Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
752 
2 
45 
69 
168 
270 
198 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,623 
4 
59 
150 
397 
511 
502 
$5,000 to $9,999 
868 
- 
56 
89 
158 
271 
294 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,069 
3 
33 
91 
259 
328 
355 
$25,000 to $49,999 
576 
- 
19 
57 
133 
176 
191 
$50,000 or more 
764 
4 
18 
84 
193 
252 
213 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
13,947 
48 
564 
1,547 
3,603 
4,730 
3,455 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
16,374 
15,000 
11,504 
16,713 
13,881 
19,111 
15,890 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
965 
5 
28 
101 
240 
336 
255 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,711 
23 
199 
527 
1,184 
1,604 
1,174 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,570 
8 
161 
424 
942 
1,206 
829 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,163 
6 
118 
340 
828 
1,095 
776 
$25,000 to $49,999 
930 
1 
39 
98 
268 
276 
248 
$50,000 or more 
608 
5 
19 
57 
141 
213 
173 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
" 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
4,916 
3 
158 
440 
1,119 
1,642 
1,554 
$1,000 
64,408 
51 
1,239 
8,184 
12,017 
22,069 
20,849 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
490 
2 
36 
47 
138 
152 
115 
$1,000 
3,662 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,039 
1,452 
581 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
1,710 
- 
39 
125 
346 
535 
665 
$1,000 
24,891 
- 
459 
1,033 
4,337 
7,915 
11,147 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
403 
15 
35 
86 
131 
136 
$1,000 
9,754 
- 
61 
1,427 
1,163 
4,435 
2,668 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
252 
9 
34 
58 
77 
74 
$1,000 
6,516 
- 
115 
3,070 
784 
1,359 
1,189 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
1,450 
. 
44 
116 
308 
528 
454 
$1,000 
2,849 
- 
29 
205 
510 
1,574 
531 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
178 
11 
16 
46 
61 
44 
$1,000 
3,236 
- 
214 
395 
575 
1,171 
881 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
76 
_ 
2 
3 
12 
34 
25 
$1,000 
358 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
8 
158 
183 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,006 
1 
31 
106 
271 
334 
263 
$1,000 
13,142 
(D) 
(D) 
1,746 
3,602 
4,006 
3,670 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
11,862 
31 
388 
1,209 
2,843 
3,984 
3,407 
acres 
1,205,768 
2,384 
37,692 
105,595 
220,629 
401,606 
437,862 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
9,098 
25 
324 
987 
2,291 
3,168 
2,303 
acres 
402,608 
1,736 
16,320 
47,587 
100,941 
154,128 
81,896 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
7,839 
15 
258 
847 
1,954 
2,759 
2,006 
50 to 99 acres 
613 
3 
26 
65 
173 
204 
142 
100 to 199 acres 
309 
6 
24 
32 
71 
95 
81 
200 to 499 acres 
201 
- 
9 
29 
55 
57 
51 
500 to 999 acres 
78 
1 
6 
4 
22 
32 
13 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
38 
- 
1 
5 
10 
13 
9 
2,000 acres or more 
20 
“ 
- 
5 
6 
8 
1 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,036 
4 
51 
139 
313 
304 
225 
acres 
32,206 
(D) 
(D) 
1,087 
5,249 
7,032 
17,839 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
418 
29 
100 
165 
124 
acres 
13,010 
- 
- 
475 
1,187 
6,020 
5,328 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
3,147 
2 
60 
222 
622 
1,041 
1,200 
acres 
670,556 
(D) 
(D) 
50,993 
99,920 
193,541 
314,272 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
413 
10 
30 
84 
149 
140 
acres 
87,388 
- 
9,191 
5,453 
13,332 
40,885 
18,527 
Total woodland 
farms 
5,812 
16 
206 
520 
1,444 
2,043 
1,583 
acres 
930,580 
158 
11,811 
14,987 
50,464 
154,363 
698,797 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,526 
6 
102 
255 
649 
896 
618 
acres 
475,375 
(D) 
6,846 
7,353 
(D) 
31,651 
(D) 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
3,979 
10 
130 
328 
980 
1,409 
1,122 
acres 
455,205 
(D) 
4,965 
7,634 
(D) 
122,712 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Washington 201 
