Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
10,118 
6,603 
2,883 
632 
4,575 
5,543 
Female 
1,618 
1,189 
324 
105 
726 
892 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
5,845 
3,228 
2,164 
453 
2,718 
3,127 
Other 
5,891 
4,564 
1,043 
284 
2,583 
3,308 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
9,765 
6,463 
2,825 
477 
4,220 
5,545 
Not on farm operated 
1,971 
1,329 
382 
260 
1,081 
890 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
4,430 
2,691 
1,476 
263 
2,220 
2,210 
Any 
7,306 
5,101 
1,731 
474 
3,081 
4,225 
1 to 49 days 
1,049 
644 
301 
104 
473 
576 
50 to 99 days 
608 
401 
170 
37 
286 
322 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
1,106 
695 
339 
72 
433 
673 
200 days or more 
4,543 
3,361 
921 
261 
1,889 
2,654 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
447 
275 
107 
65 
198 
249 
3 or 4 years 
639 
419 
128 
92 
211 
428 
5 to 9 years 
2,045 
1,496 
422 
127 
857 
1,188 
1 0 years or more 
8,605 
5,602 
2,550 
453 
4,035 
4,570 
Average years on present farm 
20.5 
19.3 
24.1 
16.1 
21.5 
19.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
275 
156 
67 
52 
123 
152 
3 or 4 years 
451 
312 
81 
58 
146 
305 
5 to 9 years 
1,640 
1,227 
303 
110 
671 
969 
1 0 years or more 
9,370 
6,097 
2,756 
517 
4,361 
5,009 
Average years operating any farm 
23.7 
22.5 
27.7 
19.1 
24.7 
23.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
59 
31 
6 
22 
15 
44 
25 to 34 years 
663 
359 
155 
149 
235 
428 
35 to 44 years 
1,098 
708 
296 
94 
421 
677 
45 to 49 years 
907 
637 
216 
54 
391 
516 
50 to 54 years 
1,476 
917 
469 
90 
578 
898 
55 to 59 years 
1,825 
1,193 
539 
93 
829 
996 
60 to 64 years 
2,077 
1,459 
531 
87 
1,008 
1,069 
65 to 69 years 
1,409 
959 
386 
64 
634 
775 
70 years and over 
2,222 
1,529 
609 
84 
1,190 
1,032 
Average age 
58.2 
58.8 
58.4 
51.0 
59.7 
56.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
277 
193 
62 
22 
150 
127 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
162 
92 
59 
11 
53 
109 
Asian 
12 
11 
1 
- 
6 
6 
Black or African American 
6 
5 
1 
- 
4 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
1 
3 
- 
2 
2 
White 
11,492 
7,639 
3,133 
720 
5,210 
6,282 
More than one race reported 
60 
44 
10 
6 
26 
34 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,682 
1,165 
411 
106 
1,313 
369 
2 people 
6,549 
4,415 
1,782 
352 
2,650 
3,899 
3 people 
1,398 
924 
377 
97 
515 
883 
4 people 
1,215 
713 
398 
104 
467 
748 
5 or more people 
892 
575 
239 
78 
356 
536 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
7,969 
6,065 
1,482 
422 
3,602 
4,367 
25 to 49 percent 
914 
512 
322 
80 
413 
501 
50 to 74 percent 
1,030 
499 
457 
74 
452 
578 
75 to 99 percent 
1,108 
429 
584 
95 
475 
633 
100 percent 
715 
287 
362 
66 
359 
356 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
659 
334 
277 
48 
348 
311 
acres 
8,287,689 
2,145,584 
5,920,029 
222,076 
3,489,512 
4,798,177 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,968 
5,836 
2,574 
558 
3,605 
5,363 
Dial-up service 
571 
355 
166 
50 
269 
302 
DSL service 
2,830 
1,824 
833 
173 
1,118 
1,712 
Cable modem service 
749 
548 
163 
38 
350 
399 
Fiber-optic service 
448 
281 
133 
34 
195 
253 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,527 
1,009 
416 
102 
613 
914 
Satellite service 
3,350 
2,064 
1,092 
194 
1,261 
2,089 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
168 
120 
34 
14 
64 
104 
Other Internet service 
340 
256 
74 
10 
110 
230 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
9,550 
6,640 
2,332 
578 
4,653 
4,897 
2 households 
1,580 
852 
608 
120 
459 
1,121 
3 households 
380 
188 
170 
22 
113 
267 
4 households 
128 
66 
60 
2 
44 
84 
5 or more households 
98 
46 
37 
15 
32 
66 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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