Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Maryland 
Allegany 
Anne Arundel 
Baltimore 
Calvert 
Caroline 
Carroll 
Cecil 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
4,860 
105 
174 
268 
89 
349 
369 
210 
2007 
4,548 
85 
140 
281 
75 
238 
405 
237 
Any 
2012 
7,396 
186 
207 
372 
180 
309 
723 
286 
2007 
8,286 
217 
237 
470 
199 
336 
743 
346 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
1,082 
14 
44 
43 
34 
48 
76 
47 
2007 
1,399 
32 
43 
83 
25 
60 
100 
48 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
426 
19 
10 
15 
9 
19 
27 
12 
2007 
684 
12 
24 
33 
24 
28 
61 
27 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
971 
31 
28 
66 
26 
45 
82 
32 
2007 
1,151 
54 
34 
52 
27 
50 
108 
38 
200 days or more 
2012 
4,917 
122 
125 
248 
111 
197 
538 
195 
2007 
5,052 
119 
136 
302 
123 
198 
474 
233 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
371 
10 
18 
14 
9 
19 
36 
19 
2007 
372 
13 
8 
22 
5 
10 
24 
14 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
480 
16 
16 
27 
12 
22 
51 
22 
2007 
695 
24 
14 
35 
14 
38 
64 
40 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
1,606 
34 
44 
64 
32 
76 
146 
54 
2007 
2,254 
44 
66 
115 
40 
93 
169 
123 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
9,799 
231 
303 
535 
216 
541 
859 
401 
2007 
9,513 
221 
289 
579 
215 
433 
891 
406 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
23.4 
22.9 
23.4 
24.7 
25.3 
25.0 
22.5 
23.8 
2007 
22.1 
21.3 
23.5 
23.4 
25.1 
22.4 
22.8 
20.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
279 
8 
11 
9 
7 
16 
25 
19 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
378 
16 
15 
15 
12 
18 
43 
19 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
1,331 
31 
26 
53 
24 
62 
115 
43 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
10,268 
236 
329 
563 
226 
562 
909 
415 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
25.7 
23.8 
25.7 
26.8 
27.5 
27.6 
24.9 
26.2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
75 
1 
3 
. 
1 
. 
1 
6 
2007 
65 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 
2 
11 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
528 
11 
3 
19 
6 
32 
38 
19 
2007 
556 
8 
5 
12 
2 
22 
39 
42 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
1,037 
30 
12 
42 
23 
49 
118 
35 
2007 
1,484 
37 
32 
76 
41 
61 
150 
73 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
2,853 
69 
98 
146 
55 
170 
239 
120 
2007 
3,376 
82 
93 
223 
77 
184 
326 
125 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
1,835 
31 
56 
112 
48 
104 
205 
73 
2007 
1,828 
53 
58 
105 
27 
86 
154 
92 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
1,640 
37 
57 
73 
47 
85 
139 
58 
2007 
1,691 
29 
62 
84 
36 
66 
139 
66 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
1 ,566 
27 
53 
76 
30 
91 
140 
82 
2007 
1,484 
46 
46 
89 
33 
68 
119 
65 
70 years and over 
2012 
2,722 
85 
99 
172 
59 
127 
212 
103 
2007 
2,350 
45 
81 
162 
58 
82 
219 
109 
Average age 
2012 
59.0 
59.5 
61.2 
61.0 
60.0 
58.6 
58.4 
59.3 
2007 
57.3 
56.7 
59.4 
58.8 
58.3 
56.2 
57.2 
56.6 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
8,811 
164 
282 
479 
202 
443 
840 
359 
2007 
7,869 
154 
241 
537 
180 
337 
762 
374 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
936 
20 
15 
42 
12 
56 
89 
32 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
1,801 
60 
70 
114 
46 
69 
181 
100 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
2,362 
36 
64 
160 
103 
103 
230 
138 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
687 
3 
85 
62 
3 
1 
4 
10 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
2,127 
25 
66 
146 
25 
134 
261 
42 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
1,425 
33 
15 
64 
21 
69 
145 
50 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
272 
8 
8 
16 
4 
30 
18 
21 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
214 
3 
5 
14 
- 
16 
16 
2 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
1 1 ,779 
281 
373 
614 
260 
631 
1,052 
472 
acres, 2012 
1,900,872 
34,629 
27,515 
68,096 
32,163 
139,665 
124,914 
69,383 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
937 
8 
29 
57 
19 
33 
82 
70 
acres, 2012 
230,687 
1,261 
1,517 
7,675 
540 
9,850 
13,303 
9,670 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
10,132 
267 
316 
474 
221 
573 
945 
372 
2007 
10,609 
283 
312 
595 
242 
495 
998 
486 
acres, 2012 
1,317,433 
32,613 
18,426 
(D) 
(D) 
120,016 
87,736 
43,325 
2007 
(D) 
34,292 
(D) 
38,288 
(D) 
101,393 
97,306 
50,475 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
931 
13 
22 
61 
22 
29 
66 
65 
2007 
1,038 
11 
21 
51 
25 
25 
79 
57 
acres, 2012 
312,372 
1,676 
3,184 
1 1 ,299 
1,267 
10,099 
22,366 
15,108 
2007 
314,514 
1,420 
3,616 
9,301 
4,781 
6,972 
20,412 
18,060 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
848 
6 
27 
73 
17 
44 
58 
45 
2007 
846 
4 
36 
87 
5 
37 
52 
32 
acres, 2012 
324,202 
1,428 
5,457 
11,582 
3,286 
19,855 
20,971 
1 1 ,246 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
3,815 
27,473 
322 
19,615 
23,114 
14,187 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
127 
8 
12 
8 
1 
6 
4 
2007 
131 
- 
3 
10 
2 
4 
9 
4 
acres, 2012 
27,539 
- 
702 
1,970 
(D) 
(D) 
280 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,841 
(D) 
(D) 
169 
1,885 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
218 
5 
8 
20 
1 
11 
17 
10 
2007 
210 
4 
5 
8 
- 
13 
10 
4 
acres, 2012 
49,199 
544 
342 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,277 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
492 
1,379 
(D) 
933 
419 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Maryland 347 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
