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Characteristics of principal farm operator households, by type of management team, 2011 | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4
 | Type of operator team
Item | One operator | Two operators, husband and wife team | Multiple operators, other than husband and wife team | All
Number of family farms | 1228122.28372715 | 697839.220759546 | 188706.797039766 | 2114668.30152646
Percent of family farms | 58.0763556554301 | 32.9999376382486 | 8.92370670632121 | 99.9999999999999
Number of total operators | 1228122.28372715 | 1395678.44151909 | 451481.217136048 | 3075281.94238227
Number of family members | 3042849.3050244 | 1974809.55169702 | 502424.716418188 | 5520083.57313964
Percent of total value of production | 44.8343610180378 | 25.2477372745277 | 29.9179017074344 | 100
Distribution by gross value of production
Less than $10,000 | 61.1754500186435 | 61.5877225813852 | 39.5977955852434 | 59.3859731115078
$10,000 to $249,999 | 30.0100896063053 | 29.6527565093643 | 33.8838434666797 | 30.2378523401786
$250,000 or more | 8.814460375051 | 8.75952090925043 | 26.5183609480769 | 10.3761745483135
Farm size (operated acres) | 311.803007799537 | 331.304704057252 | 1047.65221091032 | 383.903580089393
Percent of acres | 47.1690896218843 | 28.478594991487 | 24.3523153866286 | 100
Share of beginning farms
Established farm | 78.4485014552725 | 76.5833560671368 | 85.2796154834379 | 78.4425932209726
Beginning farm | 21.5514985447275 | 23.4166439328633 | 14.720384516562 | 21.5574067790272
Major occupation of principal operator
Farm or ranch work | 45.6686233004411 | 44.5113664799626 | 55.0400080258493 | 46.1230041585853
Work other than farming/ranching | 39.1728678081835 | 44.1649900809355 | 35.7252777555802 | 40.5126122202863
Currently not in the workforce | 15.1585088913752 | 11.3236434391017 | 9.23471421857064 | 13.3643836211285
Age of principal operator
Less than 35 years old | 4.21015782379181 | 3.30600560254849 | 4.75023203690206 | 3.95998279340111
35-54 years old | 29.8637842139791 | 34.3794234938789 | 32.0770263302166 | 31.5514455954682
55-64 years old | 33.1364115340975 | 30.9323897680297 | 32.3416530349569 | 32.3381638082749
65 years old or more | 32.7896464281313 | 31.3821811355427 | 30.8310885979245 | 32.1504078028557
Average age, principal operator | 58.5190885494462 | 58.1425812655797 | 58.3961209313108 | 58.3838681109806
Education of principal operator
Less than high school | 8.40167493457928 | 10.1843524470221 | 7.18259066705323 | 8.88116989743958
High school and some college | 67.8295337713399 | 64.2560019392995 | 64.574643966854 | 66.3598136755174
4-year college degree or more | 23.7687912940806 | 25.5596456136783 | 28.2427653660929 | 24.759016427043
Race and origin of principal operator
White, not Hispanic | 83.9766541506776 | 90.3193686265817 | 83.3377806078843 | 86.0127347711148
Nonwhite or Hispanic | 16.0233458493223 | 9.68063137341828 | 16.6622193921156 | 13.987265228885
Farms receiving government payments | 438477.447889324 | 212043.891727185 | 90715.7809717271 | 741237.120588239
Percent of all farms receiving payments | 59.1548150666488 | 28.606755630224 | 12.2384293031272 | 100
Percent of farms within group receiving payments | 35.7030772667535 | 30.3857801939523 | 48.0723441840892 | 35.0521696501139
Average government payment (all farms), $ | 3095.45407975686 | 2914.64871388867 | 9517.20590632071 | 3608.84672018415
Average government payment (payment farms), $ | 8669.99238365184 | 9592.14703484484 | 19797.6738348255 | 10295.6443387304
Percent of payments | 49.8144437793797 | 26.6520673371298 | 23.5334888834903 | 100
Farm household finances, $
Farm income, average | 13710.6136219225 | 8308.48032580293 | 43916.9467799307 | 14623.4375808229
Off-farm income, average | 71042.3078052764 | 76887.6903278185 | 67612.9194157693 | 72665.2518307329
Total income, average | 84752.9214271996 | 85196.1706536215 | 111529.8661957 | 87288.6894115556
Total income, median | 53800 | 61500 | 65414 | 57050
Net worth, mean | 959651.02115578 | 964103.759350978 | 1522071.26669881 | 1011309.15515262
Net worth, median | 555374 | 621743 | 746773 | 597767
Farm net worth, mean | 742428.513040994 | 730249.557333929 | 1289210.2840928 | 787202.666824967
Farm net worth, median | 353914 | 406800 | 506464 | 384165
Non-farm net worth, mean | 217222.508114789 | 233854.20201705 | 232860.982606008 | 224106.488327658
Non-farm net worth, median | 143902 | 122250 | 162500 | 141250
Source:  2011 USDA Agricultural Resource Management Survey.