Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,394 
3,549 
2,655 
7,516 
3,395 
1,346 
493 
Not on farm operated 
867 
583 
371 
1,014 
490 
234 
178 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,284 
2,037 
1,635 
5,285 
2,776 
1,171 
548 
Any 
2,977 
2,095 
1,391 
3,245 
1,109 
409 
123 
1 to 49 days 
403 
347 
209 
622 
261 
99 
36 
50 to 99 days 
181 
121 
101 
231 
98 
37 
4 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
449 
305 
246 
485 
162 
54 
14 
200 days or more 
1,944 
1,322 
835 
1,907 
588 
219 
69 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
114 
82 
49 
144 
31 
34 
9 
3 or 4 years 
180 
101 
74 
148 
52 
15 
7 
5 to 9 years 
510 
375 
186 
447 
176 
76 
29 
1 0 years or more 
4,457 
3,574 
2,717 
7,791 
3,626 
1,455 
626 
Average years on present farm 
26.1 
27.2 
28.2 
29.4 
30.5 
29.7 
29.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
72 
57 
34 
92 
19 
17 
6 
3 or 4 years 
134 
87 
40 
86 
29 
7 
5 
5 to 9 years 
426 
299 
148 
345 
115 
56 
14 
1 0 years or more 
4,629 
3,689 
2,804 
8,007 
3,722 
1,500 
646 
Average years operating any farm 
28.3 
29.4 
30.4 
31.6 
32.5 
31.9 
31.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
25 
22 
11 
17 
1 
2 
1 
25 to 34 years 
335 
233 
133 
286 
147 
62 
9 
35 to 44 years 
462 
392 
247 
848 
403 
175 
88 
45 to 49 years 
479 
404 
348 
976 
456 
202 
95 
50 to 54 years 
726 
642 
450 
1,419 
699 
298 
119 
55 to 59 years 
739 
645 
530 
1,556 
696 
281 
151 
60 to 64 years 
826 
607 
442 
1,279 
588 
246 
86 
65 to 69 years 
653 
451 
335 
867 
406 
132 
57 
70 years and over 
1,016 
736 
530 
1,282 
489 
182 
65 
Average age 
57.8 
57.4 
57.7 
57.0 
56.4 
55.6 
55.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
25 
17 
10 
30 
10 
7 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1 
1 
2 
6 
2 
1 
2 
Asian 
1 
- 
- 
4 
- 
2 
1 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
5,258 
4,128 
3,017 
8,514 
3,882 
1,576 
668 
More than one race reported 
1 
3 
4 
4 
1 
1 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
753 
596 
341 
963 
354 
133 
50 
2 people 
2,603 
1,927 
1,431 
4,040 
1,815 
732 
304 
3 people 
729 
571 
485 
1,374 
639 
253 
119 
4 people 
507 
495 
360 
1,085 
544 
227 
101 
5 or more people 
669 
543 
409 
1,068 
533 
235 
97 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,751 
1,817 
1,093 
2,364 
670 
233 
90 
25 to 49 percent 
721 
489 
394 
848 
252 
98 
46 
50 to 74 percent 
715 
646 
490 
1,489 
777 
315 
139 
75 to 99 percent 
542 
519 
452 
1,622 
955 
392 
143 
1 00 percent 
532 
661 
597 
2,207 
1,231 
542 
253 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
119 
116 
101 
376 
290 
187 
127 
acres 
18,841 
23,082 
23,816 
136,207 
202,507 
253,280 
448,032 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,305 
2,644 
1,925 
5,915 
3,019 
1,362 
619 
Dial-up service 
425 
341 
235 
720 
334 
110 
32 
DSL service 
1,461 
1,232 
869 
2,618 
1,354 
660 
297 
Cable modem service 
377 
299 
197 
585 
296 
129 
52 
Fiber-optic service 
180 
113 
92 
328 
183 
93 
46 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
536 
391 
358 
994 
548 
268 
134 
Satellite service 
571 
416 
308 
1,170 
636 
290 
155 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
54 
59 
27 
90 
70 
33 
22 
Other Internet service 
80 
53 
41 
112 
64 
20 
14 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,407 
3,367 
2,475 
6,469 
2,378 
804 
276 
2 households 
696 
611 
460 
1,667 
1,085 
446 
198 
3 households 
86 
65 
52 
281 
288 
211 
105 
4 households 
39 
50 
17 
69 
90 
74 
32 
5 or more households 
33 
39 
22 
44 
44 
45 
60 
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 
5,121 
4,006 
2,945 
8,207 
3,669 
1,441 
585 
acres 
806,663 
791,113 
699,319 
2,887,861 
2,474,139 
1,913,204 
1,845,100 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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