Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
3,033 
2,576 
208 
159 
Female 
1,358 
1,125 
112 
91 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,107 
1,697 
193 
145 
Other 
2,284 
2,004 
127 
105 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,917 
3,391 
277 
221 
Not on farm operated 
474 
310 
43 
29 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,572 
1,242 
152 
111 
Any 
2,819 
2,459 
168 
139 
1 to 49 days 
354 
305 
21 
18 
50 to 99 days 
306 
253 
28 
20 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
495 
437 
26 
23 
200 days or more 
1,664 
1,464 
93 
78 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
211 
162 
25 
19 
3 or 4 years 
276 
233 
17 
11 
5 to 9 years 
664 
550 
43 
36 
1 0 years or more 
3,240 
2,756 
235 
184 
Average years on present farm 
20.5 
20.5 
19.8 
19.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
133 
102 
13 
13 
3 or 4 years 
242 
214 
13 
13 
5 to 9 years 
557 
451 
46 
33 
1 0 years or more 
3,459 
2,934 
248 
191 
Average years operating any farm 
22.4 
22.5 
21.1 
21.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
15 
14 
1 
1 
25 to 34 years 
186 
146 
24 
12 
35 to 44 years 
449 
388 
29 
26 
45 to 49 years 
432 
358 
35 
30 
50 to 54 years 
676 
567 
42 
40 
55 to 59 years 
661 
566 
47 
35 
60 to 64 years 
634 
509 
59 
47 
65 to 69 years 
511 
439 
40 
29 
70 years and over 
827 
714 
43 
30 
Average age 
57.8 
57.9 
56.1 
55.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
15 
14 
1 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
3 
- 
- 
Asian 
6 
2 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
28 
27 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
4,325 
3,641 
319 
250 
More than one race reported 
29 
28 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
510 
431 
33 
27 
2 people 
2,285 
1,926 
188 
143 
3 people 
661 
552 
38 
31 
4 people 
522 
434 
36 
29 
5 or more people 
413 
358 
25 
20 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,553 
3,096 
206 
170 
25 to 49 percent 
186 
144 
19 
15 
50 to 74 percent 
258 
187 
35 
23 
75 to 99 percent 
155 
106 
26 
10 
1 00 percent 
239 
168 
34 
32 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
158 
62 
15 
11 
acres 
71,837 
7,679 
29,442 
29,052 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,690 
3,089 
278 
219 
Dial-up service 
279 
247 
23 
19 
DSL service 
1,221 
1,001 
93 
66 
Cable modem service 
1,590 
1,327 
110 
91 
Fiber-optic service 
186 
150 
23 
23 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
421 
365 
28 
25 
Satellite service 
296 
242 
22 
15 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
145 
126 
9 
6 
Other Internet service 
27 
23 
2 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,899 
3,383 
219 
164 
2 households 
344 
239 
78 
67 
3 households 
100 
54 
15 
12 
4 households 
33 
19 
7 
6 
5 or more households 
15 
6 
1 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
146 New Hampshire 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
