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Finances and characteristics of principal farm operator households, by major occupation, 2012 | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4
 | Major occupation of principal operator
Item | Farm or ranch work | Work other than farming /ranching | Currently not in the workforce | All
Number of family farms | 950152.019195989 | 830695.27926601 | 321038.204571664 | 2101885.50303366
Percent of family farms | 45.2047467773401 | 39.5214334019176 | 15.2738198207422 | 100
Number of total operators | 2394620.75388688 | 2338700.32699799 | 659536.028879051 | 5392857.10976396
Number of family members | 19.2056991965474 | 5.82536062407302 | 13.1094998616375 | 12.6575440022523
Percent of total value of production | 89.8266436455005 | 8.78634007061244 | 1.38701628388706 | 100
Distribution of value of production
Percent crop value of production | 55.9769289644412 | 58.0093005007016 | 61.7046796046019 | 56.2349448731945
Percent livestock value of production | 44.0230710355591 | 41.9906994992984 | 38.295320395398 | 43.7650551268052
Farm size (operated acres) | 655.755923911731 | 176.918507551298 | 131.557023948078 | 386.447317818618
Percent of acres | 76.7071709942202 | 18.0932113935309 | 5.19961761224888 | 100
Farms receiving government payments | 425585.566813809 | 185385.002454687 | 89995.7008366734 | 700966.270105171
Percent of all farms receiving payments | 60.7141291905466 | 26.4470646250743 | 12.8388061843789 | 100
Percent of farms within group receiving payments | 44.7913132020638 | 22.3168479563879 | 28.0327074955915 | 33.3494031474816
Average government payment (all farms), $ | 6705.82296327685 | 1272.6067504524 | 1742.06733069691 | 3800.38294448102
Average government payment (payment farms), $ | 14971.2577816715 | 5702.44845033383 | 6214.40983169703 | 11395.6550516797
Percent of payments | 79.7643378093828 | 13.2342565656112 | 7.0014056250059 | 99.9999999999998
Age of principal operator
Less than 35 years | 4.21140250615002 | 5.93087045148338 | 0.21482116592228 | 4.28053025213647
35 to 44 years | 6.34881129308269 | 13.6989674421099 | 1.79578313266992 | 8.55827704284835
45 to 54 years | 15.9762764995037 | 33.7367127202044 | 5.15825636899128 | 21.3431305694518
55 to 64 years | 39.4616761793528 | 34.3844340670454 | 23.4181912513886 | 35.0046243384178
65 years or more | 34.0018335219104 | 12.2490153191568 | 69.4129480810279 | 30.813437797145
Education of principal operator
Less than high school | 7.36399724903867 | 4.37071570358379 | 10.9069532692244 | 6.72215419537113
High school | 49.8385076867868 | 33.4438381895878 | 40.2084535399817 | 41.8882221809637
Some college | 23.8513094239408 | 29.9679070434863 | 22.9830214570105 | 26.1360557390186
4-year college degree or more | 18.9461856402335 | 32.217539063342 | 25.9015717337833 | 25.2535678846462
Farm household finances, $ | 607 | -2997 | -1050 | -1453
Farm income, average
Off-farm income, average | 47500 | 91594 | 50250 | 58750
Total income, average | 106561.934397169 | 124889.053915065 | 74078.5632975595 | 108843.623158467
Total income, median | 56519 | 90725 | 50329 | 68298
Household expenditures, mean | 39133.1253379661 | 47948.5284129 | 39280.45143017 | 42639.6013152088
Household expenditures, median | 32974 | 47250 | 32282 | 33500
Net worth, mean | 1607026.24383956 | 1012000.18225389 | 979751.114089883 | 1276054.54208763
Net worth, median | 915124 | 684500 | 628812 | 751939
Farm net worth, mean | 1270593.84981981 | 521090.044442768 | 527881.348825451 | 860938.633344877
Farm net worth, median | 619850 | 302625 | 297923 | 398663
Non-farm net worth, mean | 336432.394019733 | 490910.137811123 | 451869.765264432 | 415115.90874275
Non-farm net worth, median | 230919 | 289986 | 317250 | 230919
Source:  2012 USDA Agricultural Resource Management Survey.