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 
792 
1,055 
820 
670 
721 
2,616 
Female 
141 
179 
158 
156 
179 
508 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
491 
562 
373 
286 
259 
856 
Other 
442 
672 
605 
540 
641 
2,268 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
759 
1,036 
809 
687 
753 
2,467 
Not on farm operated 
174 
198 
169 
139 
147 
657 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
334 
368 
288 
212 
254 
915 
Any 
599 
866 
690 
614 
646 
2,209 
1 to 49 days 
92 
115 
80 
78 
79 
233 
50 to 99 days 
51 
69 
46 
59 
41 
170 
100 to 199 days 
108 
133 
126 
82 
76 
284 
200 days or more 
348 
549 
438 
395 
450 
1,522 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
44 
65 
20 
38 
45 
125 
3 or 4 years 
41 
73 
80 
74 
66 
138 
5 to 9 years 
138 
265 
228 
171 
239 
545 
10 years or more 
710 
831 
650 
543 
550 
2,316 
Average years on present farm 
20.9 
18.6 
18.1 
16.3 
16.1 
18.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
24 
36 
11 
27 
27 
81 
3 or 4 years 
31 
47 
48 
61 
51 
110 
5 to 9 years 
92 
216 
187 
129 
214 
455 
10 years or more 
786 
935 
732 
609 
608 
2,478 
Average years operating any farm 
24.9 
22.2 
21.6 
20.0 
18.9 
21.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
3 
3 
1 
16 
13 
25 to 34 years 
65 
85 
50 
67 
45 
117 
35 to 44 years 
86 
102 
142 
116 
86 
227 
45 to 49 years 
57 
110 
79 
82 
83 
239 
50 to 54 years 
96 
167 
98 
107 
129 
410 
55 to 59 years 
154 
197 
142 
130 
106 
482 
60 to 64 years 
172 
230 
171 
95 
160 
612 
65 to 69 years 
101 
139 
118 
97 
109 
384 
70 years and over 
196 
201 
175 
131 
166 
640 
Average age 
58.3 
57.4 
57.3 
56.0 
57.2 
59.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
7 
27 
27 
26 
26 
92 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
7 
40 
14 
5 
8 
46 
Asian 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Black or African American 
1 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
918 
1,185 
960 
810 
884 
3,056 
More than one race reported 
1 
7 
4 
11 
6 
19 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
132 
149 
139 
113 
125 
525 
2 people 
534 
704 
511 
381 
503 
1,842 
3 people 
113 
199 
134 
134 
97 
298 
4 people 
82 
117 
111 
111 
113 
243 
5 or more people 
72 
65 
83 
87 
62 
216 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
524 
954 
842 
765 
825 
2,928 
25 to 49 percent 
162 
135 
66 
28 
35 
72 
50 to 74 percent 
131 
59 
25 
17 
32 
67 
75 to 99 percent 
86 
66 
25 
10 
2 
29 
100 percent 
30 
20 
20 
6 
6 
28 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
40 
37 
16 
31 
16 
128 
acres 
104,708 
85,874 
18,129 
4,985 
26,684 
2,050,347 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
707 
936 
731 
664 
683 
2,184 
Dial-up service 
59 
51 
61 
29 
51 
138 
DSL service 
226 
274 
246 
188 
243 
653 
Cable modem service 
50 
83 
67 
74 
58 
228 
Fiber-optic service 
44 
33 
39 
27 
51 
84 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
132 
183 
128 
91 
118 
430 
Satellite service 
244 
352 
223 
261 
201 
697 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
8 
17 
20 
8 
18 
47 
Other Internet service 
14 
45 
26 
37 
25 
128 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
757 
1,048 
863 
735 
802 
2,813 
2 households 
143 
156 
99 
70 
87 
232 
3 households 
20 
16 
3 
16 
3 
46 
4 households 
12 
8 
6 
3 
4 
22 
5 or more households 
1 
6 
7 
2 
4 
11 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Wyoming 119 
