Table 22. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Massachusetts: 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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
933 
492 
193 
143 
25 
22 
11 
2 
45 
70 years and over 
1,400 
883 
241 
166 
23 
26 
14 
2 
45 
Average age 
57.8 
69.7 
54.7 
52,9 
55.3 
56.5 
58.9 
67.0 
53.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
142 
20 
29 
62 
12 
4 
3 
- 
12 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
15 
- 
3 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
71 
- 
45 
11 
1 
2 
- 
- 
12 
Black or African American 
80 
12 
53 
10 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
7,559 
1,829 
2,868 
1,978 
218 
210 
74 
5 
377 
More than one race reported 
29 
2 
15 
10 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,201 
353 
423 
294 
20 
18 
5 
1 
87 
2 people 
3,664 
1,231 
1,193 
883 
78 
100 
35 
4 
140 
3 people 
1,161 
155 
471 
355 
51 
31 
16 
- 
82 
4 people 
1,040 
63 
539 
289 
41 
41 
12 
1 
54 
5 or more people 
689 
41 
359 
200 
30 
23 
6 
" 
30 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,727 
1,521 
2,697 
1,166 
53 
40 
9 
1 
240 
25 to 49 percent 
575 
125 
160 
216 
9 
14 
12 
1 
38 
50 to 74 percent 
636 
123 
77 
259 
41 
64 
16 
- 
56 
75 to 99 percent 
368 
49 
33 
155 
53 
31 
15 
3 
29 
1 00 percent 
449 
25 
18 
225 
64 
64 
22 
1 
30 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
490 
56 
94 
121 
25 
31 
16 
3 
144 
acres 
73,847 
3,083 
17,028 
5,696 
1,824 
6,706 
6,460 
1,295 
31,755 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
6,207 
1,263 
2,491 
1,689 
195 
195 
67 
6 
301 
Dial-up service 
341 
84 
115 
120 
5 
7 
- 
- 
10 
DSL service 
1,417 
296 
564 
381 
42 
40 
15 
- 
79 
Cable modem service 
3,104 
609 
1,237 
849 
119 
112 
35 
4 
139 
Fiber-optic service 
766 
191 
273 
195 
24 
30 
13 
2 
38 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
776 
116 
290 
241 
32 
32 
15 
2 
48 
Satellite service 
384 
70 
196 
90 
5 
7 
1 
- 
15 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
235 
31 
90 
81 
11 
2 
3 
- 
17 
Other Internet service 
63 
10 
32 
10 
3 
1 
- 
- 
7 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
6,737 
1,623 
2,698 
1,814 
159 
128 
34 
5 
276 
2 households 
742 
189 
219 
150 
49 
50 
20 
1 
64 
3 households 
168 
20 
39 
38 
7 
19 
11 
- 
34 
4 households 
66 
6 
17 
17 
4 
5 
4 
- 
13 
5 or more households 
42 
5 
12 
2 
1 
11 
5 
- 
6 
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 
7,362 
1,843 
2,985 
2,021 
220 
213 
74 
6 
- 
acres 
469,987 
115,063 
147,519 
105,937 
26,775 
41,175 
30,931 
2,587 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
475 
98 
115 
145 
29 
36 
18 
- 
34 
acres 
42,611 
7,418 
9,000 
7,081 
2,473 
7,313 
6,381 
2,945 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
6,168 
1,624 
2,625 
1,709 
118 
76 
16 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
91,808 
112,198 
86,094 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
583 
107 
149 
123 
27 
40 
16 
1 
120 
acres 
(D) 
11,105 
9,375 
(D) 
4,285 
13,007 
(D) 
(D) 
10,802 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
388 
68 
104 
84 
22 
29 
14 
67 
acres 
(D) 
8,095 
8,233 
5,937 
(D) 
9,918 
(D) 
- 
7,267 
Corporation 
.farms 
719 
77 
148 
150 
74 
95 
39 
5 
131 
acres 
105,800 
10,062 
(D) 
7,142 
8,844 
13,975 
(D) 
(D) 
25,590 
Family held 
.farms 
578 
67 
133 
129 
69 
82 
38 
5 
55 
acres 
82,550 
10,009 
(D) 
6,478 
(D) 
13,162 
(D) 
(D) 
5,003 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
10 
- 
2 
- 
1 
3 
1 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
568 
67 
131 
129 
68 
79 
37 
5 
52 
Other than family held 
.farms 
141 
10 
15 
21 
5 
13 
1 
_ 
76 
acres 
23,250 
53 
(D) 
664 
(D) 
813 
(D) 
- 
20,587 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
139 
10 
15 
21 
5 
13 
1 
" 
74 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
285 
35 
63 
39 
1 
2 
3 
- 
142 
acres 
(D) 
2,088 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
429 
- 
17,138 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
302 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
