Table 32. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - New Mexico: 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 
3,166 
1,801 
694 
425 
59 
55 
26 
11 
95 
70 years and over 
6,727 
4,637 
790 
934 
65 
78 
28 
5 
190 
Average age 
60.5 
69.5 
54.2 
56.1 
56.0 
56.4 
58.2 
54.1 
58.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9,377 
4,196 
3,358 
1,389 
93 
72 
32 
9 
228 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5,202 
1,834 
1,753 
1,467 
2 
3 
2 
3 
138 
Asian 
29 
7 
13 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
39 
19 
14 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
7 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
19,293 
7,349 
6,742 
3,352 
466 
418 
184 
94 
688 
More than one race reported 
149 
41 
60 
32 
4 
1 
1 
- 
10 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,331 
2,061 
1,250 
792 
34 
30 
22 
2 
140 
2 people 
12,042 
5,412 
3,542 
2,066 
239 
213 
98 
46 
426 
3 people 
3,717 
931 
1,630 
868 
64 
68 
35 
15 
106 
4 people 
2,439 
397 
1,192 
587 
88 
67 
14 
18 
76 
5 or more people 
2,192 
456 
970 
553 
47 
44 
18 
16 
88 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
20,196 
8,060 
7,949 
3,361 
93 
81 
34 
15 
603 
25 to 49 percent 
1,477 
519 
338 
455 
34 
50 
17 
7 
57 
50 to 74 percent 
1,450 
438 
213 
445 
107 
92 
48 
23 
84 
75 to 99 percent 
922 
162 
58 
358 
139 
92 
50 
11 
52 
100 percent 
676 
78 
26 
247 
99 
107 
38 
41 
40 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
1,046 
143 
189 
328 
56 
86 
49 
26 
169 
acres 
9,612,013 
(D) 
364,504 
2,443,439 
718,166 
1,966,972 
976,958 
(D) 
2,124,239 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,796 
4,280 
5,395 
2,651 
393 
358 
163 
79 
477 
Dial-up service 
1,186 
494 
402 
181 
31 
17 
6 
2 
53 
DSL service 
6,044 
1,822 
2,477 
1,171 
154 
141 
63 
35 
181 
Cable modem service 
1,950 
847 
709 
242 
29 
35 
22 
6 
60 
Fiber-optic service 
555 
141 
209 
121 
29 
19 
11 
5 
20 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,329 
625 
994 
458 
46 
52 
47 
17 
90 
Satellite service 
2,773 
774 
982 
583 
132 
106 
60 
24 
112 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
499 
153 
193 
89 
16 
18 
2 
10 
18 
Other Internet service 
296 
58 
108 
91 
8 
11 
5 
- 
15 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
18,888 
7,179 
6,899 
3,545 
330 
266 
98 
48 
523 
2 households 
4,005 
1,580 
1,152 
817 
96 
90 
54 
26 
190 
3 households 
936 
255 
254 
263 
33 
38 
21 
13 
59 
4 households 
532 
126 
183 
150 
6 
19 
11 
5 
32 
5 or more households 
360 
117 
96 
91 
7 
9 
3 
5 
32 
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 
23,885 
9,257 
8,584 
4,866 
472 
422 
187 
97 
- 
acres 
37,818,721 
6,655,808 
6,116,597 
9,591,101 
4,719,965 
5,683,890 
3,882,082 
1,169,278 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,233 
324 
334 
278 
64 
55 
34 
23 
121 
acres 
6,696,602 
525,993 
633,068 
728,835 
604,797 
838,721 
1,385,488 
283,793 
1,695,907 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
21,610 
8,614 
7,900 
4,425 
314 
231 
84 
42 
- 
acres 
20,481,373 
4,592,164 
4,321,312 
5,869,958 
2,648,878 
2,204,280 
712,922 
131,859 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
1,290 
250 
263 
172 
78 
84 
45 
36 
362 
acres 
8,536,426 
518,552 
619,821 
749,587 
970,845 
1,196,036 
2,093,427 
231,929 
2,156,229 
Registered under state law 
farms 
939 
152 
184 
134 
69 
79 
39 
28 
254 
acres 
7,921,222 
414,994 
535,899 
632,041 
876,655 
1,108,334 
2,073,927 
227,477 
2,051,895 
Corporation 
farms 
1,079 
209 
256 
189 
74 
99 
55 
18 
179 
acres 
7,886,450 
783,408 
576,580 
843,590 
1,015,067 
1,750,502 
(D) 
(D) 
1,626,300 
Family held 
farms 
985 
198 
223 
176 
69 
97 
54 
15 
153 
acres 
7,470,973 
684,831 
511,306 
831,230 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,501,450 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
30 
4 
10 
2 
1 
4 
1 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
955 
194 
213 
174 
68 
93 
53 
15 
145 
Other than family held 
farms 
94 
11 
33 
13 
5 
2 
1 
3 
26 
acres 
415,477 
98,577 
65,274 
12,360 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
124,850 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
21 
8 
1 
1 
11 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
73 
3 
32 
12 
5 
2 
1 
3 
15 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
742 
184 
165 
80 
6 
8 
3 
1 
295 
acres 
6,296,774 
761,684 
598,884 
2,127,966 
85,175 
533,072 
(D) 
(D) 
1,599,773 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 441 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
