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Characteristics of targeted* principal farm operator households, 2011 | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3
 | All targeted populations combined
Item | No | Yes | All
Number of family farms | 1272582.44757515 | 842085.853951311 | 2114668.30152646
Percent of family farms | 60.1788207945683 | 39.8211792054316 | 99.9999999999998
Number of total operators | 1879022.52872718 | 1196259.41365511 | 3075281.94238227
Number of family members | 3317549.61788137 | 2202533.95525824 | 5520083.57313965
Percent of total value of production | 84.7985476612918 | 15.2014523387081 | 100
Distribution of value of production
Percent crop value of production | 57.9025935684893 | 48.9964329942821 | 56.5487278135918
Percent livestock value of production | 42.0974064315108 | 51.0035670057181 | 43.4512721864074
Distribution by gross value of production
Less than $10,000 | 50.2305691107556 | 73.2218621448487 | 59.3859731115079
$10,000 to $249,999 | 34.805740621509 | 23.3347385756747 | 30.2378523401786
$250,000 or more | 14.9636902677352 | 3.44339927947647 | 10.3761745483135
Farm size (operated acres) | 493.446963587357 | 218.358717373337 | 383.903580089393
Percent of acres | 77.3502981827699 | 22.64970181723 | 99.9999999999999
Farms receiving government payments | 527774.768139386 | 213462.352448851 | 741237.12058824
Percent of all farms receiving payments | 71.2018804077904 | 28.7981195922095 | 100
Percent of farms within group receiving payments | 41.4727367287704 | 25.3492386135242 | 35.052169650114
Average government payment (all farms), $ | 4951.11766361961 | 1580.37131652905 | 3608.84672018415
Average payment (payment farms), $ | 11938.2467957194 | 6234.39362666259 | 10295.6443387304
Percent of payments | 82.5616729425914 | 17.4383270574085 | 100
Gender of principal operator
Male | 100 | 74.1664056901401 | 89.7127581146666
Female | 0 | 25.8335943098598 | 10.2872418853334
Major occupation of principal operator
Farm or ranch work | 51.5694562875015 | 37.8921814363005 | 46.1230041585854
Work other than farming/ranching | 37.4895809975338 | 45.0810970778513 | 40.5126122202863
Currently not in the workforce | 10.9409627149647 | 17.0267214858481 | 13.3643836211285
Age of principal operator
Less than 35 years old | 1.24698658806819 | 8.0599345204661 | 3.95998279340112
35-54 years old | 29.1161104461782 | 35.2317885799835 | 31.5514455954682
55-64 years old | 35.699118240449 | 27.2590004457561 | 32.3381638082749
65 years old or more | 33.9377847253045 | 29.4492764537942 | 32.1504078028557
Experience of operators farming
Established farm | 100 | 45.8644690861221 | 78.4425932209726
Beginning farm | 0 | 54.135530913878 | 21.5574067790272
Education of principal operator
Less than high school | 7.36151490524999 | 11.1777127741024 | 8.88116989743959
High school and some college | 68.4639261745878 | 63.1800231334056 | 66.3598136755175
4-year college degree or more | 24.1745589201621 | 25.6422640924919 | 24.7590164270431
Race and origin of principal operator
Not reported | 9.49899179780329 | 2.7023256316569 | 6.79247918378721
White, not Hispanic | 90.5010082021967 | 78.9907600314018 | 85.9174916511145
Nonwhite or Hispanic | 0 | 18.3069143369411 | 7.29002916509819
Race and origin of spouse of operator
Not reported | 19.413951048097 | 26.4681170384718 | 22.2230031285728
White, not Hispanic | 78.0209233673386 | 58.2141293653869 | 70.1336244329708
Nonwhite or Hispanic | 2.5651255845643 | 15.3177535961412 | 7.64337243845644
Farm location
Northeast | 6.56432923280916 | 6.69222790052931 | 6.61525999048337
Midwest | 40.5779508157018 | 31.1370129022917 | 36.8184580105292
South | 39.0891069844292 | 46.9090053423034 | 42.2030827232009
West | 13.7686129670599 | 15.2617538548754 | 14.3631992757866
Farm household finances, $
Farm income, average | 24340.7113265574 | -57.2138168426659 | 14625.169832797
Off-farm income, average | 75258.4515029512 | 68746.3397976675 | 72665.2518307329
Total income, average | 99599.1628295091 | 68689.1259808247 | 87290.4216635297
Total income, median | 64712 | 43745 | 57050
Household expenditures, mean | 40320.3261293387 | 36318.9305065915 | 38726.9232076865
Household expenditures, median | 34100 | 28329 | 32500
Net worth, mean | 1234563.15267561 | 673963.29342013 | 1011325.67809609
Net worth, median | 726294 | 428245 | 597767
Farm net worth, mean | 982992.665110443 | 491361.128203791 | 787219.189768428
Farm net worth, median | 490537 | 274275 | 384165
Non-farm net worth, mean | 251570.487565165 | 182602.165216336 | 224106.488327658
Non-farm net worth, median | 169416 | 107500 | 141250
Source:  2011 USDA Agricultural Resource Management Survey.
*Targeted principal farm operator households are those that are classified as beginning farmers and ranchers, socially disadvantaged farmers, or limited resource farmers.