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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
10,118 
243 
390 
758 
1,219 
834 
Female 
1,618 
8 
25 
61 
109 
94 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
5,845 
231 
378 
732 
1,060 
617 
Other 
5,891 
20 
37 
87 
268 
311 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
9,765 
205 
366 
737 
1,174 
772 
Not on farm operated 
1,971 
46 
49 
82 
154 
156 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
4,430 
184 
295 
526 
688 
366 
Any 
7,306 
67 
120 
293 
640 
562 
1 to 49 days 
1,049 
16 
26 
79 
152 
99 
50 to 99 days 
608 
5 
10 
30 
67 
60 
100 to 199 days 
1,106 
10 
17 
60 
115 
95 
200 days or more 
4,543 
36 
67 
124 
306 
308 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
447 
6 
8 
11 
46 
39 
3 or 4 years 
639 
7 
25 
45 
46 
44 
5 to 9 years 
2,045 
20 
42 
79 
176 
142 
10 years or more 
8,605 
218 
340 
684 
1,060 
703 
Average years on present farm 
20.5 
27.0 
25.6 
26.7 
25.1 
22.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
275 
1 
8 
3 
32 
25 
3 or 4 years 
451 
7 
19 
26 
20 
31 
5 to 9 years 
1,640 
12 
27 
59 
131 
118 
10 years or more 
9,370 
231 
361 
731 
1,145 
754 
Average years operating any farm 
23.7 
30.1 
29.0 
30.2 
29.0 
26.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
59 
- 
1 
12 
3 
1 
25 to 34 years 
663 
11 
25 
39 
96 
63 
35 to 44 years 
1,098 
36 
43 
79 
83 
98 
45 to 49 years 
907 
12 
30 
49 
94 
72 
50 to 54 years 
1,476 
36 
48 
103 
184 
98 
55 to 59 years 
1,825 
48 
90 
143 
184 
149 
60 to 64 years 
2,077 
44 
72 
131 
259 
131 
65 to 69 years 
1,409 
27 
41 
111 
164 
118 
70 years and over 
2,222 
37 
65 
152 
261 
198 
Average age 
58.2 
56.9 
57.3 
58.0 
58.8 
58.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
277 
7 
10 
7 
28 
20 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
162 
1 
1 
6 
23 
11 
Asian 
12 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
6 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
2 
1 
1 
- 
White 
1 1 ,492 
250 
410 
809 
1,295 
915 
More than one race reported 
60 
- 
- 
2 
8 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,682 
21 
54 
93 
203 
128 
2 people 
6,549 
122 
214 
463 
756 
519 
3 people 
1,398 
33 
52 
99 
143 
96 
4 people 
1,215 
36 
63 
81 
129 
129 
5 or more people 
892 
39 
32 
83 
97 
56 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
7,969 
45 
83 
209 
392 
402 
25 to 49 percent 
914 
11 
29 
60 
165 
151 
50 to 74 percent 
1,030 
31 
60 
159 
281 
168 
75 to 99 percent 
1,108 
93 
130 
238 
292 
137 
1 00 percent 
715 
71 
113 
153 
198 
70 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
659 
82 
86 
88 
92 
43 
acres 
8,287,689 
3,043,518 
1,443,249 
788,956 
580,568 
140,671 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,968 
238 
382 
707 
1,040 
696 
Dial-up service 
571 
19 
16 
38 
61 
48 
DSL service 
2,830 
113 
112 
224 
326 
225 
Cable modem service 
749 
12 
23 
41 
52 
61 
Fiber-optic service 
448 
16 
14 
52 
62 
26 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,527 
45 
60 
80 
160 
100 
Satellite service 
3,350 
84 
193 
317 
473 
305 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
168 
5 
5 
19 
13 
8 
Other Internet service 
340 
3 
3 
23 
28 
8 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
9,550 
115 
226 
525 
950 
716 
2 households 
1,580 
48 
111 
202 
286 
146 
3 households 
380 
49 
49 
74 
61 
43 
4 households 
128 
15 
16 
11 
18 
13 
5 or more households 
98 
24 
13 
7 
13 
10 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 Wyoming 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
