Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,917 
841 
1,345 
351 
320 
283 
Not on farm operated 
474 
112 
137 
28 
37 
32 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,572 
284 
531 
141 
105 
122 
Any 
2,819 
669 
951 
238 
252 
193 
1 to 49 days 
354 
77 
104 
21 
19 
29 
50 to 99 days 
306 
77 
101 
26 
28 
14 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
495 
113 
172 
43 
45 
34 
200 days or more 
1,664 
402 
574 
148 
160 
116 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
211 
77 
76 
7 
17 
11 
3 or 4 years 
276 
99 
99 
14 
30 
7 
5 to 9 years 
664 
203 
235 
56 
30 
36 
1 0 years or more 
3,240 
574 
1,072 
302 
280 
261 
Average years on present farm 
20.5 
15.4 
18.4 
21.8 
21.0 
24.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
133 
63 
40 
3 
10 
5 
3 or 4 years 
242 
88 
88 
7 
33 
7 
5 to 9 years 
557 
185 
174 
47 
26 
35 
1 0 years or more 
3,459 
617 
1,180 
322 
288 
268 
Average years operating any farm 
22.4 
17.1 
20.7 
24.3 
22.9 
26.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
15 
2 
9 
2 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
186 
69 
66 
6 
14 
16 
35 to 44 years 
449 
158 
146 
34 
34 
8 
45 to 49 years 
432 
133 
133 
39 
37 
18 
50 to 54 years 
676 
140 
245 
68 
92 
35 
55 to 59 years 
661 
111 
265 
55 
34 
45 
60 to 64 years 
634 
108 
222 
47 
34 
58 
65 to 69 years 
511 
104 
184 
27 
50 
56 
70 years and over 
827 
128 
212 
101 
62 
78 
Average age 
57.8 
54.2 
56.8 
59.4 
57.0 
61.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
15 
- 
7 
- 
3 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Asian 
6 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
28 
23 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
4,325 
918 
1,466 
376 
347 
315 
More than one race reported 
29 
9 
8 
2 
9 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
510 
119 
138 
39 
35 
32 
2 people 
2,285 
437 
815 
216 
154 
195 
3 people 
661 
120 
240 
58 
58 
46 
4 people 
522 
133 
166 
50 
53 
26 
5 or more people 
413 
144 
123 
16 
57 
16 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,553 
854 
1,231 
299 
314 
257 
25 to 49 percent 
186 
18 
59 
30 
8 
11 
50 to 74 percent 
258 
41 
61 
19 
18 
22 
75 to 99 percent 
155 
15 
39 
17 
6 
15 
1 00 percent 
239 
25 
92 
14 
11 
10 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
158 
19 
38 
12 
14 
10 
acres 
71,837 
93 
816 
654 
1,197 
1,198 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,690 
815 
1,264 
322 
299 
251 
Dial-up service 
279 
55 
97 
9 
14 
31 
DSL service 
1,221 
223 
391 
111 
99 
101 
Cable modem service 
1,590 
408 
566 
138 
134 
89 
Fiber-optic service 
186 
42 
72 
11 
24 
8 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
421 
100 
129 
53 
26 
31 
Satellite service 
296 
57 
100 
16 
27 
24 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
145 
51 
41 
16 
5 
10 
Other Internet service 
27 
4 
7 
6 
1 
3 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,899 
868 
1,342 
348 
331 
257 
2 households 
344 
53 
100 
25 
23 
41 
3 households 
100 
14 
32 
6 
2 
16 
4 households 
33 
14 
5 
- 
1 
1 
5 or more households 
15 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
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 
4,255 
923 
1,469 
369 
346 
302 
acres 
412,266 
3,987 
35,518 
21,346 
29,053 
35,485 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
68 New Hampshire 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
