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Characteristics of principal farm operator households, by joint income-wealth indicator*, 2011 | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5
 | Joint income-wealth indicator
Item | Lower income and lower wealth | Lower income and higher wealth | Higher income and lower wealth | Higher income and higher wealth | All
Number of family farms | 41648.2697415411 | 865453.114526902 | 29811.7992268283 | 1177755.11803119 | 2114668.30152646
Percent of family farms | 1.96949420916166 | 40.9261875208597 | 1.409762429659 | 55.6945558403195 | 99.9999999999998
Number of family members | 108230.901014496 | 2097649.28053831 | 103510.459448639 | 3210692.93213817 | 5520083.57313965
Percent of family members in poverty | 37.0216752067489 | 36.7227103200226 | 0 | 0 | 14.6806212393652
Percent of total value of production | 0.51296810562872 | 25.6162180737366 | 1.11922815035148 | 72.7515856702831 | 100
Distribution of value of production
Percent crop value of production | 78.8979624249065 | 54.5100973080797 | 39.5687279075504 | 57.3701814272472 | 56.5487278135918
Percent livestock value of production | 21.1020375750934 | 45.4899026919202 | 60.4312720924495 | 42.6298185727531 | 43.4512721864074
Distribution by gross value of production
Less than $10,000 | 80.5598482834899 | 64.643278678447 | 75.4267084853153 | 54.3679436132724 | 59.3859731115079
$10,000 to $249,999 | 16.9207351777337 | 29.2066265444595 | 19.3502197570995 | 31.7421483979454 | 30.2378523401786
$250,000 or more | 2.51941653877622 | 6.15009477709343 | 5.22307175758502 | 13.8899079887821 | 10.3761745483135
Farm size (operated acres) | 130.261901971447 | 335.772602882196 | 104.979168339818 | 435.30142909291 | 383.903580089393
Percent of acres | 0.66826691625905 | 35.7951663454768 | 0.38550223310723 | 63.1510645051568 | 99.9999999999997
Farms receiving government payments | 6288.58681158981 | 268398.375781674 | 7805.84183296232 | 458744.316162009 | 741237.120588239
Percent of all farms receiving payments | 0.84839070210073 | 36.2095162704044 | 1.05308296308308 | 61.8890100644117 | 100
Percent of farms within group receiving payments | 15.0992750734069 | 31.012468645213 | 26.1837327347142 | 38.9507384972245 | 35.0521696501139
Average government payment (all farms), $ | 1670.95976214246 | 2616.18331962345 | 1203.06829058517 | 4467.71274291697 | 3608.84672018415
Average government payment (payment farms), $ | 11066.4899739814 | 8435.90798769669 | 4594.71650881219 | 11470.1618384856 | 10295.6443387304
Percent of payments | 0.91191059927139 | 29.6688713679675 | 0.46996744608053 | 68.9492505866805 | 100
Farm location
Northeast | 10.6641021795586 | 6.81945481349452 | 6.09772610664375 | 6.3351341002302 | 6.61525999048337
Midwest | 37.3911781171755 | 34.3277030480818 | 29.1141603664707 | 38.8235079370209 | 36.8184580105292
South | 39.5715661477275 | 44.8903353345501 | 43.4430464375934 | 40.2900716526852 | 42.2030827232009
West | 12.3731535555382 | 13.9625068038735 | 21.345067089292 | 14.5512863100635 | 14.3631992757866
Occupation of principal operator
Farm or ranch work | 44.8206593480912 | 54.797409223915 | 15.2353301571448 | 40.5766615984284 | 46.1230041585854
Work other than farming/ranching | 55.1793406519086 | 45.2025907760849 | 84.764669842855 | 59.4233384015716 | 53.8769958414145
Average age of principal operator | 54.4467688747235 | 61.3720277056261 | 46.7353510783491 | 56.6221475511926 | 58.3838681109806
Younger than 35 years | 19.3458116738421 | 3.59865672493372 | 15.9183798371184 | 3.37872128890318 | 3.95998279340111
35 to 44 years | 13.4792806615166 | 7.55710889042689 | 27.8905352831976 | 11.5998588594119 | 10.2119903654236
45 to 54 years | 12.1653686706699 | 15.8915602594647 | 35.2702841259644 | 25.3145425429984 | 21.3394552300446
55 to 64 years | 21.7100259619685 | 29.9966289900143 | 13.8124854480962 | 34.903566336073 | 32.3381638082749
65 years or older | 33.2995130320026 | 42.9560451351602 | 7.10831530562302 | 24.8033109726133 | 32.1504078028557
Education of principal operator
Less than high school diploma | 27.8677147753571 | 13.4654296980686 | 4.73844215438697 | 4.94595753783577 | 8.88116989743958
High school | 41.9393509943114 | 47.3200836765035 | 30.3319887922679 | 37.336557755986 | 41.4143382600891
Some college | 20.0670103298593 | 24.0728051183621 | 34.3625367294174 | 25.5208881687115 | 24.9454754154282
College graduate and beyond | 10.125923900472 | 15.1416815070655 | 30.5670323239275 | 32.1965965374665 | 24.759016427043
Farm operator household median farm income, $ | -3046 | -4774 | -4070 | -350 | -2250
Farm operator household median off-farm income | 28870 | 31250 | 90250 | 77449 | 53424
Farm operator household average income | 18641.8196240599 | 12852.7724592168 | 152442.227948237 | 142764.971618962 | 87288.6894115557
Farm operator household median income | 22301 | 26215 | 92628 | 90505 | 57050
Farm operator household average expenditures | 20929.4426029842 | 29708.1473982198 | 60144.9839372921 | 45441.435281629 | 38726.9232076865
Farm operator household median expenditures | 17500 | 27500 | 45000 | 37500 | 32500
Farm operator household average net worth | 24379.9350724396 | 817828.020185778 | -65086.2149666122 | 1215631.7891293 | 1011309.15515262
Farm operator household median net worth | 41776 | 483550 | 14265 | 723600 | 597767
Farm operator household average farm net worth | 47155.6207759507 | 688079.034192767 | 88385.6031079536 | 903900.550345611 | 787202.666824968
Farm operator household median farm net worth | 39510 | 360411 | 60941 | 438906 | 384165
Farm operator household average non-farm net worth | -22775.6857035111 | 129748.98599301 | -153471.818074565 | 311731.238783691 | 224106.488327658
Farm operator household median non-farm net worth | 0 | 93008 | -18981 | 182500 | 141250
*Note: In the joint income-wealth indicator, income and wealth levels for farm households are compared to the median income and wealth of all U.S. households. For example, farm households in the lower income and lower wealth group have less income and wealth than the median U.S. household.
Source:  2011 USDA Agricultural Resource Management Survey.