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 
62,408 
39,464 
20,206 
2,738 
32,287 
30,121 
Female 
7,346 
6,174 
853 
319 
3,561 
3,785 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
34,760 
1 7,884 
15,230 
1,646 
17,495 
17,265 
Other 
34,994 
27,754 
5,829 
1,411 
18,353 
16,641 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
57,611 
37,283 
18,762 
1,566 
28,851 
28,760 
Not on farm operated 
12,143 
8,355 
2,297 
1,491 
6,997 
5,146 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
28,900 
16,487 
11,355 
1,058 
14,918 
13,982 
Any 
40,854 
29,151 
9,704 
1,999 
20,930 
19,924 
1 to 49 days 
5,118 
3,328 
1,534 
256 
2,729 
2,389 
50 to 99 days 
2,374 
1,606 
610 
158 
1,227 
1,147 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5,316 
3,667 
1,378 
271 
2,799 
2,517 
200 days or more 
28,046 
20,550 
6,182 
1,314 
14,175 
13,871 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,260 
1,495 
433 
332 
1,184 
1,076 
3 or 4 years 
2,828 
1,814 
605 
409 
1,319 
1,509 
5 to 9 years 
8,107 
5,536 
1,891 
680 
3,814 
4,293 
1 0 years or more 
56,559 
36,793 
18,130 
1,636 
29,531 
27,028 
Average years on present farm 
23.6 
23.0 
26.1 
14.7 
24.1 
23.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,576 
1,110 
256 
210 
777 
799 
3 or 4 years 
2,155 
1,387 
407 
361 
1,042 
1,113 
5 to 9 years 
6,977 
4,837 
1,503 
637 
3,328 
3,649 
1 0 years or more 
59,046 
38,304 
18,893 
1,849 
30,701 
28,345 
Average years operating any farm 
25.7 
25.0 
28.5 
17.4 
26.3 
25.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
346 
126 
74 
146 
163 
183 
25 to 34 years 
3,739 
1,646 
1,331 
762 
1,849 
1,890 
35 to 44 years 
7,751 
4,465 
2,756 
530 
3,833 
3,918 
45 to 49 years 
7,701 
4,589 
2,761 
351 
3,908 
3,793 
50 to 54 years 
10,807 
6,814 
3,627 
366 
5,295 
5,512 
55 to 59 years 
11,364 
7,424 
3,602 
338 
5,626 
5,738 
60 to 64 years 
9,844 
6,701 
2,926 
217 
5,048 
4,796 
65 to 69 years 
7,282 
5,252 
1,904 
126 
3,831 
3,451 
70 years and over 
10,920 
8,621 
2,078 
221 
6,295 
4,625 
Average age 
56.5 
58.2 
54.3 
46.0 
57.1 
55.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
283 
190 
72 
21 
153 
130 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
63 
48 
12 
3 
25 
38 
Asian 
177 
78 
11 
88 
70 
107 
Black or African American 
42 
35 
6 
1 
25 
17 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
8 
- 
1 
1 
8 
White 
69,374 
45,404 
21,011 
2,959 
35,682 
33,692 
More than one race reported 
89 
65 
19 
5 
45 
44 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,393 
6,753 
2,101 
539 
7,969 
1,424 
2 people 
33,054 
22,870 
9,153 
1,031 
15,667 
17,387 
3 people 
10,155 
6,175 
3,492 
488 
4,592 
5,563 
4 people 
8,862 
5,304 
3,038 
520 
3,967 
4,895 
5 or more people 
8,290 
4,536 
3,275 
479 
3,653 
4,637 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
43,199 
34,590 
6,966 
1,643 
22,653 
20,546 
25 to 49 percent 
5,964 
3,320 
2,290 
354 
3,273 
2,691 
50 to 74 percent 
7,126 
3,218 
3,505 
403 
3,599 
3,527 
75 to 99 percent 
5,981 
2,185 
3,527 
269 
2,834 
3,147 
1 00 percent 
7,484 
2,325 
4,771 
388 
3,489 
3,995 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,097 
1,020 
925 
152 
929 
1,168 
acres 
1,143,889 
304,913 
772,152 
66,824 
323,003 
820,886 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
48,693 
31,186 
15,365 
2,142 
22,810 
25,883 
Dial-up service 
5,527 
3,702 
1,658 
167 
2,746 
2,781 
DSL service 
21,771 
14,058 
6,759 
954 
9,873 
1 1 ,898 
Cable modem service 
5,730 
3,800 
1,529 
401 
2,926 
2,804 
Fiber-optic service 
2,192 
1,309 
819 
64 
950 
1,242 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,521 
5,086 
2,925 
510 
3,771 
4,750 
Satellite service 
8,035 
4,846 
2,924 
265 
3,567 
4,468 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
960 
604 
306 
50 
427 
533 
Other Internet service 
1,171 
772 
374 
25 
574 
597 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
57,542 
39,365 
15,743 
2,434 
32,039 
25,503 
2 households 
9,385 
4,943 
4,000 
442 
2,907 
6,478 
3 households 
1,671 
741 
832 
98 
442 
1,229 
4 households 
618 
300 
284 
34 
264 
354 
5 or more households 
538 
289 
200 
49 
196 
342 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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