62 United States 2017 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 52. Selected Producer Characteristics: 2017 and 2012

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Characteristics

2017 1 2012 2

All producers

(see text)

All principal

producers (see text)

All non-principal

producers (see text)

Primary producer

(see text)

All

operators

Principal

operator

Producers .............................................................................number 

 

Sex of producers: 

 Male ............................................................................................. 

 Female ......................................................................................... 

 

Hired managers (see text) ................................................................ 

 

Primary occupation: 

 Farming ........................................................................................ 

 Other ............................................................................................ 

 

Place of residence: 

 On farm operated ......................................................................... 

 Not on farm operated ................................................................... 

 

Days of work off farm: 

 None ............................................................................................ 

 Any ............................................................................................... 

 1 to 49 days .............................................................................. 

 50 to 99 days ............................................................................ 

 100 to 199 days ........................................................................ 

 200 days or more ..................................................................... 

 

Years on present farm: 

 2 years or less .............................................................................. 

 3 or 4 years .................................................................................. 

 5 to 9 years .................................................................................. 

 10 years or more .......................................................................... 

 

Years operating any farm (see text): 

 5 years or less .............................................................................. 

 6 to 10 years ................................................................................ 

 11 years or more .......................................................................... 

 

Age group: 

 Under 25 years ............................................................................. 

 25 to 34 years .............................................................................. 

 35 to 44 years .............................................................................. 

 45 to 54 years .............................................................................. 

 55 to 64 years .............................................................................. 

 65 to 74 years .............................................................................. 

 75 years and over ........................................................................ 

 

 Average age ................................................................................. 

 

Young producers (see text) .............................................................. 

 

Producers of Hispanic, Latino, 

 or Spanish origin ............................................................................ 

 

Producers by race: 

 American Indian or Alaska Native ................................................ 

 Asian ............................................................................................ 

 Black or African American ............................................................ 

 Native Hawaiian or 

 other Pacific Islander................................................................... 

 White ............................................................................................ 

 More than one race reported ........................................................ 

 

Military service (see text): 

 Never served ................................................................................ 

 Served .......................................................................................... 

 

Number of persons living 

 in producers' households (see text) ............................................... 

 

On farm involvement in decisionmaking (see text): 

 Day-to-day decisions .................................................................... 

 Land use and/or crop decisions ................................................... 

 Livestock decisions ...................................................................... 

 Record keeping and/or financial management ............................. 

 Estate planning or succession planning ....................................... 

3,399,834

2,172,373

1,227,461

158,298

1,416,848

1,982,986

2,530,442

869,392

1,311,334

2,088,500

285,477

151,972

282,056

1,368,995

201,061

268,316

495,022

2,435,435

474,198

434,076

2,491,560

50,943

234,496

390,345

614,654

955,354

757,936

396,106

57.5

321,261

112,451

58,199

22,016

45,508

3,018

3,244,344

26,749

3,029,215

370,619

6,577,050

2,950,329

2,530,154

2,095,061

2,541,028

1,911,680

2,740,453

1,941,953

798,500

111,154

1,207,375

1,533,078

2,075,954

664,499

1,079,884

1,660,569

224,278

121,190

226,974

1,088,127

144,005

200,307

379,110

2,017,031

344,001

330,939

2,065,513

20,121

162,294

295,388

488,006

783,241

643,314

348,089

58.6

208,462

90,344

46,210

16,978

38,447

2,306

2,614,526

21,986

2,402,342

338,111

5,853,225

2,542,377

2,220,778

1,817,718

2,197,589

1,664,323

659,381

230,420

428,961

47,144

209,473

449,908

454,488

204,893

231,450

427,931

61,199

30,782

55,082

280,868

57,056

68,009

115,912

418,404

130,197

103,137

426,047

30,822

72,202

94,957

126,648

172,113

114,622

48,017

52.8

112,799

29,748

11,989

5,038

7,061

712

629,818

4,763

626,873

32,508

723,825

407,952

309,376

277,343

343,439

247,357

2,042,220

1,553,220

489,000

70,723

964,477

1,077,743

1,562,320

479,900

859,347

1,182,873

172,209

92,576

168,777

749,311

100,947

140,359

269,230

1,531,684

237,838

234,522

1,569,860

10,518

111,236

207,348

351,677

580,769

498,595

282,077

59.4

139,427

66,727

35,494

11,955

31,071

1,662

1,945,696

16,342

1,768,912

273,308

4,627,167

1,956,523

1,740,659

1,412,420

1,738,799

1,283,838

3,180,074

2,210,402

969,672

(NA)

1,412,077

1,767,997

2,411,419

768,655

1,202,256

1,977,818

266,715

149,195

283,044

1,278,864

132,528

186,511

501,875

2,359,160

(NA)

(NA)

(NA)

47,337

210,117

371,153

739,512

896,181

600,945

314,829

56.3

(NA)

99,734

58,475

22,140

44,629

2,448

3,035,413

16,969

(NA)

(NA)

6,496,604

(NA)

(NA)

(NA)

(NA)

(NA)

2,109,303

1,821,039

288,264

67,939

1,007,904

1,101,399

1,621,591

487,712

823,659

1,285,644

169,761

92,876

180,407

842,600

68,180

103,370

297,548

1,640,205

(NA)

(NA)

(NA)

10,714

109,119

214,106

466,036

608,052

443,571

257,705

58.3

(NA)

67,000

37,851

13,669

33,371

1,468

2,012,652

10,292

(NA)

(NA)

5,455,325

(NA)

(NA)

(NA)

(NA)

(NA)

1

 Data were collected for a maximum of four producers per farm.

2 All operator data are for a maximum of three operators per farm; principal operator data are for one operator per farm.