Share of principal farm operators age 65 and older, by farm type, 2016

Percent

Stacked Bar chart with 10 items.

Scale Marker 1, line at 12.2. Scale marker text: Scale marker
Item 1, Retirement 68.3.
Item 2, Off-farm occupation 24.6.
Item 3, Low-sales 38.3.
Item 4, Moderate-sales 25.9.
Item 5, Midsize family farms 25.3.
Item 6, Large 20.6.
Item 7, Very large 23.1.
Item 8, Nonfamily 25.7.
Item 9, No data.
Item 10, All principal operators 35.8.

Share of nonagricultural self-employed workers age 65 and older (13.7 percent)

Note: Small family farms have annual gross cash farm income (GCFI) < $350,000, measured before deducting expenses. Midsize family farms have GCFI of $350,000-$999,999. Large-scale family farms have GCFI of $1,000,000 or more. Source: USDA, Economic Research Service and National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2016 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (data as of December 14, 2017) and U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for self-employed workers.