Table 46. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Vermont: 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 
850 
382 
242 
129 
33 
32 
17 
1 
14 
70 years and over 
1,226 
829 
196 
112 
21 
26 
11 
1 
30 
Average age 
57.3 
69.5 
53.8 
52,9 
52.4 
54.1 
55.9 
54.4 
52,9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
58 
22 
20 
9 
1 
2 
3 
- 
1 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
21 
1 
10 
9 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Asian 
15 
- 
10 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
23 
- 
12 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
7,234 
1,735 
2,753 
1,697 
365 
301 
136 
8 
239 
More than one race reported 
41 
8 
19 
12 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
893 
350 
276 
179 
42 
20 
7 
1 
18 
2 people 
3,598 
1,126 
1,245 
779 
135 
141 
56 
4 
112 
3 people 
1,227 
174 
543 
338 
67 
46 
18 
1 
40 
4 people 
1,059 
56 
496 
303 
79 
55 
25 
- 
45 
5 or more people 
561 
38 
244 
139 
43 
40 
31 
2 
24 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,099 
1,400 
2,559 
905 
38 
46 
8 
- 
143 
25 to 49 percent 
477 
112 
118 
178 
11 
16 
20 
1 
21 
50 to 74 percent 
699 
150 
93 
260 
76 
64 
20 
- 
36 
75 to 99 percent 
456 
55 
29 
179 
72 
61 
43 
3 
14 
1 00 percent 
607 
27 
5 
216 
169 
115 
46 
4 
25 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
270 
9 
31 
68 
27 
40 
22 
- 
73 
acres 
114,489 
1,929 
4,128 
22,713 
9,697 
28,193 
20,953 
" 
26,876 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
5,843 
1,172 
2,388 
1,413 
279 
260 
122 
8 
201 
Dial-up service 
398 
103 
165 
65 
28 
15 
11 
- 
11 
DSL service 
3,263 
617 
1,306 
864 
164 
148 
60 
6 
98 
Cable modem service 
1,110 
223 
475 
248 
48 
45 
14 
2 
55 
Fiber-optic service 
214 
45 
92 
53 
4 
1 
8 
1 
10 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
538 
81 
268 
90 
24 
38 
18 
1 
18 
Satellite service 
698 
170 
277 
152 
26 
26 
20 
2 
25 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
241 
61 
88 
44 
11 
15 
10 
- 
12 
Other Internet service 
85 
19 
30 
22 
3 
5 
4 
- 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
6,340 
1,537 
2,570 
1,537 
279 
178 
73 
1 
165 
2 households 
762 
166 
192 
163 
67 
83 
37 
1 
53 
3 households 
138 
30 
19 
22 
14 
24 
16 
3 
10 
4 households 
53 
8 
12 
8 
6 
9 
3 
- 
7 
5 or more households 
45 
3 
11 
8 
- 
8 
8 
3 
4 
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 
7,099 
1,744 
2,804 
1,738 
366 
302 
137 
8 
- 
acres 
1,176,532 
202,300 
257,289 
244,045 
123,844 
160,427 
159,367 
29,260 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
663 
92 
216 
199 
41 
49 
31 
1 
34 
acres 
145,680 
9,954 
23,293 
28,591 
(D) 
17,182 
33,858 
(D) 
14,327 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
6,043 
1,559 
2,525 
1,428 
277 
185 
67 
2 
- 
acres 
843,553 
175,740 
205,911 
192,315 
89,047 
100,235 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
695 
110 
129 
174 
58 
74 
32 
2 
116 
acres 
205,158 
16,175 
22,115 
28,099 
22,957 
34,944 
(D) 
(D) 
40,448 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
524 
68 
103 
137 
45 
63 
29 
2 
77 
acres 
166,970 
(D) 
15,442 
23,002 
18,239 
28,937 
34,975 
(D) 
32,373 
Corporation 
.farms 
486 
49 
129 
127 
31 
42 
38 
4 
66 
acres 
181,139 
(D) 
25,306 
21,689 
11,840 
(D) 
48,423 
19,479 
23,288 
Family held 
.farms 
410 
45 
109 
102 
28 
42 
36 
4 
44 
acres 
161,780 
6,010 
17,175 
20,005 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
19,479 
16,676 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
10 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
400 
44 
109 
102 
27 
41 
35 
4 
38 
Other than family held 
.farms 
76 
4 
20 
25 
3 
_ 
2 
_ 
22 
acres 
19,359 
(D) 
8,131 
1,684 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
6,612 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
5 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
71 
4 
18 
25 
3 
- 
1 
" 
20 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
114 
26 
21 
9 
- 
1 
- 
- 
57 
acres 
21,863 
(D) 
3,957 
1,942 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 1 ,445 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
636 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
