Table 21 . Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Maryland: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems ■ 
Ethanol 
■ Con. 
farms 
21 
5 
4 
7 
1 
1 
2 
1 
Other 
farms 
4 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
11 
3 
- 
- 
4 
1 
1 
- 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
8,576 
2,747 
3,560 
1,497 
261 
135 
54 
13 
309 
Part owners 
farms 
2,671 
444 
716 
503 
295 
417 
200 
9 
87 
Tenants 
farms 
1,009 
110 
340 
242 
80 
120 
35 
1 
81 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
11,269 
3,194 
4,284 
2,005 
558 
556 
254 
22 
396 
acres 
1,327,239 
279,151 
304,620 
174,690 
101,253 
180,150 
175,367 
13,595 
98,413 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
11,247 
3,191 
4,276 
2,000 
556 
552 
254 
22 
396 
acres 
1,180,233 
227,498 
256,714 
156,124 
96,221 
175,004 
171,276 
12,210 
85,186 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
3,696 
561 
1,059 
746 
377 
538 
236 
10 
169 
acres 
855,244 
40,900 
67,772 
58,018 
77,128 
248,832 
289,448 
28,418 
44,728 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
3,680 
554 
1,056 
745 
375 
537 
235 
10 
168 
acres 
850,512 
39,835 
67,058 
57,647 
76,902 
247,971 
287,994 
28,418 
44,687 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,988 
705 
714 
291 
82 
55 
27 
6 
108 
acres 
151,738 
52,718 
48,620 
18,937 
5,258 
6,007 
5,545 
1,385 
13,268 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
...number 
19,469 
4,879 
7,374 
3,463 
992 
1,179 
618 
57 
907 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
6,563 
2,011 
2,357 
1,228 
347 
309 
101 
9 
201 
2 operators 
4,587 
1,075 
1,883 
852 
231 
261 
97 
3 
185 
3 operators 
861 
179 
293 
129 
51 
74 
62 
5 
68 
4 operators 
170 
25 
62 
23 
5 
18 
15 
4 
18 
5 or more operators 
75 
11 
21 
10 
2 
10 
14 
2 
5 
Total women operators 
...number 
6,296 
1,537 
2,597 
1,259 
288 
249 
119 
10 
237 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
5,264 
1,358 
2,150 
1,068 
240 
208 
81 
5 
154 
2 operators 
405 
71 
185 
71 
21 
16 
17 
1 
23 
3 operators 
51 
11 
16 
12 
2 
3 
- 
1 
6 
4 operators 
8 
1 
3 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
5 
“ 
3 
1 
" 
“ 
" 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
9,960 
2,686 
3,708 
1,645 
576 
641 
280 
23 
401 
Female 
2,296 
615 
908 
597 
60 
31 
9 
" 
76 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
5,996 
1,955 
- 
2,242 
636 
616 
271 
17 
259 
Other 
6,260 
1,346 
4,616 
- 
- 
56 
18 
6 
218 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
9,898 
2,781 
3,622 
1,858 
558 
579 
224 
10 
266 
Not on farm operated 
2,358 
520 
994 
384 
78 
93 
65 
13 
211 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
4,860 
2,206 
228 
1,061 
442 
452 
222 
15 
234 
Any 
7,396 
1,095 
4,388 
1,181 
194 
220 
67 
8 
243 
1 to 49 days 
1,082 
412 
256 
264 
54 
45 
17 
1 
33 
50 to 99 days 
426 
122 
135 
110 
25 
17 
3 
- 
14 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
971 
221 
467 
198 
27 
18 
9 
2 
29 
200 days or more 
4,917 
340 
3,530 
609 
88 
140 
38 
5 
167 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
371 
36 
228 
68 
9 
5 
3 
- 
22 
3 or 4 years 
480 
60 
261 
119 
17 
7 
- 
1 
15 
5 to 9 years 
1,606 
244 
848 
281 
87 
68 
17 
5 
56 
1 0 years or more 
9,799 
2,961 
3,279 
1,774 
523 
592 
269 
17 
384 
Average years on present farm 
23.4 
29.2 
18.0 
22.5 
27.1 
29.3 
31.2 
26.1 
22.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
279 
31 
183 
49 
5 
1 
- 
- 
10 
3 or 4 years 
378 
56 
216 
79 
13 
7 
- 
- 
7 
5 to 9 years 
1,331 
175 
744 
243 
59 
51 
9 
4 
46 
1 0 years or more 
10,268 
3,039 
3,473 
1,871 
559 
613 
280 
19 
414 
Average years operating any farm ... 
25.7 
31.8 
19.8 
24.7 
29.6 
31.9 
34.2 
30.1 
25.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
75 
- 
31 
38 
4 
2 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
528 
- 
260 
152 
34 
47 
6 
1 
28 
35 to 44 years 
1,037 
13 
584 
251 
61 
68 
21 
4 
35 
45 to 49 years 
1,112 
48 
616 
229 
68 
79 
24 
2 
46 
50 to 54 years 
1,741 
115 
918 
356 
139 
98 
55 
6 
54 
55 to 59 years 
1,835 
193 
916 
378 
92 
100 
54 
- 
102 
60 to 64 years 
1,640 
468 
584 
285 
107 
97 
40 
1 
58 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 287 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
