Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
9,898 
444 
550 
439 
608 
427 
Not on farm operated 
2,358 
122 
99 
99 
160 
118 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
4,860 
377 
444 
338 
396 
255 
Any 
7,396 
189 
205 
200 
372 
290 
1 to 49 days 
1,082 
38 
42 
33 
66 
55 
50 to 99 days 
426 
8 
13 
22 
27 
18 
100 to 199 days 
971 
22 
43 
25 
53 
47 
200 days or more 
4,917 
121 
107 
120 
226 
170 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
371 
9 
7 
4 
11 
14 
3 or 4 years 
480 
7 
6 
14 
20 
17 
5 to 9 years 
1,606 
80 
73 
58 
73 
59 
10 years or more 
9,799 
470 
563 
462 
664 
455 
Average years on present farm 
23.4 
26.2 
27.5 
28.3 
28.2 
26.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
279 
6 
4 
2 
2 
9 
3 or 4 years 
378 
4 
3 
11 
16 
12 
5 to 9 years 
1,331 
59 
58 
41 
56 
48 
10 years or more 
10,268 
497 
584 
484 
694 
476 
Average years operating any farm 
25.7 
28.7 
30.4 
30.7 
30.8 
28.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
75 
- 
1 
3 
2 
3 
25 to 34 years 
528 
19 
18 
37 
35 
27 
35 to 44 years 
1,037 
52 
69 
50 
66 
45 
45 to 49 years 
1,112 
71 
60 
62 
83 
46 
50 to 54 years 
1,741 
109 
121 
81 
126 
68 
55 to 59 years 
1,835 
101 
105 
83 
124 
87 
60 to 64 years 
1,640 
81 
96 
76 
104 
72 
65 to 69 years 
1,566 
56 
66 
71 
62 
60 
70 years and over 
2,722 
77 
113 
75 
166 
137 
Average age 
59.0 
56.6 
57.6 
56.0 
57.8 
59.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
118 
2 
4 
1 
2 
4 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
29 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
99 
42 
14 
3 
2 
- 
Black or African American 
143 
2 
2 
2 
3 
4 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1 1 ,932 
517 
632 
532 
763 
541 
More than one race reported 
46 
4 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,532 
47 
35 
41 
84 
69 
2 people 
5,942 
258 
332 
223 
356 
268 
3 people 
1,970 
97 
105 
98 
117 
94 
4 people 
1,617 
83 
95 
86 
116 
68 
5 or more people 
1,195 
81 
82 
90 
95 
46 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
8,756 
72 
75 
148 
228 
253 
25 to 49 percent 
858 
62 
87 
41 
106 
86 
50 to 74 percent 
1,032 
138 
147 
111 
155 
87 
75 to 99 percent 
778 
112 
138 
103 
159 
83 
1 00 percent 
832 
182 
202 
135 
120 
36 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
422 
68 
29 
45 
57 
23 
acres 
155,759 
65,224 
14,579 
26,729 
16,277 
7,272 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,811 
491 
462 
375 
522 
373 
Dial-up service 
936 
36 
57 
48 
70 
51 
DSL service 
1,801 
94 
100 
56 
97 
68 
Cable modem service 
2,362 
102 
95 
81 
100 
87 
Fiber-optic service 
687 
24 
26 
22 
39 
29 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,127 
154 
117 
132 
173 
113 
Satellite service 
1,425 
125 
99 
75 
92 
54 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
272 
14 
12 
13 
10 
10 
Other Internet service 
214 
13 
21 
12 
10 
4 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
9,993 
298 
429 
359 
541 
421 
2 households 
1,638 
145 
151 
123 
173 
93 
3 households 
365 
60 
49 
28 
40 
20 
4 households 
156 
36 
11 
16 
10 
7 
5 or more households 
104 
27 
9 
12 
4 
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 
529 
634 
501 
727 
520 
acres 
1,900,872 
542,184 
274,902 
216,318 
212,661 
92,604 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
937 
65 
63 
57 
63 
63 
acres 
230,687 
82,006 
35,339 
27,391 
19,705 
12,100 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Maryland 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
