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Characteristics of principal farm operator households, by experience of operators, 2011 | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3
 | Beginning farm status
Item | Established farm | Beginning farm | All
Number of family farms | 1658800.65373925 | 455867.647787206 | 2114668.30152646
Percent of family farms | 78.4425932209727 | 21.5574067790272 | 100
Number of total operators | 2421462.02596017 | 653819.916422109 | 3075281.94238227
Number of family members | 4174027.66854621 | 1346055.9045934 | 5520083.57313965
Percent of total value of production | 90.354363924246 | 9.64563607575402 | 100
Distribution of value of production
Percent crop value of production | 57.7359630890666 | 45.4274407049526 | 56.5487278135918
Percent livestock value of production | 42.2640369109334 | 54.5725592950476 | 43.4512721864074
Distribution by gross value of production
Less than $10,000 | 55.7265560328276 | 72.7017753446443 | 59.3859731115079
$10,000 to $249,999 | 32.2019181702009 | 23.0910550216099 | 30.2378523401786
$250,000 or more | 12.0715257969717 | 4.20716963374546 | 10.3761745483135
Average farm size (operated acres) | 434.34932865106 | 200.3427569017 | 383.903580089393
Percent of acres | 88.7501171394232 | 11.2498828605767 | 99.9999999999998
Farms receiving government payments | 635480.566405909 | 105756.554182328 | 741237.120588239
Percent of all farms receiving payments | 85.7324260692178 | 14.2675739307822 | 100
Percent of farms within group receiving payments | 38.3096404606192 | 23.1989602016447 | 35.0521696501139
Average government payment (all farms), $ | 4176.753696265 | 1542.35994982721 | 3608.84672018415
Average payment (payment farms), $ | 10902.6178425207 | 6648.4012060069 | 10295.6443387304
Percent of payments | 90.7867295520912 | 9.21327044790881 | 100
 |  | Percent
Gender of principal operator
Male | 90.2583787351207 | 87.7273664197384 | 89.7127581146665
Female | 9.74162126487928 | 12.2726335802614 | 10.2872418853334
Major occupation of principal operator
Farm or ranch work | 51.2985104678784 | 27.2904914962827 | 46.1230041585854
Work other than farming/ranching | 34.5569519448717 | 62.1839310915876 | 40.5126122202863
Currently not in the workforce | 14.1445375872503 | 10.5255774121293 | 13.3643836211285
Age of principal operator
Less than 35 years old | 1.21104276477503 | 13.9627621937579 | 3.95998279340111
35-54 years old | 26.8375329468977 | 48.7043219205912 | 31.5514455954682
55-64 years old | 34.3529280963993 | 25.0068861128873 | 32.3381638082749
65 years old or more | 37.5984961919282 | 12.3260297727633 | 32.1504078028557
Education of principal operator
Less than high school | 9.13413228185418 | 7.96069622339156 | 8.88116989743958
High school and some college | 67.4599087611736 | 62.3568131201593 | 66.3598136755174
4-year college degree or more | 23.4059589569723 | 29.682490656449 | 24.759016427043
Race and origin of principal operator
Not reported | 7.71259368858771 | 3.44438780356606 | 6.79247918378721
White, not Hispanic | 86.1098220865558 | 85.2176441107334 | 85.9174916511145
Nonwhite or Hispanic | 6.17758422485688 | 11.3379680857004 | 7.29002916509818
Farm location
Northeast | 6.80400596576672 | 5.9284555008241 | 6.61525999048337
Midwest | 38.0296039906261 | 32.4113680287984 | 36.8184580105292
South | 40.5033804844416 | 48.3879199199222 | 42.2030827232009
West | 14.6630095591659 | 13.272256550455 | 14.3631992757866
 |  | Dollars
Farm household finances, $
Farm income, average | 18119 | 1902.4160249644 | 14623.169832797
Off-farm income, average | 68171.9959449799 | 89015.2074305282 | 72665.2518307329
Total income, average | 86291 | 90917.6234554925 | 87289.4216635298
Total income, median | 55525 | 64431 | 57050
Household expenditures, mean | 38317.1109499191 | 40218.1385733621 | 38726.9232076865
Household expenditures, median | 32000 | 33500 | 32500
Net worth, mean | 1123171.72780147 | 604342.859135326 | 1011325.67809609
Net worth, median | 658950 | 384450 | 597767
Farm net worth, mean | 893558.913392424 | 400272.662805688 | 787219.189768428
Farm net worth, median | 450206 | 227299 | 384165
Non-farm net worth, mean | 229612.814409052 | 204070.196329637 | 224106.488327658
Non-farm net worth, median | 150108 | 116000 | 141250
Source:  2011 USDA Agricultural Resource Management Survey.