Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
792 
698 
674 
94 
87 
160 
Female 
183 
150 
146 
33 
33 
58 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
622 
562 
547 
60 
57 
73 
Other 
353 
286 
273 
67 
63 
145 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
705 
633 
613 
72 
70 
114 
Not on farm operated 
270 
215 
207 
55 
50 
104 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
505 
432 
416 
73 
68 
86 
Any 
470 
416 
404 
54 
52 
132 
1 to 49 days 
78 
75 
73 
3 
3 
14 
50 to 99 days 
26 
22 
21 
4 
4 
14 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
53 
51 
51 
2 
- 
16 
200 days or more 
313 
268 
259 
45 
45 
88 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
23 
17 
17 
6 
5 
18 
3 or 4 years 
31 
25 
25 
6 
6 
16 
5 to 9 years 
141 
113 
108 
28 
28 
34 
10 years or more 
780 
693 
670 
87 
81 
150 
Average years on present farm 
22.9 
23.6 
23.6 
18.3 
18.2 
18.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
14 
10 
10 
4 
4 
11 
3 or 4 years 
24 
19 
19 
5 
5 
7 
5 to 9 years 
110 
87 
85 
23 
23 
33 
10 years or more 
827 
732 
706 
95 
88 
167 
Average years operating any farm 
25.6 
26.2 
26.3 
21.2 
21.0 
20.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
4 
4 
4 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
24 
16 
16 
8 
8 
19 
35 to 44 years 
73 
66 
62 
7 
7 
19 
45 to 49 years 
118 
109 
106 
9 
9 
16 
50 to 54 years 
179 
148 
143 
31 
26 
31 
55 to 59 years 
168 
146 
140 
22 
21 
33 
60 to 64 years 
135 
119 
116 
16 
16 
32 
65 to 69 years 
117 
106 
104 
11 
11 
24 
70 years and over 
157 
134 
129 
23 
22 
43 
Average age 
57.9 
57.9 
57.9 
58.2 
58.1 
57.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
6 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
12 
11 
11 
1 
1 
1 
Black or African American 
7 
6 
6 
1 
1 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
951 
826 
798 
125 
118 
216 
More than one race reported 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
91 
67 
64 
24 
24 
53 
2 people 
482 
422 
410 
60 
56 
100 
3 people 
177 
158 
150 
19 
17 
29 
4 people 
148 
129 
127 
19 
18 
14 
5 or more people 
77 
72 
69 
5 
5 
22 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
538 
455 
438 
83 
79 
178 
25 to 49 percent 
71 
61 
60 
10 
10 
12 
50 to 74 percent 
141 
126 
121 
15 
13 
9 
75 to 99 percent 
88 
86 
84 
2 
2 
10 
100 percent 
137 
120 
117 
17 
16 
9 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
124 
108 
96 
16 
12 
48 
acres 
74,856 
70,401 
63,848 
4,455 
(D) 
19,355 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
836 
725 
698 
111 
106 
145 
Dial-up service 
52 
46 
44 
6 
6 
13 
DSL service 
180 
153 
148 
27 
27 
40 
Cable modem service 
193 
170 
165 
23 
22 
45 
Fiber-optic service 
76 
59 
57 
17 
16 
16 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
239 
211 
203 
28 
25 
47 
Satellite service 
184 
161 
155 
23 
23 
5 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
26 
20 
19 
6 
6 
8 
Other Internet service 
15 
12 
12 
3 
2 
3 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
649 
540 
521 
109 
103 
185 
2 households 
189 
181 
179 
8 
8 
16 
3 households 
63 
60 
58 
3 
3 
5 
4 households 
36 
34 
32 
2 
2 
8 
5 or more households 
38 
33 
30 
5 
4 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Maryland 149 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
