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Characteristics of principal farm operator households, by type of management team, 2012 | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5 | Unnamed: 6
 | Type of operator team
Item | Only one operator | Two operators, husband-wife team | Multiple operators, other than husband-wife team | All
Number of family farms | 1336564.1413114 | 589406.34937213 | 175606.930793775 | 2101577.4214773
Percent of family farms | 63.5981395523302 | 28.0459022517384 | 8.35595819593133 | 99.9999999999998
Number of total operators | 1409789.01473449 | 1178812.69874426 | 399728.744672939 | 2988330.45815169
Number of total female operators | 163270.564589902 | 548422.613327757 | 96071.728009774 | 807764.905927435
Number of total family members | 3282593.04306174 | 1667158.14966748 | 440274.797070668 | 5390025.98979992
Percent of total value of production | 50.5904505354895 | 21.3095884703925 | 28.0999609941178 | 99.9999999999995
Distribution of value of production
Percent crop value of production | 57.9032750596231 | 49.2951695792747 | 57.590277304998 | 55.9809709597018
Percent livestock value of production | 42.0967249403769 | 50.704830420725 | 42.4097226950017 | 44.0190290402985
Distribution by gross value of production
Less than $10,000 | 60.1810529596732 | 62.6233453804256 | 37.7601345256534 | 58.9925333332085
$10,000 to $249,999 | 30.1105850923591 | 28.0304844059019 | 35.8578636734925 | 30.0074422827409
$250,000 or more | 9.70836194796767 | 9.34617021367243 | 26.3820018008538 | 11.0000243840507
Farm size (mean operated acres) | 333.110597275289 | 338.121492209636 | 928.884086457631 | 384.298531669032
Farm size (median operated acres) | 80 | 72 | 225 | 81
Percent of acres | 55.1269716276699 | 24.6759264953173 | 20.1971018770127 | 99.9999999999999
Farms receiving government payments | 443839.965264577 | 168261.748545746 | 82193.1336773787 | 694294.847487705
Percent of all farms receiving payments | 63.9267260689902 | 24.2349124661661 | 11.8383614648435 | 100
Percent of farms within group receiving payments | 33.2075320252938 | 28.5476647350319 | 46.8051763708019 | 33.0368436771484
Average government payment (all farms), $ | 3299.75926199582 | 3058.27493025031 | 10147.4338297857 | 3804.22162663916
Average government payment (payment farms), $ | 9936.77958206119 | 10712.872519122 | 21680.152958714 | 11515.0880145083
Percent of payments | 55.1646488111956 | 22.5465517445464 | 22.2887994442579 | 100
Gender of principal operator
Male | 88.4566357706622 | 89.2359896758304 | 83.0287761201021 | 88.2216629217663
Female | 11.5433642293376 | 10.7640103241694 | 16.9712238798978 | 11.7783370782337
Age of principal operator
Less than 35 years old | 4.43586292042463 | 4.16986757057293 | 4.55431009404694 | 4.3711595209232
35-54 years old | 27.1099496202634 | 36.6683536992629 | 28.8120703982823 | 29.9329187857413
55-64 years old | 36.5943241120209 | 32.4444047238979 | 30.6913815195365 | 34.9371943615443
65 years old or more | 31.8598633472911 | 26.7173740062661 | 35.942237988134 | 30.7587273317914
Age of principal operator
Mean age of principal operator | 58.6650721678403 | 56.9041038681633 | 59.4551890635331 | 58.237214557332
Experience of operators farming
Established farm | 83.0834652353732 | 80.4693837108931 | 87.8963474959574 | 82.7524849159507
Beginning farm | 16.9165347646267 | 19.5306162891066 | 12.1036525040426 | 17.2475150840494
Education of principal operator
Less than high school | 6.65718472742323 | 6.36124460881246 | 8.48058200102879 | 6.72654796496222
High school and some college | 69.7202665816457 | 65.0715405452174 | 63.347329984499 | 67.8839695036074
4-year college degree or more | 23.6225486909311 | 28.5672148459698 | 28.172088014472 | 25.3894825314306
Race and origin of principal operator
White, not Hispanic | 83.8816196723775 | 93.4738741121488 | 91.8466425720254 | 87.2374079600849
Nonwhite or Hispanic | 16.1183803276224 | 6.52612588785114 | 8.15335742797461 | 12.7625920399152
Farm location
Northeast | 6.29937067855778 | 6.91538345084735 | 6.87557361416047 | 6.52028429495504
Midwest | 36.2988884285555 | 37.0046893524945 | 40.337617325133 | 36.8343111640204
South | 45.558656212981 | 37.28235452166 | 33.5892692640738 | 42.2373357608143
West | 11.8430846799056 | 18.7975726749979 | 19.1975397966324 | 14.4080687802103
Farm household finances, $
Farm income, average | 21204.0259877871 | 14243.7580025409 | 55044.7926396338 | 22079.6763467967
Off-farm income, average | 83995.7497646746 | 94753.2967815666 | 85156.2511511148 | 87109.771896431
Total income, average | 105199.775752461 | 108997.054784107 | 140201.043790748 | 109189.448243228
Total income, median | 63027 | 76871 | 77011 | 68294
Household expenditures, mean | 40469.9684101336 | 48191.6897781542 | 44736.9430912973 | 42992.141457749
Household expenditures, median | 32974 | 39000 | 39750 | 34250
Total Capital expenses | 14515.5472633891 | 15266.0054445628 | 44868.7685989726 | 17262.3225172411
Net worth, mean | 1229252.11650168 | 1254755.21503572 | 1770523.02879107 | 1281633.06174534
Net worth, median | 726001 | 771900 | 1019819 | 754887
Farm net worth, mean | 836869.020041277 | 788769.42675242 | 1262882.70011232 | 858976.580139686
Farm net worth, median | 375905 | 412338 | 583973 | 396049
Non-farm net worth, mean | 392383.096460409 | 465985.788283305 | 507640.32867876 | 422656.481605662
Non-farm net worth, median | 230919 | 255000 | 289986 | 230919
Specialization of operation | Percent
Major field crops--[NAME], oilseeds, tobacco, cotton | 15.0837630899634 | 10.9281601054744 | 21.4114946856303 | 14.447029345848
High value crops--Fruit, nut, vegetables, nursery | 6.99623167633699 | 8.15280867632325 | 7.70442372505857 | 7.37978036275732
General and other crops | 27.9807835108923 | 22.9100064028963 | 21.6694502589198 | 26.0312659516395
Beef cattle | 32.9418676281329 | 34.2598324960465 | 27.7096228505372 | 32.8742985803756
Hogs and Poultry | 2.66855930050487 | 5.73203967729015 | 2.548814872616 | 3.51773421814291
Dairy | 1.7052334154182 | 2.44056220182163 | 5.49053714289843 | 2.22776140513908
General and other livestock | 12.6235613787513 | 15.5765904401474 | 13.4656564643393 | 13.5221301360977
Source:  2012 USDA Agricultural Resource Management Survey.