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 
5,338 
7,005 
6,040 
5,603 
6,451 
9,027 
Female 
407 
774 
786 
976 
1,214 
2,297 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,993 
3,257 
2,386 
1,860 
1,866 
2,861 
Other 
2,752 
4,522 
4,440 
4,719 
5,799 
8,463 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,727 
6,425 
5,461 
5,075 
5,784 
9,378 
Not on farm operated 
1,018 
1,354 
1,365 
1,504 
1,881 
1,946 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,100 
2,426 
1,995 
1,862 
2,288 
3,189 
Any 
3,645 
5,353 
4,831 
4,717 
5,377 
8,135 
1 to 49 days 
421 
507 
519 
514 
636 
817 
50 to 99 days 
264 
305 
282 
235 
296 
331 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
525 
759 
598 
572 
593 
957 
200 days or more 
2,435 
3,782 
3,432 
3,396 
3,852 
6,030 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
207 
310 
281 
241 
259 
422 
3 or 4 years 
274 
362 
391 
354 
325 
478 
5 to 9 years 
617 
943 
977 
965 
1,078 
1,602 
1 0 years or more 
4,647 
6,164 
5,177 
5,019 
6,003 
8,822 
Average years on present farm 
24.8 
23.2 
21.2 
21.0 
21.1 
20.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
143 
220 
203 
188 
202 
321 
3 or 4 years 
215 
298 
291 
287 
254 
374 
5 to 9 years 
520 
822 
888 
855 
975 
1,429 
1 0 years or more 
4,867 
6,439 
5,444 
5,249 
6,234 
9,200 
Average years operating any farm 
27.3 
25.7 
23.4 
22.9 
22.7 
21.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
38 
53 
33 
24 
28 
25 
25 to 34 years 
424 
458 
335 
260 
272 
412 
35 to 44 years 
620 
824 
767 
715 
802 
1,193 
45 to 49 years 
557 
827 
684 
748 
734 
1,229 
50 to 54 years 
751 
1,038 
1,012 
876 
1,155 
1,873 
55 to 59 years 
886 
1,097 
1,095 
1,071 
1,158 
1,970 
60 to 64 years 
709 
1,124 
945 
986 
1,192 
1,638 
65 to 69 years 
658 
893 
773 
659 
857 
1,279 
70 years and over 
1,102 
1,465 
1,182 
1,240 
1,467 
1,705 
Average age 
56.7 
57.2 
57.1 
57.7 
58.2 
57.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
6 
25 
34 
28 
36 
80 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
4 
4 
8 
3 
12 
16 
Asian 
8 
46 
27 
40 
17 
18 
Black or African American 
3 
6 
4 
4 
8 
14 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
2 
1 
1 
- 
5 
White 
5,723 
7,716 
6,768 
6,522 
7,619 
1 1 ,244 
More than one race reported 
7 
5 
18 
9 
9 
27 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
853 
1,125 
1,028 
1,020 
1,219 
1,659 
2 people 
2,738 
3,845 
3,361 
3,248 
3,808 
5,800 
3 people 
785 
1,062 
902 
957 
1,045 
1,559 
4 people 
657 
977 
872 
807 
936 
1,291 
5 or more people 
712 
770 
663 
547 
657 
1,015 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,998 
5,643 
5,856 
6,053 
7,170 
10,666 
25 to 49 percent 
1,106 
1,089 
465 
236 
201 
270 
50 to 74 percent 
873 
636 
295 
169 
188 
197 
75 to 99 percent 
423 
235 
126 
71 
57 
86 
1 00 percent 
345 
176 
84 
50 
49 
105 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
115 
158 
100 
91 
103 
183 
acres 
24,075 
34,627 
13,992 
12,191 
6,324 
14,754 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,752 
5,292 
4,843 
4,621 
5,317 
8,019 
Dial-up service 
455 
634 
541 
576 
594 
829 
DSL service 
1,631 
2,319 
2,212 
2,092 
2,354 
3,683 
Cable modem service 
482 
698 
549 
579 
743 
970 
Fiber-optic service 
155 
238 
216 
197 
219 
333 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
693 
916 
815 
769 
864 
1,344 
Satellite service 
549 
783 
773 
686 
788 
1,200 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
61 
118 
94 
113 
87 
158 
Other Internet service 
111 
110 
107 
92 
150 
201 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,823 
6,630 
5,931 
5,747 
6,808 
10,201 
2 households 
731 
971 
729 
651 
633 
882 
3 households 
93 
101 
94 
89 
127 
137 
4 households 
52 
34 
38 
39 
45 
59 
5 or more households 
46 
43 
34 
53 
52 
45 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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