Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,651 
3 
61 
147 
394 
540 
506 
Female 
633 
- 
24 
83 
241 
185 
100 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
2,284 
3 
85 
230 
635 
725 
606 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,074 
1 
76 
192 
566 
665 
574 
Not on farm operated 
210 
2 
9 
38 
69 
60 
32 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
374 
- 
13 
16 
35 
78 
232 
Any 
1,910 
3 
72 
214 
600 
647 
374 
1 to 49 days 
179 
- 
15 
9 
48 
65 
42 
50 to 99 days 
145 
- 
- 
12 
31 
43 
59 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
270 
- 
8 
24 
70 
112 
56 
200 days or more 
1,316 
3 
49 
169 
451 
427 
217 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
142 
- 
32 
26 
25 
37 
22 
3 or 4 years 
157 
- 
22 
46 
67 
21 
1 
5 to 9 years 
357 
3 
8 
90 
117 
104 
35 
1 0 years or more 
1,628 
- 
23 
68 
426 
563 
548 
Average years on present farm 
18.9 
6.7 
5.8 
8.5 
13.8 
19.2 
29.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
78 
- 
32 
16 
15 
12 
3 
3 or 4 years 
135 
- 
18 
39 
58 
16 
4 
5 to 9 years 
332 
3 
11 
87 
112 
87 
32 
1 0 years or more 
1,739 
- 
24 
88 
450 
610 
567 
Average years operating any farm 
20.9 
6.7 
6.2 
9.7 
15.6 
21.5 
32.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
85 
- 
85 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
230 
- 
- 
230 
- 
- 
- 
45 to 49 years 
256 
- 
- 
- 
256 
- 
- 
50 to 54 years 
379 
- 
- 
- 
379 
- 
- 
55 to 59 years 
376 
- 
- 
- 
- 
376 
- 
60 to 64 years 
349 
- 
- 
- 
- 
349 
- 
65 to 69 years 
236 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
236 
70 years and over 
370 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
370 
Average age 
57.1 
23.7 
30.4 
40.5 
50.1 
59.5 
72.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
4 
- 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,260 
1 
83 
223 
629 
720 
604 
More than one race reported 
22 
2 
2 
6 
5 
5 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
253 
- 
18 
20 
48 
64 
103 
2 people 
1,156 
2 
23 
45 
241 
438 
407 
3 people 
348 
1 
8 
49 
137 
94 
59 
4 people 
311 
- 
14 
70 
133 
71 
23 
5 or more people 
216 
- 
22 
46 
76 
58 
14 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,132 
3 
72 
212 
597 
677 
571 
25 to 49 percent 
78 
- 
6 
9 
25 
16 
22 
50 to 74 percent 
43 
- 
- 
4 
10 
17 
12 
75 to 99 percent 
19 
- 
6 
5 
2 
5 
1 
1 00 percent 
12 
- 
1 
- 
1 
10 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
69 
- 
- 
10 
23 
21 
15 
acres 
36,264 
- 
- 
1,326 
2,604 
30,766 
1,568 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,936 
3 
64 
212 
570 
621 
466 
Dial-up service 
154 
- 
12 
15 
34 
58 
35 
DSL service 
704 
1 
19 
77 
207 
228 
172 
Cable modem service 
744 
- 
26 
80 
223 
244 
171 
Fiber-optic service 
111 
2 
- 
8 
27 
41 
33 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
216 
- 
8 
38 
54 
59 
57 
Satellite service 
114 
- 
- 
5 
42 
33 
34 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
85 
- 
1 
13 
27 
24 
20 
Other Internet service 
19 
- 
- 
2 
8 
6 
3 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,097 
3 
66 
217 
597 
666 
548 
2 households 
135 
- 
13 
6 
32 
44 
40 
3 households 
36 
- 
6 
5 
4 
4 
17 
4 households 
12 
- 
- 
1 
2 
9 
- 
5 or more households 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
New Hampshire 201 
