Table 40. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Rhode Island: 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 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Ethanol farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
6 
1 
1 
4 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
929 
241 
373 
250 
10 
5 
2 
- 
48 
Part owners farms 
202 
28 
73 
58 
16 
13 
4 
- 
10 
Tenants farms 
112 
3 
30 
47 
9 
2 
1 
- 
20 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
1,131 
269 
446 
308 
26 
18 
6 
_ 
58 
acres 
57,870 
1 1 ,303 
18,739 
13,072 
1,714 
1,807 
1,337 
- 
9,898 
Owned land in farms farms 
1,131 
269 
446 
308 
26 
18 
6 
- 
58 
acres 
56,988 
11,164 
18,517 
12,852 
1,688 
1,782 
1,337 
- 
9,648 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
314 
31 
103 
105 
25 
15 
5 
- 
30 
acres 
12,613 
698 
2,110 
4,723 
1,223 
1,264 
1,318 
- 
1,277 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
314 
31 
103 
105 
25 
15 
5 
- 
30 
acres 
12,601 
698 
2,110 
4,711 
1,223 
1,264 
1,318 
- 
1,277 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
45 
16 
9 
16 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
894 
139 
222 
232 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
2,055 
400 
823 
560 
67 
39 
14 
- 
152 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
581 
159 
187 
183 
12 
9 
1 
- 
30 
2 operators 
547 
99 
245 
140 
15 
6 
5 
- 
37 
3 operators 
91 
13 
32 
31 
7 
2 
1 
- 
5 
4 operators 
18 
1 
10 
1 
1 
3 
- 
" 
2 
5 or more operators 
6 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
4 
Total women operators number 
773 
129 
320 
250 
20 
8 
- 
- 
46 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
638 
117 
252 
220 
17 
2 
- 
- 
30 
2 operators 
53 
6 
34 
9 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
3 operators 
7 
- 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
937 
229 
375 
209 
33 
19 
7 
- 
65 
Female 
306 
43 
101 
146 
2 
1 
- 
- 
13 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
619 
168 
- 
355 
35 
13 
5 
- 
43 
Other 
624 
104 
476 
- 
7 
2 
- 
35 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
963 
239 
371 
290 
20 
8 
2 
- 
33 
Not on farm operated 
280 
33 
105 
65 
15 
12 
5 
- 
45 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
454 
193 
23 
172 
23 
13 
5 
- 
25 
Any 
789 
79 
453 
183 
12 
7 
2 
- 
53 
1 to 49 days 
84 
29 
35 
17 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
50 to 99 days 
51 
6 
13 
22 
- 
1 
- 
- 
9 
100 to 199 days 
133 
9 
68 
47 
- 
1 
- 
- 
8 
200 days or more 
521 
35 
337 
97 
10 
5 
2 
- 
35 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
72 
9 
40 
20 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
3 or 4 years 
90 
4 
62 
14 
1 
- 
- 
- 
9 
5 to 9 years 
221 
20 
118 
63 
4 
- 
- 
- 
16 
10 years or more 
860 
239 
256 
258 
30 
19 
7 
" 
51 
Average years on present farm 
20.8 
32.4 
14.7 
19.1 
26.1 
32.5 
34.6 
- 
19.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
53 
8 
33 
10 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
3 or 4 years 
92 
4 
54 
24 
1 
- 
- 
- 
9 
5 to 9 years 
204 
19 
117 
54 
3 
- 
- 
- 
11 
1 0 years or more 
894 
241 
272 
267 
31 
19 
7 
" 
57 
Average years operating any farm 
22.2 
34.5 
15.6 
20.7 
26.9 
33.9 
34.6 
- 
20.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10 
- 
3 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
57 
- 
29 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
35 to 44 years 
115 
- 
62 
40 
7 
- 
- 
- 
6 
45 to 49 years 
195 
6 
129 
44 
6 
3 
2 
- 
5 
50 to 54 years 
166 
3 
80 
64 
6 
6 
1 
- 
6 
55 to 59 years 
167 
16 
65 
65 
7 
- 
2 
- 
12 
60 to 64 years 
170 
50 
40 
47 
5 
3 
1 
- 
24 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
552 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
