Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
9,765 
836 
2,005 
391 
538 
530 
Not on farm operated 
1,971 
250 
286 
58 
96 
82 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
4,430 
281 
606 
135 
190 
181 
Any 
7,306 
805 
1,685 
314 
444 
431 
1 to 49 days 
1,049 
75 
181 
28 
54 
44 
50 to 99 days 
608 
58 
112 
24 
33 
43 
100 to 199 days 
1,106 
79 
213 
51 
67 
88 
200 days or more 
4,543 
593 
1,179 
211 
290 
256 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
447 
84 
79 
27 
23 
20 
3 or 4 years 
639 
74 
191 
14 
30 
23 
5 to 9 years 
2,045 
273 
487 
108 
159 
134 
10 years or more 
8,605 
655 
1,534 
300 
422 
435 
Average years on present farm 
20.5 
16.0 
16.0 
16.2 
16.8 
18.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
275 
61 
43 
11 
15 
17 
3 or 4 years 
451 
41 
146 
8 
25 
16 
5 to 9 years 
1,640 
241 
391 
87 
116 
97 
10 years or more 
9,370 
743 
1,711 
343 
478 
482 
Average years operating any farm 
23.7 
19.4 
18.7 
19.4 
20.2 
21.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
59 
22 
4 
1 
- 
3 
25 to 34 years 
663 
90 
125 
18 
24 
36 
35 to 44 years 
1,098 
172 
270 
64 
50 
66 
45 to 49 years 
907 
84 
238 
25 
89 
40 
50 to 54 years 
1,476 
141 
292 
86 
92 
76 
55 to 59 years 
1,825 
133 
383 
64 
85 
85 
60 to 64 years 
2,077 
202 
369 
80 
119 
109 
65 to 69 years 
1,409 
119 
294 
50 
64 
77 
70 years and over 
2,222 
123 
316 
61 
111 
120 
Average age 
58.2 
54.3 
56.5 
56.6 
57.9 
58.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
277 
45 
79 
14 
15 
11 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
162 
28 
24 
7 
8 
9 
Asian 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
6 
2 
2 
- 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
11,492 
1,047 
2,239 
440 
621 
601 
More than one race reported 
60 
9 
26 
2 
4 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,682 
163 
280 
29 
69 
93 
2 people 
6,549 
560 
1,246 
277 
368 
331 
3 people 
1,398 
169 
296 
67 
64 
76 
4 people 
1,215 
113 
240 
44 
58 
74 
5 or more people 
892 
81 
229 
32 
75 
38 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
7,969 
942 
2,135 
395 
547 
495 
25 to 49 percent 
914 
44 
58 
17 
47 
49 
50 to 74 percent 
1,030 
68 
54 
15 
30 
37 
75 to 99 percent 
1,108 
18 
21 
15 
5 
16 
100 percent 
715 
14 
23 
7 
5 
15 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
659 
31 
40 
8 
4 
18 
acres 
8,287,689 
69 
1,043 
460 
336 
2,140 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,968 
812 
1,785 
335 
502 
455 
Dial-up service 
571 
34 
94 
23 
51 
30 
DSL service 
2,830 
322 
547 
109 
153 
134 
Cable modem service 
749 
95 
153 
29 
45 
40 
Fiber-optic service 
448 
34 
84 
12 
18 
27 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,527 
162 
327 
39 
87 
88 
Satellite service 
3,350 
199 
584 
130 
186 
171 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
168 
19 
45 
8 
8 
6 
Other Internet service 
340 
23 
124 
12 
13 
17 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
9,550 
975 
2,098 
382 
559 
530 
2 households 
1,580 
88 
162 
60 
53 
74 
3 households 
380 
19 
27 
4 
3 
3 
4 households 
128 
3 
3 
1 
8 
4 
5 or more households 
98 
1 
1 
2 
11 
1 
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 
11,224 
1,060 
2,241 
439 
626 
599 
acres 
25,613,370 
3,913 
61,655 
25,375 
51,085 
69,579 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
66 Wyoming 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
