Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29,730 
22,572 
5,274 
1,884 
13,740 
15,990 
Female 
7,519 
6,498 
653 
368 
3,620 
3,899 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
17,650 
12,070 
4,038 
1,542 
8,382 
9,268 
Other 
19,599 
17,000 
1,889 
710 
8,978 
10,621 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
30,701 
24,462 
5,037 
1,202 
13,682 
17,019 
Not on farm operated 
6,548 
4,608 
890 
1,050 
3,678 
2,870 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,862 
10,867 
2,962 
1,033 
7,554 
7,308 
Any 
22,387 
18,203 
2,965 
1,219 
9,806 
12,581 
1 to 49 days 
3,247 
2,655 
423 
169 
1,531 
1,716 
50 to 99 days 
1,596 
1,277 
220 
99 
780 
816 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,364 
2,695 
486 
183 
1,496 
1,868 
200 days or more 
14,180 
11,576 
1,836 
768 
5,999 
8,181 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,449 
1,133 
129 
187 
621 
828 
3 or 4 years 
2,200 
1,690 
262 
248 
932 
1,268 
5 to 9 years 
6,451 
5,399 
653 
399 
2,556 
3,895 
1 0 years or more 
27,149 
20,848 
4,883 
1,418 
13,251 
13,898 
Average years on present farm 
20.9 
20.3 
24.7 
17.4 
22.5 
19.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,086 
903 
68 
115 
469 
617 
3 or 4 years 
1,769 
1,383 
196 
190 
736 
1,033 
5 to 9 years 
5,500 
4,625 
528 
347 
2,123 
3,377 
1 0 years or more 
28,894 
22,159 
5,135 
1,600 
14,032 
14,862 
Average years operating any farm 
23.2 
22.6 
27.1 
20.8 
24.8 
21.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
181 
131 
16 
34 
50 
131 
25 to 34 years 
1,526 
928 
276 
322 
566 
960 
35 to 44 years 
3,502 
2,568 
592 
342 
1,404 
2,098 
45 to 49 years 
3,026 
2,227 
560 
239 
1,265 
1,761 
50 to 54 years 
4,861 
3,692 
877 
292 
2,145 
2,716 
55 to 59 years 
5,836 
4,472 
1,000 
364 
2,590 
3,246 
60 to 64 years 
5,928 
4,688 
991 
249 
2,716 
3,212 
65 to 69 years 
5,024 
4,091 
752 
181 
2,484 
2,540 
70 years and over 
7,365 
6,273 
863 
229 
4,140 
3,225 
Average age 
58.8 
59.6 
57.2 
51.6 
60.4 
57.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1,874 
1,570 
221 
83 
1,043 
831 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
458 
369 
64 
25 
222 
236 
Asian 
436 
277 
51 
108 
184 
252 
Black or African American 
60 
53 
3 
4 
31 
29 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
49 
44 
3 
2 
28 
21 
White 
35,958 
28,100 
5,760 
2,098 
16,746 
19,212 
More than one race reported 
288 
227 
46 
15 
149 
139 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,636 
3,784 
569 
283 
3,920 
716 
2 people 
19,480 
15,406 
3,094 
980 
8,364 
11,116 
3 people 
5,351 
4,166 
842 
343 
2,111 
3,240 
4 people 
4,112 
3,054 
761 
297 
1,619 
2,493 
5 or more people 
3,670 
2,660 
661 
349 
1,346 
2,324 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
28,453 
24,367 
2,962 
1,124 
13,258 
15,195 
25 to 49 percent 
2,208 
1,450 
530 
228 
1,051 
1,157 
50 to 74 percent 
2,577 
1,469 
770 
338 
1,241 
1,336 
75 to 99 percent 
1,919 
855 
784 
280 
875 
1,044 
1 00 percent 
2,092 
929 
881 
282 
935 
1,157 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,236 
1,388 
525 
323 
1,160 
1,076 
acres 
3,542,277 
2,171,756 
1,012,996 
357,525 
2,340,113 
1,202,164 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
29,827 
22,904 
5,028 
1,895 
12,601 
17,226 
Dial-up service 
2,800 
2,279 
417 
104 
1,336 
1,464 
DSL service 
10,682 
8,446 
1,669 
567 
4,288 
6,394 
Cable modem service 
5,140 
4,135 
707 
298 
2,273 
2,867 
Fiber-optic service 
1,389 
922 
306 
161 
627 
762 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,785 
3,503 
902 
380 
1,835 
2,950 
Satellite service 
6,484 
4,676 
1,373 
435 
2,600 
3,884 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
913 
731 
111 
71 
410 
503 
Other Internet service 
1,064 
740 
226 
98 
389 
675 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
30,668 
24,720 
4,358 
1,590 
14,952 
15,716 
2 households 
4,615 
3,099 
1,062 
454 
1,565 
3,050 
3 households 
987 
597 
274 
116 
392 
595 
4 households 
466 
326 
93 
47 
199 
267 
5 or more households 
513 
328 
140 
45 
252 
261 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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