Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,025 
17 
239 
550 
1,217 
1,845 
1,157 
Female 
866 
19 
60 
112 
205 
250 
220 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
5,891 
36 
299 
662 
1,422 
2,095 
1,377 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,514 
14 
200 
500 
1,209 
1,618 
973 
Not on farm operated 
1,377 
22 
99 
162 
213 
477 
404 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
808 
- 
18 
21 
83 
211 
475 
Any 
5,083 
36 
281 
641 
1,339 
1,884 
902 
1 to 49 days 
435 
14 
20 
49 
71 
135 
146 
50 to 99 days 
272 
- 
14 
21 
53 
114 
70 
100 to 199 days 
712 
6 
39 
81 
217 
239 
130 
200 days or more 
3,664 
16 
208 
490 
998 
1,396 
556 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
260 
20 
53 
46 
29 
72 
40 
3 or 4 years 
364 
4 
64 
107 
60 
74 
55 
5 to 9 years 
1,264 
12 
128 
274 
392 
327 
131 
10 years or more 
4,003 
- 
54 
235 
941 
1,622 
1,151 
Average years on present farm 
17.2 
3.5 
6.5 
8.7 
14.2 
18.8 
24.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
165 
20 
41 
41 
25 
24 
14 
3 or 4 years 
286 
4 
63 
81 
54 
58 
26 
5 to 9 years 
1,043 
12 
118 
253 
314 
241 
105 
10 years or more 
4,397 
- 
77 
287 
1,029 
1,772 
1,232 
Average years operating any farm 
19.9 
3.7 
7.3 
9.8 
16.2 
21.8 
29.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
36 
36 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
299 
- 
299 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
662 
- 
- 
662 
- 
- 
- 
45 to 49 years 
556 
- 
- 
- 
556 
- 
- 
50 to 54 years 
866 
- 
- 
- 
866 
- 
- 
55 to 59 years 
1,007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,007 
- 
60 to 64 years 
1,088 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,088 
- 
65 to 69 years 
564 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
564 
70 years and over 
813 
- 
- 
- 
- 
813 
Average age 
56.5 
21.4 
31.2 
40.2 
50.1 
59.7 
72.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
161 
- 
18 
34 
24 
52 
33 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
89 
- 
3 
15 
35 
33 
3 
Asian 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
5,766 
30 
296 
646 
1,382 
2,049 
1,363 
More than one race reported 
26 
- 
1 
5 
13 
7 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
785 
16 
18 
49 
103 
320 
279 
2 people 
3,147 
1 
66 
108 
613 
1,394 
965 
3 people 
799 
12 
59 
103 
325 
227 
73 
4 people 
668 
6 
94 
210 
211 
101 
46 
5 or more people 
492 
1 
62 
192 
170 
53 
14 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,240 
29 
263 
584 
1,264 
1,865 
1,235 
25 to 49 percent 
358 
6 
26 
50 
82 
129 
65 
50 to 74 percent 
200 
1 
8 
19 
49 
67 
56 
75 to 99 percent 
69 
- 
2 
6 
16 
24 
21 
100 percent 
24 
- 
- 
3 
11 
10 
" 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
147 
6 
6 
4 
16 
74 
41 
acres 
1,855,903 
1,440 
5,200 
12,272 
67,754 
1,620,282 
148,955 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,518 
35 
256 
594 
1,169 
1,584 
880 
Dial-up service 
213 
- 
7 
15 
57 
84 
50 
DSL service 
1,476 
17 
82 
226 
351 
526 
274 
Cable modem service 
490 
12 
17 
38 
93 
193 
137 
Fiber-optic service 
202 
- 
6 
25 
65 
65 
41 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
872 
6 
78 
137 
273 
267 
111 
Satellite service 
1,502 
6 
70 
177 
393 
522 
334 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
85 
- 
4 
18 
26 
23 
14 
Other Internet service 
168 
- 
2 
20 
57 
58 
31 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,078 
30 
252 
613 
1,238 
1,766 
1,179 
2 households 
613 
6 
34 
41 
136 
252 
144 
3 households 
132 
- 
9 
6 
32 
49 
36 
4 households 
41 
- 
- 
1 
15 
15 
10 
5 or more households 
27 
- 
4 
1 
1 
13 
8 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Wyoming 199 
