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 
3,033 
29 
25 
82 
95 
139 
Female 
1,358 
2 
4 
7 
20 
34 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,107 
25 
26 
83 
95 
131 
Other 
2,284 
6 
3 
6 
20 
42 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,917 
22 
23 
79 
80 
133 
Not on farm operated 
474 
9 
6 
10 
35 
40 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,572 
23 
21 
73 
69 
79 
Any 
2,819 
8 
8 
16 
46 
94 
1 to 49 days 
354 
3 
1 
3 
10 
23 
50 to 99 days 
306 
- 
1 
2 
3 
12 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
495 
2 
- 
1 
7 
20 
200 days or more 
1,664 
3 
6 
10 
26 
39 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
211 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
3 or 4 years 
276 
- 
1 
2 
5 
14 
5 to 9 years 
664 
1 
6 
9 
9 
11 
1 0 years or more 
3,240 
30 
22 
78 
99 
147 
Average years on present farm 
20.5 
34.4 
27.6 
24.2 
24.6 
25.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
133 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
3 or 4 years 
242 
- 
- 
- 
1 
6 
5 to 9 years 
557 
1 
3 
8 
8 
19 
1 0 years or more 
3,459 
30 
26 
81 
104 
148 
Average years operating any farm 
22.4 
35.3 
29.5 
25.9 
26.3 
27.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
186 
1 
- 
4 
8 
8 
35 to 44 years 
449 
3 
7 
12 
14 
21 
45 to 49 years 
432 
2 
1 
7 
9 
18 
50 to 54 years 
676 
3 
6 
19 
11 
26 
55 to 59 years 
661 
7 
4 
22 
23 
32 
60 to 64 years 
634 
5 
5 
13 
20 
27 
65 to 69 years 
511 
3 
2 
7 
19 
17 
70 years and over 
827 
7 
4 
5 
11 
24 
Average age 
57.8 
60.3 
55.5 
54.0 
56.1 
56.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
28 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
4,325 
31 
29 
88 
115 
172 
More than one race reported 
29 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
510 
4 
2 
9 
10 
14 
2 people 
2,285 
15 
12 
41 
46 
73 
3 people 
661 
6 
6 
17 
28 
41 
4 people 
522 
4 
6 
13 
15 
29 
5 or more people 
413 
2 
3 
9 
16 
16 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,553 
2 
6 
28 
35 
73 
25 to 49 percent 
186 
4 
3 
6 
15 
18 
50 to 74 percent 
258 
12 
4 
8 
28 
37 
75 to 99 percent 
155 
2 
8 
9 
12 
28 
1 00 percent 
239 
11 
8 
38 
25 
17 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
158 
6 
8 
14 
11 
11 
acres 
71,837 
1,805 
2,866 
5,117 
2,468 
9,088 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,690 
30 
28 
68 
102 
154 
Dial-up service 
279 
- 
3 
9 
10 
18 
DSL service 
1,221 
14 
8 
28 
37 
31 
Cable modem service 
1,590 
13 
11 
20 
42 
73 
Fiber-optic service 
186 
2 
2 
6 
5 
9 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
421 
2 
5 
9 
16 
21 
Satellite service 
296 
- 
3 
4 
11 
18 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
145 
1 
2 
1 
9 
2 
Other Internet service 
27 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,899 
17 
15 
61 
90 
149 
2 households 
344 
5 
5 
16 
20 
15 
3 households 
100 
6 
7 
7 
4 
5 
4 households 
33 
1 
- 
3 
1 
1 
5 or more households 
15 
2 
2 
2 
- 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
120 New Hampshire 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
