Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
168 
128 
128 
40 
34 
81 
Female 
75 
54 
54 
21 
21 
46 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
158 
126 
126 
32 
32 
59 
Other 
85 
56 
56 
29 
23 
68 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
187 
138 
138 
49 
43 
62 
Not on farm operated 
56 
44 
44 
12 
12 
65 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
114 
81 
81 
33 
33 
64 
Any 
129 
101 
101 
28 
22 
63 
1 to 49 days 
14 
11 
11 
3 
3 
14 
50 to 99 days 
16 
16 
16 
- 
- 
9 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
22 
22 
22 
- 
- 
10 
200 days or more 
77 
52 
52 
25 
19 
30 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
12 
7 
7 
5 
5 
12 
3 or 4 years 
12 
12 
12 
- 
- 
14 
5 to 9 years 
58 
41 
41 
17 
17 
13 
1 0 years or more 
161 
122 
122 
39 
33 
88 
Average years on present farm 
20.5 
21.3 
21.3 
18.0 
13.9 
20.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
6 
5 
5 
1 
1 
12 
3 or 4 years 
11 
11 
11 
- 
- 
4 
5 to 9 years 
47 
30 
30 
17 
17 
13 
1 0 years or more 
179 
136 
136 
43 
37 
98 
Average years operating any farm 
21.8 
22.4 
22.4 
20.0 
16.0 
23.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
10 
10 
10 
- 
- 
6 
35 to 44 years 
19 
14 
14 
5 
5 
13 
45 to 49 years 
25 
17 
17 
8 
8 
14 
50 to 54 years 
45 
27 
27 
18 
18 
22 
55 to 59 years 
33 
28 
28 
5 
5 
15 
60 to 64 years 
46 
42 
42 
4 
4 
20 
65 to 69 years 
25 
15 
15 
10 
10 
7 
70 years and over 
40 
29 
29 
11 
5 
30 
Average age 
57.2 
57.3 
57.3 
57.1 
55.5 
58.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Black or African American 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
241 
181 
181 
60 
54 
124 
More than one race reported 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
24 
20 
20 
4 
4 
22 
2 people 
116 
86 
86 
30 
24 
55 
3 people 
40 
33 
33 
7 
7 
31 
4 people 
42 
31 
31 
11 
11 
10 
5 or more people 
21 
12 
12 
9 
9 
9 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
167 
122 
122 
45 
39 
84 
25 to 49 percent 
8 
7 
7 
1 
1 
15 
50 to 74 percent 
23 
22 
22 
1 
1 
13 
75 to 99 percent 
15 
14 
14 
1 
1 
8 
1 00 percent 
30 
17 
17 
13 
13 
7 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
acres 
34 
8,295 
15 
6,801 
15 
6,801 
19 
1,494 
19 
1,494 
47 
26,421 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
219 
166 
166 
53 
53 
104 
Dial-up service 
6 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
DSL service 
96 
72 
72 
24 
24 
31 
Cable modem service 
97 
71 
71 
26 
26 
56 
Fiber-optic service 
10 
7 
7 
3 
3 
3 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
15 
14 
14 
1 
1 
13 
Satellite service 
22 
22 
22 
- 
- 
10 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
3 
Other Internet service 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
188 
140 
140 
48 
42 
109 
2 households 
24 
18 
18 
6 
6 
3 
3 households 
24 
17 
17 
7 
7 
7 
4 households 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
4 
5 or more households 
4 
4 
4 
- 
- 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data New Hampshire 147 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
