Table 33. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - New York: 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 
4,128 
2,307 
691 
578 
181 
164 
71 
18 
70 years and over 
6,186 
3,957 
677 
825 
208 
219 
104 
19 
Average age 
57.1 
68.4 
52.6 
53.2 
51.6 
55.0 
56.8 
58.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
281 
77 
114 
52 
15 
13 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
85 
27 
27 
23 
4 
2 
- 
- 
Asian 
90 
15 
22 
32 
4 
2 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
70 
17 
24 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
12 
1 
3 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
35,179 
9,173 
11,528 
8,173 
2,552 
1,729 
728 
136 
More than one race reported 
101 
33 
29 
33 
4 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,451 
1,695 
1,157 
1,039 
233 
128 
41 
4 
2 people 
16,559 
6,022 
4,618 
3,377 
868 
697 
328 
75 
3 people 
5,412 
976 
2,040 
1,308 
440 
309 
129 
23 
4 people 
4,578 
342 
2,059 
1,221 
389 
285 
104 
16 
5 or more people 
4,537 
231 
1,759 
1,349 
634 
314 
128 
18 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
23,689 
7,565 
10,352 
4,376 
411 
251 
84 
17 
25 to 49 percent 
2,896 
755 
697 
930 
213 
143 
52 
13 
50 to 74 percent 
3,003 
590 
361 
1,019 
364 
337 
126 
20 
75 to 99 percent 
2,481 
262 
136 
861 
519 
384 
181 
35 
100 percent 
3,468 
94 
87 
1,108 
1,057 
618 
287 
51 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
1,152 
117 
207 
278 
113 
120 
72 
31 
acres 
542,287 
14,343 
38,663 
63,701 
38,762 
79,045 
102,046 
121,830 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
25,480 
5,951 
9,207 
5,746 
1,582 
1,332 
654 
132 
Dial-up service 
2,607 
760 
810 
632 
140 
132 
57 
6 
DSL service 
8,308 
1,902 
3,049 
1,784 
553 
446 
235 
52 
Cable modem service 
8,174 
1,924 
2,918 
1,860 
443 
442 
223 
47 
Fiber-optic service 
795 
207 
279 
139 
43 
41 
15 
6 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,155 
835 
1,508 
949 
301 
254 
159 
34 
Satellite service 
3,405 
838 
1,130 
773 
239 
175 
113 
21 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
595 
130 
224 
140 
37 
22 
15 
5 
Other Internet service 
281 
49 
103 
83 
18 
14 
6 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
29,978 
8,103 
10,522 
7,296 
1,997 
1,047 
310 
41 
2 households 
4,209 
1,039 
870 
797 
432 
455 
214 
43 
3 households 
797 
95 
134 
101 
73 
149 
124 
31 
4 households 
319 
22 
64 
62 
26 
50 
39 
14 
5 or more households 
234 
7 
43 
38 
36 
32 
43 
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 
34,356 
9,266 
11,633 
8,294 
2,564 
1,733 
730 
136 
acres 
6,723,460 
1,106,233 
1,166,236 
1,172,975 
797,633 
983,220 
1,000,818 
496,345 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,333 
317 
580 
525 
166 
266 
224 
60 
acres 
1,074,180 
44,789 
76,013 
66,771 
59,871 
171,946 
319,439 
221,962 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
29,679 
8,489 
10,509 
7,219 
2,077 
1,098 
262 
25 
acres 
4,746,072 
977,448 
1,019,584 
1,010,089 
645,842 
631,849 
378,542 
82,718 
Partnership 
farms 
3,096 
401 
479 
558 
291 
385 
270 
66 
acres 
1,509,437 
73,306 
67,781 
96,287 
109,464 
234,738 
383,335 
267,217 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,560 
316 
386 
468 
237 
342 
244 
65 
acres 
1,341,892 
59,812 
54,300 
78,231 
88,267 
207,665 
358,729 
264,777 
Corporation 
farms 
2,355 
302 
540 
472 
189 
243 
190 
43 
acres 
815,550 
42,311 
66,044 
55,524 
(D) 
110,456 
226,040 
(D) 
Family held 
farms 
2,055 
275 
473 
413 
162 
226 
183 
40 
acres 
765,992 
37,934 
59,848 
50,916 
36,557 
105,900 
216,233 
138,601 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
37 
- 
12 
13 
2 
- 
4 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,018 
275 
461 
400 
160 
226 
179 
40 
Other than family held 
farms 
300 
27 
67 
59 
27 
17 
7 
3 
acres 
49,558 
4,377 
6,196 
4,608 
(D) 
4,556 
9,807 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
14 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
286 
27 
63 
59 
27 
17 
7 
2 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
407 
74 
105 
45 
7 
7 
8 
2 
acres 
112,517 
13,168 
12,827 
1 1 ,075 
(D) 
6,177 
12,901 
(D) 
Non-family 
farms 
118 
177 
56.2 
10 
2 
14 
4 
1,160 
1 
154 
574 
187 
162 
104 
633 
93 
186 
103 
166 
214 
83,897 
876 
70 
287 
317 
65 
115 
116 
22 
7 
662 
359 
90 
42 
28 
195 
113,389 
646 
277,309 
502 
230,111 
376 
133,080 
283 
120,003 
6 
277 
93 
13,077 
9 
84 
159 
49,727 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 455 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
