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Characteristics of principal farm operator households, by gender of principal operator, 2011 | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3
 | Gender of principal operator
Item | Male | Female | All
Number of family farms | 1897127.25827596 | 217541.0432505 | 2114668.30152646
Percent of family farms | 89.7127581146665 | 10.2872418853334 | 99.9999999999998
Number of total operators | 2775232.99531224 | 300048.947070046 | 3075281.94238227
Number of family members | 5043056.262049 | 477027.311090647 | 5520083.57313966
Percent of total value of production | 97.6129150162269 | 2.38708498377305 | 100
Distribution by gross value of production
Less than $10,000 | 57.0843977377138 | 79.457502204863 | 59.3859731115079
$10,000 to $249,999 | 31.5755148435607 | 18.5723939070431 | 30.2378523401787
$250,000 or more | 11.3400874187255 | 1.97010388809373 | 10.3761745483135
Farm size (operated acres) | 404.490374801253 | 204.370702868487 | 383.903580089394
Percent of acres | 94.5235966432139 | 5.47640335678607 | 100
Share of beginning farms
Established farm | 78.9196702530772 | 74.282110084644 | 78.4425932209728
Beginning farm | 21.0803297469226 | 25.7178899153559 | 21.5574067790272
Major occupation of principal operator, percent
Farm or ranch work | 46.8501102826382 | 39.7820726865806 | 46.1230041585855
Work other than farming/ranching | 41.0912879016269 | 35.4661097655359 | 40.5126122202864
Currently not in the workforce | 12.0586018157351 | 24.7518175478834 | 13.3643836211285
Age of principal operator, percent
Less than 35 years old | 4.14032702626173 | 2.38724068037018 | 3.95998279340112
35-54 years old | 31.2786584323031 | 33.9303620298826 | 31.5514455954683
55-64 years old | 32.7897037777336 | 28.4003837394593 | 32.338163808275
65 years old or more | 31.7913107637015 | 35.2820135502878 | 32.1504078028558
Average age, principal operator | 58.2286263825334 | 59.7376968425994 | 58.3838681109808
Education of operators, percent
Less than high school | 9.0996863914976 | 6.97553594870926 | 8.8811698974396
High school and some college | 66.7784412480723 | 62.7090553308251 | 66.3598136755175
4-year college degree or more | 24.1218723604301 | 30.3154087204654 | 24.7590164270431
Race and origin of principal operator, percent
White, not Hispanic | 86.1890687686559 | 84.4749650321391 | 86.0127347711149
Nonwhite or Hispanic | 13.8109312313439 | 15.5250349678608 | 13.987265228885
Farms receiving government payments | 690289.823296026 | 50947.2972922133 | 741237.120588239
Percent of all farms receiving payments | 93.1267207379223 | 6.87327926207769 | 100
Percent of farms within group receiving payments | 36.3860579349502 | 23.4196253410199 | 35.052169650114
Average government payment (all farms), $ | 3859.44558618092 | 1423.42951122066 | 3608.84672018416
Average government payment (payment farms), $ | 10606.9351977636 | 6077.93459755952 | 10295.6443387304
Percent of payments | 95.9424257043807 | 4.05757429561923 | 100
Farm household finances, $
Farm income, average | 16683.8802911957 | -3345.22695970331 | 14623.4375808229
Off-farm income, average | 74005.1916770758 | 60979.9331940064 | 72665.251830733
Total income, average | 90689.071968272 | 57634.7062343032 | 87288.6894115558
Total income, median | 58695 | 45356 | 57050
Net worth, mean | 1042278.27546464 | 741234.315798777 | 1011309.15515263
Net worth, median | 609842 | 477903 | 597767
Farm net worth, mean | 816361.467574632 | 532915.223433758 | 787202.666824969
Farm net worth, median | 390996 | 309552 | 384165
Non-farm net worth, mean | 225916.807890007 | 208319.092365019 | 224106.488327659
Non-farm net worth, median | 145000 | 128750 | 141250
Source:  2011 USDA Agricultural Resource Management Survey.