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 
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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
1,566 
808 
334 
212 
38 
79 
40 
2 
70 years and over 
2,722 
1,656 
373 
341 
93 
102 
49 
7 
Average age 
59.0 
70.0 
53.8 
55,4 
55.9 
56.0 
58.7 
58.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
118 
32 
55 
23 
2 
- 
1 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
29 
8 
18 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
99 
13 
18 
30 
23 
10 
3 
- 
Black or African American 
143 
73 
39 
22 
1 
2 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
2 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1 1 ,932 
3,186 
4,525 
2,177 
610 
659 
282 
23 
More than one race reported 
46 
19 
14 
8 
2 
1 
2 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,532 
578 
442 
294 
63 
41 
23 
1 
2 people 
5,942 
2,195 
1,833 
945 
278 
306 
150 
10 
3 people 
1,970 
324 
890 
414 
89 
124 
47 
2 
4 people 
1,617 
131 
867 
320 
104 
115 
32 
2 
5 or more people 
1,195 
73 
584 
269 
102 
86 
37 
8 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
8,756 
2,720 
4,174 
1,284 
84 
121 
40 
5 
25 to 49 percent 
858 
237 
211 
238 
44 
63 
32 
1 
50 to 74 percent 
1,032 
203 
175 
253 
136 
144 
54 
10 
75 to 99 percent 
778 
110 
44 
228 
153 
143 
64 
2 
1 00 percent 
832 
31 
12 
239 
219 
201 
99 
5 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
422 
33 
61 
108 
36 
59 
31 
7 
acres 
155,759 
6,943 
7,808 
11,748 
8,832 
38,859 
42,034 
2,906 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,811 
2,109 
3,629 
1,556 
431 
494 
250 
22 
Dial-up service 
936 
312 
307 
174 
37 
55 
20 
1 
DSL service 
1,801 
470 
724 
309 
88 
84 
60 
5 
Cable modem service 
2,362 
529 
1,104 
418 
75 
92 
58 
5 
Fiber-optic service 
687 
157 
288 
119 
29 
36 
18 
1 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,127 
380 
835 
410 
161 
163 
83 
4 
Satellite service 
1,425 
327 
562 
232 
90 
107 
57 
4 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
272 
68 
113 
44 
6 
18 
10 
1 
Other Internet service 
214 
56 
74 
51 
10 
10 
7 
4 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
9,993 
2,796 
4,022 
1,863 
477 
400 
128 
9 
2 households 
1,638 
408 
438 
293 
114 
184 
85 
5 
3 households 
365 
66 
85 
53 
24 
55 
39 
5 
4 households 
156 
16 
51 
17 
11 
20 
21 
1 
5 or more households 
104 
15 
20 
16 
10 
13 
16 
3 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
.farms 
11,779 
3,301 
4,616 
2,242 
636 
672 
289 
23 
acres 
1,900,872 
267,333 
323,772 
213,771 
173,123 
422,975 
459,270 
40,628 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
937 
134 
340 
213 
58 
75 
44 
1 
acres 
230,687 
13,015 
33,470 
24,550 
(D) 
47,434 
73,153 
(D) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
10,132 
2,975 
4,138 
1,912 
530 
444 
127 
6 
acres 
1,317,433 
228,205 
256,298 
(D) 
144,710 
281,521 
217,743 
(D) 
Partnership 
.farms 
931 
155 
220 
143 
43 
98 
50 
4 
acres 
312,372 
15,220 
35,420 
19,428 
11,821 
66,765 
86,939 
15,957 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
752 
118 
185 
130 
37 
89 
45 
4 
acres 
269,704 
12,030 
29,919 
17,206 
9,880 
60,820 
78,285 
15,957 
Corporation 
.farms 
975 
126 
201 
173 
62 
124 
109 
12 
acres 
351,741 
15,996 
26,217 
(D) 
(D) 
72,618 
(D) 
(D) 
Family held 
.farms 
848 
114 
172 
154 
59 
113 
100 
11 
acres 
324,202 
15,365 
24,280 
(D) 
15,692 
69,387 
142,023 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.farms 
28 
6 
2 
2 
2 
3 
2 
2 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
820 
108 
170 
152 
57 
110 
98 
9 
Other than family held 
.farms 
127 
12 
29 
19 
3 
11 
9 
1 
acres 
27,539 
631 
1,937 
(D) 
(D) 
3,231 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
7 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
120 
12 
29 
18 
3 
11 
9 
1 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
218 
45 
57 
14 
1 
6 
3 
1 
acres 
49,199 
7,912 
5,837 
(D) 
(D) 
2,071 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
53 
101 
58.8 
5 
1 
2 
4 
470 
90 
225 
80 
46 
36 
328 
32 
57 
34 
26 
87 
36,629 
320 
30 
61 
81 
39 
91 
46 
12 
2 
298 
111 
38 
19 
11 
72 
20,141 
218 
60,822 
144 
45,607 
168 
51,919 
125 
39,531 
9 
116 
43 
12,388 
6 
37 
91 
17,132 
-continued 
288 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
