83 
112 
83 
322 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
267 
492 
533 
518 
620 
1,098 
Satellite service 
373 
561 
605 
621 
701 
1,702 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
63 
83 
95 
120 
143 
225 
Other Internet service 
53 
108 
88 
132 
114 
240 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,698 
3,242 
3,366 
3,806 
4,155 
9,294 
2 households 
322 
477 
491 
447 
425 
742 
3 households 
107 
96 
57 
67 
47 
94 
4 households 
50 
58 
40 
44 
23 
52 
5 or more households 
26 
43 
31 
53 
59 
41 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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