Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
9,898 
1,240 
3,813 
878 
743 
738 
Not on farm operated 
2,358 
241 
741 
243 
238 
226 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
4,860 
401 
1,505 
405 
401 
425 
Any 
7,396 
1,080 
3,049 
716 
580 
539 
1 to 49 days 
1,082 
128 
415 
92 
115 
90 
50 to 99 days 
426 
62 
174 
34 
31 
41 
100 to 199 days 
971 
119 
386 
111 
84 
81 
200 days or more 
4,917 
771 
2,074 
479 
350 
327 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
371 
51 
188 
32 
41 
20 
3 or 4 years 
480 
102 
223 
32 
31 
30 
5 to 9 years 
1,606 
290 
726 
135 
113 
95 
10 years or more 
9,799 
1,038 
3,417 
922 
796 
819 
Average years on present farm 
23.4 
17.9 
20.4 
24.0 
23.6 
26.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
279 
33 
150 
26 
33 
15 
3 or 4 years 
378 
66 
185 
28 
26 
23 
5 to 9 years 
1,331 
281 
598 
108 
91 
74 
10 years or more 
10,268 
1,101 
3,621 
959 
831 
852 
Average years operating any farm 
25.7 
19.9 
22.5 
25.8 
26.0 
28.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
75 
19 
34 
- 
8 
5 
25 to 34 years 
528 
101 
164 
60 
43 
37 
35 to 44 years 
1,037 
150 
440 
76 
74 
65 
45 to 49 years 
1,112 
157 
427 
81 
100 
76 
50 to 54 years 
1,741 
239 
663 
158 
127 
104 
55 to 59 years 
1,835 
238 
659 
189 
145 
141 
60 to 64 years 
1,640 
189 
635 
125 
123 
122 
65 to 69 years 
1,566 
175 
571 
159 
131 
148 
70 years and over 
2,722 
213 
961 
273 
230 
266 
Average age 
59.0 
55.8 
58.6 
60.0 
59.2 
61.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
118 
37 
61 
8 
4 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
29 
2 
18 
4 
- 
4 
Asian 
99 
14 
66 
8 
5 
3 
Black or African American 
143 
27 
75 
17 
6 
7 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
- 
7 
- 
- 
- 
White 
11,932 
1,428 
4,363 
1,089 
964 
950 
More than one race reported 
46 
10 
25 
3 
6 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,532 
168 
536 
177 
158 
145 
2 people 
5,942 
605 
2,247 
544 
487 
482 
3 people 
1,970 
292 
698 
171 
145 
155 
4 people 
1,617 
246 
649 
113 
101 
114 
5 or more people 
1,195 
170 
424 
116 
90 
68 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
8,756 
1,298 
3,883 
877 
723 
676 
25 to 49 percent 
858 
49 
186 
67 
89 
87 
50 to 74 percent 
1,032 
69 
236 
71 
69 
75 
75 to 99 percent 
778 
30 
116 
43 
47 
70 
100 percent 
832 
35 
133 
63 
53 
56 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
422 
47 
101 
25 
15 
36 
acres 
155,759 
245 
2,467 
1,421 
1,286 
4,293 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,811 
1,134 
3,456 
762 
648 
628 
Dial-up service 
936 
101 
349 
75 
83 
63 
DSL service 
1,801 
210 
737 
137 
145 
128 
Cable modem service 
2,362 
438 
964 
226 
158 
139 
Fiber-optic service 
687 
114 
272 
66 
44 
42 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,127 
187 
773 
177 
167 
185 
Satellite service 
1,425 
113 
540 
131 
122 
108 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
272 
55 
85 
31 
17 
20 
Other Internet service 
214 
29 
84 
11 
15 
17 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
9,993 
1,321 
4,032 
922 
797 
774 
2 households 
1,638 
122 
419 
159 
137 
136 
3 households 
365 
19 
53 
27 
27 
30 
4 households 
156 
16 
31 
8 
9 
20 
5 or more households 
104 
3 
19 
5 
11 
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 
11,779 
1,439 
4,446 
1,068 
952 
917 
acres 
1,900,872 
7,270 
110,835 
61,727 
78,863 
107,349 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
70 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
