Table 30. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - New Hampshire: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
511 
281 
122 
73 
17 
6 
3 
1 
8 
70 years and over 
827 
597 
99 
99 
8 
7 
4 
13 
Average age 
57.8 
69.1 
53.5 
53.2 
53.1 
56.8 
(D) 
(D) 
53.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
15 
7 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
6 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Black or African American 
28 
1 
- 
27 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
4,325 
1,208 
1,641 
1,134 
120 
60 
25 
4 
133 
More than one race reported 
29 
3 
20 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
510 
174 
178 
122 
13 
6 
2 
- 
15 
2 people 
2,285 
866 
722 
542 
54 
27 
13 
2 
59 
3 people 
661 
107 
277 
211 
26 
11 
6 
- 
23 
4 people 
522 
47 
282 
139 
16 
13 
3 
1 
21 
5 or more people 
413 
19 
204 
155 
12 
3 
1 
1 
18 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,553 
1,078 
1,562 
790 
31 
16 
3 
- 
73 
25 to 49 percent 
186 
57 
56 
49 
7 
2 
4 
- 
11 
50 to 74 percent 
258 
54 
26 
121 
22 
6 
8 
2 
19 
75 to 99 percent 
155 
9 
16 
82 
18 
13 
1 
- 
16 
100 percent 
239 
15 
3 
127 
43 
23 
9 
2 
17 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
158 
25 
25 
31 
9 
7 
4 
1 
56 
acres 
71,837 
1,564 
4,019 
1 1 ,822 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
46,499 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,690 
967 
1,420 
998 
108 
48 
24 
4 
121 
Dial-up service 
279 
79 
108 
72 
10 
2 
- 
- 
8 
DSL service 
1,221 
344 
505 
270 
26 
16 
12 
1 
47 
Cable modem service 
1,590 
390 
551 
513 
54 
16 
11 
2 
53 
Fiber-optic service 
186 
43 
86 
39 
4 
5 
1 
- 
8 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
421 
103 
170 
108 
16 
11 
2 
1 
10 
Satellite service 
296 
104 
76 
96 
10 
4 
1 
- 
5 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
145 
47 
61 
23 
8 
2 
- 
- 
4 
Other Internet service 
27 
2 
19 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,899 
1,070 
1,557 
1,029 
101 
35 
15 
2 
90 
2 households 
344 
110 
81 
96 
15 
17 
4 
1 
20 
3 households 
100 
28 
16 
29 
3 
6 
4 
1 
13 
4 households 
33 
1 
9 
14 
2 
- 
1 
- 
6 
5 or more households 
15 
4 
- 
1 
- 
2 
1 
- 
7 
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 
4,255 
1,213 
1,663 
1,169 
121 
60 
25 
4 
- 
acres 
412,266 
112,780 
118,592 
112,721 
24,445 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
546 
100 
173 
188 
31 
21 
9 
24 
acres 
61,228 
6,976 
14,282 
16,629 
4,015 
10,252 
4,936 
4,138 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
3,701 
1,073 
1,508 
986 
89 
31 
14 
- 
- 
acres 
320,968 
98,498 
100,240 
82,017 
17,389 
15,157 
7,667 
- 
- 
Partnership farms 
320 
70 
79 
90 
11 
16 
6 
1 
47 
acres 
79,591 
6,939 
6,149 
14,425 
4,699 
5,773 
(D) 
(D) 
34,179 
Registered under state law farms 
250 
55 
64 
67 
9 
15 
6 
1 
33 
acres 
69,591 
6,099 
5,079 
9,482 
3,799 
5,393 
(D) 
(D) 
32,312 
Corporation farms 
243 
39 
51 
79 
21 
12 
5 
3 
33 
acres 
34,810 
(D) 
6,338 
5,389 
2,357 
(D) 
1,997 
520 
10,666 
Family held farms 
182 
23 
38 
69 
21 
10 
5 
2 
14 
acres 
28,968 
(D) 
5,473 
4,077 
2,357 
(D) 
1,997 
(D) 
9,279 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
182 
23 
38 
69 
21 
10 
5 
2 
14 
Other than family held farms 
61 
16 
13 
10 
_ 
2 
_ 
1 
19 
acres 
5,842 
(D) 
865 
1,312 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,387 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
55 
16 
7 
10 
- 
2 
- 
1 
19 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
127 
31 
25 
14 
- 
1 
- 
- 
56 
acres 
38,696 
(D) 
(D) 
10,890 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 413 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
