Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
1,741 
313 
66 
38 
81 
344 
7 
55 to 59 years 
1,835 
426 
50 
31 
69 
401 
- 
60 to 64 years 
1,640 
331 
55 
53 
72 
373 
3 
65 to 69 years 
1,566 
336 
38 
24 
54 
481 
1 
70 years and over 
2,722 
632 
93 
62 
108 
848 
5 
Average age 
59.0 
59.8 
56.9 
59.6 
58.6 
62.1 
55.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) . 
118 
9 
10 
6 
9 
29 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
29 
5 
- 
2 
2 
7 
- 
Asian 
99 
1 
6 
4 
6 
9 
- 
Black or African American 
143 
28 
16 
4 
3 
49 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander .. 
7 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
11,932 
2,521 
394 
255 
473 
2,858 
23 
More than one race reported 
46 
4 
1 
5 
6 
9 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,532 
372 
45 
27 
45 
486 
4 
2 people 
5,942 
1,283 
200 
135 
256 
1,518 
6 
3 people 
1,970 
404 
54 
36 
77 
421 
4 
4 people 
1,617 
310 
62 
42 
65 
298 
- 
5 or more people 
1,195 
192 
56 
30 
47 
209 
9 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
8,756 
1,335 
255 
226 
315 
2,532 
13 
25 to 49 percent 
858 
324 
38 
8 
29 
149 
3 
50 to 74 percent 
1,032 
363 
54 
18 
53 
125 
2 
75 to 99 percent 
778 
322 
33 
7 
42 
82 
4 
100 percent 
832 
217 
37 
11 
51 
44 
1 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
422 
122 
21 
2 
40 
59 
- 
acres 
155,759 
84,904 
3,142 
(D) 
5,543 
18,435 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
8,811 
1,687 
288 
221 
393 
2,003 
7 
Dial-up service 
936 
188 
42 
21 
37 
231 
2 
DSL service 
1,801 
280 
56 
34 
85 
455 
2 
Cable modem service 
2,362 
415 
79 
72 
119 
488 
2 
Fiber-optic service 
687 
89 
33 
23 
52 
122 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,127 
476 
61 
53 
79 
470 
- 
Satellite service 
1,425 
299 
45 
37 
47 
334 
1 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
272 
77 
7 
11 
17 
43 
- 
Other Internet service 
214 
55 
9 
1 
6 
52 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
9,993 
1,829 
323 
229 
387 
2,493 
21 
2 households 
1,638 
519 
66 
25 
68 
320 
1 
3 households 
365 
145 
11 
9 
12 
69 
1 
4 households 
156 
42 
15 
3 
9 
31 
- 
5 or more households 
104 
26 
2 
4 
14 
19 
- 
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 
2,413 
398 
265 
454 
2,810 
23 
acres 
1,900,872 
1,012,010 
34,408 
11,768 
34,344 
284,557 
2,370 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
937 
227 
34 
35 
37 
157 
1 
acres 
230,687 
142,870 
4,729 
1,475 
2,898 
26,768 
(D) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
10,132 
2,017 
343 
201 
319 
2,503 
21 
acres 
1,317,433 
661,365 
21,470 
5,677 
13,844 
223,741 
(D) 
Partnership 
.. farms 
931 
304 
30 
29 
42 
193 
1 
acres 
312,372 
205,614 
5,929 
(D) 
3,874 
32,767 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
752 
226 
29 
26 
40 
153 
1 
acres 
269,704 
172,693 
5,877 
(D) 
3,809 
(D) 
(D) 
Corporation 
.. farms 
975 
209 
33 
38 
123 
157 
1 
acres 
351,741 
198,886 
8,603 
(D) 
20,293 
(D) 
(D) 
Family held 
.. farms 
848 
194 
25 
38 
98 
127 
1 
acres 
324,202 
181,152 
(D) 
(D) 
17,496 
31,663 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
.. farms 
28 
4 
1 
2 
- 
8 
10 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
820 
190 
24 
36 
98 
119 
1 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
127 
15 
8 
- 
25 
30 
- 
acres 
27,539 
17,734 
(D) 
- 
2,797 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
