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 
509 
278 
229 
874 
887 
660 
2,028 
Not on farm operated 
149 
77 
61 
224 
222 
153 
313 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
214 
123 
97 
435 
475 
370 
1,323 
Any 
444 
232 
193 
663 
634 
443 
1,018 
1 to 49 days 
64 
20 
37 
129 
104 
77 
236 
50 to 99 days 
41 
20 
21 
68 
41 
44 
103 
100 to 199 days 
66 
47 
45 
76 
130 
69 
175 
200 days or more 
273 
145 
90 
390 
359 
253 
504 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
18 
12 
19 
27 
29 
39 
70 
3 or 4 years 
35 
34 
9 
48 
56 
32 
93 
5 to 9 years 
125 
46 
45 
185 
154 
117 
212 
10 years or more 
480 
263 
217 
838 
870 
625 
1,966 
Average years on present farm 
19.1 
19.7 
18.3 
21.5 
23.3 
23.3 
27.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
17 
7 
6 
13 
24 
25 
36 
3 or 4 years 
25 
23 
8 
34 
40 
27 
58 
5 to 9 years 
101 
40 
39 
139 
130 
77 
182 
1 0 years or more 
515 
285 
237 
912 
915 
684 
2,065 
Average years operating any farm 
22.9 
23.5 
23.3 
25.1 
26.1 
27.7 
30.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
- 
10 
- 
- 
12 
1 
25 to 34 years 
38 
12 
19 
39 
85 
46 
131 
35 to 44 years 
39 
30 
16 
78 
90 
45 
178 
45 to 49 years 
37 
25 
22 
90 
90 
31 
136 
50 to 54 years 
77 
37 
37 
123 
128 
87 
300 
55 to 59 years 
86 
57 
32 
199 
175 
160 
366 
60 to 64 years 
130 
67 
70 
205 
170 
143 
413 
65 to 69 years 
84 
55 
32 
130 
137 
96 
271 
70 years and over 
161 
72 
52 
234 
234 
193 
545 
Average age 
60.1 
59.9 
57.6 
59.8 
58.4 
59.7 
59.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
11 
16 
1 
5 
21 
19 
40 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
12 
4 
3 
26 
19 
5 
17 
Asian 
1 
- 
- 
3 
1 
6 
1 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
White 
644 
351 
287 
1,067 
1,080 
800 
2,315 
More than one race reported 
1 
- 
- 
2 
7 
2 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
87 
49 
46 
223 
131 
131 
381 
2 people 
385 
209 
159 
586 
621 
480 
1,327 
3 people 
87 
26 
36 
109 
126 
66 
276 
4 people 
58 
54 
31 
97 
158 
63 
225 
5 or more people 
41 
17 
18 
83 
73 
73 
132 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
522 
252 
190 
706 
601 
393 
791 
25 to 49 percent 
73 
35 
55 
91 
130 
85 
230 
50 to 74 percent 
25 
30 
19 
109 
136 
115 
392 
75 to 99 percent 
20 
20 
24 
126 
145 
148 
550 
100 percent 
18 
18 
2 
66 
97 
72 
378 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
17 
7 
17 
39 
79 
51 
348 
acres 
2,638 
1,356 
4,083 
14,133 
55,744 
70,237 
8,135,450 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
499 
263 
210 
816 
831 
593 
1,867 
Dial-up service 
44 
12 
15 
43 
64 
35 
126 
DSL service 
152 
97 
51 
303 
251 
165 
546 
Cable modem service 
52 
23 
20 
55 
75 
64 
98 
Fiber-optic service 
25 
19 
7 
37 
55 
29 
101 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
94 
48 
55 
133 
161 
112 
221 
Satellite service 
166 
80 
83 
306 
275 
240 
930 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
18 
11 
- 
15 
12 
7 
19 
Other Internet service 
13 
9 
14 
35 
34 
12 
34 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
562 
320 
240 
895 
866 
616 
1,507 
2 households 
76 
19 
42 
164 
174 
143 
525 
3 households 
17 
5 
2 
20 
38 
35 
207 
4 households 
2 
9 
3 
10 
26 
9 
50 
5 or more households 
1 
2 
3 
9 
5 
10 
52 
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 
638 
342 
278 
1,043 
1,050 
783 
2,125 
acres 
100,739 
67,503 
66,236 
375,190 
743,489 
1,094,342 
22,954,264 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Wyoming 67 
