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Characteristics of principal farm operator households, by limited resource farmer status, 2011 | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3
 | Limited resource farm population status
Item | No | Yes | All
Number of family farms | 1892185.85872991 | 222482.442796555 | 2114668.30152645
Percent of family farms | 89.4790855551219 | 10.520914444878 | 99.9999999999996
Number of total operators | 2776342.19131666 | 298939.751065621 | 3075281.94238227
Number of family members | 5045710.11313642 | 474373.460003237 | 5520083.57313965
Percent of total value of production | 98.8827010303383 | 1.11729896966165 | 100
Distribution of value of production
Percent crop value of production | 56.5915048825633 | 52.7628905069227 | 56.5487278135918
Percent livestock value of production | 43.4084951174361 | 47.2371094930767 | 43.4512721864074
Distribution by gross value of production
Less than $10,000 | 57.4988479312202 | 75.4357410613256 | 59.3859731115079
$10,000 to $249,999 | 30.9049511421157 | 24.5642589386744 | 30.2378523401787
$250,000 or more | 11.5962009266639 | 0 | 10.3761745483135
Farm size (operated acres) | 409.554796355367 | 165.743135302821 | 383.903580089394
Percent of acres | 95.4577934752763 | 4.5422065247237 | 100
Farms receiving government payments | 682054.80511697 | 59182.3154712689 | 741237.120588239
Percent of all farms receiving payments | 92.0157377676522 | 7.98426223234777 | 99.9999999999999
Percent of farms within group receiving payments | 36.0458673745075 | 26.6008925141958 | 35.052169650114
Average government payment (all farms), $ | 3916.06315259399 | 996.008683760166 | 3608.84672018416
Average government payment (payment farms), $ | 10864.1113054849 | 3744.26791593039 | 10295.6443387304
Percent of payments | 97.0963238506118 | 2.90367614938813 | 100
Gender of principal operator
Male | 90.4882134356956 | 83.1176058227159 | 89.7127581146668
Female | 9.51178656430417 | 16.882394177284 | 10.2872418853335
Major occupation of principal operator
Farm or ranch work | 44.6060769840009 | 59.0242835242402 | 46.1230041585855
Work other than farming/ranching | 43.6835059400422 | 13.544550468356 | 40.5126122202864
Currently not in the workforce | 11.7104170759568 | 27.4311660074036 | 13.3643836211285
Age of principal operator
Less than 35 years old | 3.94825465157945 | 4.05972919956766 | 3.95998279340112
35-54 years old | 33.3134843604351 | 16.5655222493584 | 31.5514455954683
55-64 years old | 33.4654256092605 | 22.7509406004556 | 32.338163808275
65 years old or more | 29.2728353787247 | 56.6238079506181 | 32.1504078028558
Experience of operators farming
Established farm | 77.992562865351 | 82.2700461390677 | 78.4425932209729
Beginning farm | 22.0074371346488 | 17.7299538609323 | 21.5574067790272
Education of principal operator
Less than high school | 7.68166956008061 | 19.0827729873869 | 8.88116989743961
High school and some college | 66.2654692069518 | 67.1622017966887 | 66.3598136755176
4-year college degree or more | 26.0528612329675 | 13.7550252159242 | 24.7590164270431
Race and origin of principal operator
Not reported | 7.59113612040974 | 0 | 6.79247918378722
White, not Hispanic | 85.7739513284277 | 87.1382844711295 | 85.9174916511147
Nonwhite or Hispanic | 6.63491255116239 | 12.8617155288704 | 7.29002916509821
Race and origin of spouse of operator
Not reported or no spouse | 20.4676994198568 | 37.1516456482245 | 22.2230031285729
White, not Hispanic | 72.2233615766055 | 52.3606666123654 | 70.1336244329709
Nonwhite or Hispanic | 7.30893900353766 | 10.48768773941 | 7.64337243845645
Farm location
Northeast | 6.56557627180341 | 7.03781391749718 | 6.61525999048339
Midwest | 37.4036240726767 | 31.8416925009165 | 36.8184580105293
South | 41.3678702217071 | 49.3064624977834 | 42.203082723201
West | 14.6629294338126 | 11.8140310838028 | 14.3631992757866
Farm household finances, $
Farm income, average | 17343.3274212515 | -8509.43646553969 | 14623.169832797
Off-farm income, average | 79205.4679825948 | 17041.5164921805 | 72665.2518307331
Total income, average | 96549 | 8532.08002664081 | 87289
Total income, median | 64069 | 12341 | 57050
Household expenditures, mean | 40197.5392316997 | 26219.5144913775 | 38726.9232076867
Household expenditures, median | 34100 | 20000 | 32500
Net worth, mean | 1061404.19636999 | 585414.029010686 | 1011325.67809609
Net worth, median | 623700 | 391697 | 597767
Farm net worth, mean | 821870.829003081 | 492511.252739983 | 787219.189768431
Farm net worth, median | 392317 | 305974 | 384165
Non-farm net worth, mean | 239533.367366909 | 92902.776270703 | 224106.488327659
Non-farm net worth, median | 154500 | 26000 | 141250
Source:  2011 USDA Agricultural Resource Management Survey.