Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
9,960 
551 
596 
518 
723 
507 
Female 
2,296 
28 
52 
31 
55 
55 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
5,996 
518 
577 
471 
566 
372 
Other 
6,260 
61 
71 
78 
212 
190 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
9,898 
456 
546 
454 
607 
441 
Not on farm operated 
2,358 
123 
102 
95 
171 
121 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
4,860 
389 
442 
337 
409 
254 
Any 
7,396 
190 
206 
212 
369 
308 
1 to 49 days 
1,082 
38 
42 
40 
59 
61 
50 to 99 days 
426 
9 
13 
22 
27 
22 
100 to 199 days 
971 
22 
43 
26 
54 
45 
200 days or more 
4,917 
121 
108 
124 
229 
180 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
371 
9 
7 
4 
11 
17 
3 or 4 years 
480 
7 
6 
14 
24 
17 
5 to 9 years 
1,606 
81 
73 
57 
74 
61 
10 years or more 
9,799 
482 
562 
474 
669 
467 
Average years on present farm 
23.4 
26.3 
27.6 
28.6 
28.1 
25.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
279 
6 
4 
2 
2 
11 
3 or 4 years 
378 
4 
3 
11 
16 
12 
5 to 9 years 
1,331 
59 
58 
41 
59 
49 
10 years or more 
10,268 
510 
583 
495 
701 
490 
Average years operating any farm 
25.7 
28.8 
30.3 
31.0 
30.8 
28.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
75 
- 
1 
3 
2 
3 
25 to 34 years 
528 
19 
18 
37 
38 
29 
35 to 44 years 
1,037 
52 
69 
52 
67 
45 
45 to 49 years 
1,112 
73 
60 
60 
83 
47 
50 to 54 years 
1,741 
111 
123 
80 
126 
69 
55 to 59 years 
1,835 
102 
105 
86 
123 
88 
60 to 64 years 
1,640 
83 
97 
80 
102 
71 
65 to 69 years 
1 ,566 
59 
63 
74 
63 
61 
70 years and over 
2,722 
80 
112 
77 
174 
149 
Average age 
59.0 
56.7 
57.5 
56.2 
57.9 
59.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
118 
2 
4 
1 
3 
3 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
29 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
99 
42 
14 
4 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
143 
2 
2 
2 
3 
4 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1 1 ,932 
530 
631 
542 
774 
558 
More than one race reported 
46 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,532 
49 
34 
42 
85 
69 
2 people 
5,942 
263 
332 
233 
361 
283 
3 people 
1,970 
99 
105 
97 
123 
93 
4 people 
1,617 
87 
95 
85 
115 
68 
5 or more people 
1,195 
81 
82 
92 
94 
49 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
8,756 
74 
75 
148 
239 
267 
25 to 49 percent 
858 
63 
88 
43 
110 
87 
50 to 74 percent 
1,032 
143 
145 
120 
147 
90 
75 to 99 percent 
778 
115 
136 
104 
160 
84 
1 00 percent 
832 
184 
204 
134 
122 
34 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
422 
69 
30 
43 
63 
23 
acres 
155,759 
65,546 
15,314 
25,672 
17,931 
6,641 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,811 
502 
461 
386 
524 
384 
Dial-up service 
936 
38 
57 
48 
71 
49 
DSL service 
1,801 
98 
97 
58 
102 
70 
Cable modem service 
2,362 
104 
96 
82 
103 
89 
Fiber-optic service 
687 
24 
26 
23 
40 
28 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,127 
156 
119 
131 
172 
118 
Satellite service 
1,425 
127 
99 
81 
87 
53 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
272 
15 
11 
13 
12 
13 
Other Internet service 
214 
13 
21 
12 
10 
8 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
9,993 
305 
430 
365 
551 
431 
2 households 
1,638 
148 
150 
128 
172 
100 
3 households 
365 
63 
46 
29 
41 
21 
4 households 
156 
36 
13 
15 
10 
6 
5 or more households 
104 
27 
9 
12 
4 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
