Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
2,037 
12 
89 
216 
451 
550 
719 
acres 
412,266 
246,789 
652 
4,692 
18,070 
49,427 
77,744 
96,204 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
546 
329 
7 
28 
62 
95 
70 
67 
acres 
61,228 
40,823 
166 
2,282 
6,368 
9,196 
10,518 
12,293 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
3,701 
1,697 
11 
80 
180 
376 
432 
618 
acres 
320,968 
181,140 
(D) 
(D) 
10,602 
32,187 
53,020 
80,714 
Partnership 
farms 
320 
193 
1 
12 
24 
41 
58 
57 
acres 
79,591 
44,608 
(D) 
(D) 
5,957 
13,370 
8,533 
15,646 
Registered under state law 
farms 
250 
145 
1 
21 
39 
45 
39 
acres 
69,591 
35,961 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
12,309 
5,882 
12,317 
Corporation 
farms 
243 
158 
- 
3 
11 
47 
54 
43 
acres 
34,810 
24,912 
- 
345 
1,396 
6,965 
1 1 ,702 
4,504 
Family held 
farms 
182 
126 
- 
3 
10 
31 
49 
33 
acres 
28,968 
22,264 
- 
345 
(D) 
6,596 
9,944 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
182 
126 
- 
3 
10 
31 
49 
33 
Other than family held 
farms 
61 
32 
_ 
_ 
1 
16 
5 
10 
acres 
5,842 
2,648 
- 
- 
(D) 
369 
1,758 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
55 
32 
- 
- 
1 
16 
5 
10 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
127 
59 
6 
4 
9 
26 
14 
acres 
38,696 
22,602 
- 
1,874 
3,080 
3,970 
1 1 ,699 
1,979 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,167 
756 
1 
20 
67 
185 
250 
233 
workers 
6,110 
4,251 
(D) 
(D) 
406 
953 
1,653 
1,112 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
588 
405 
20 
52 
92 
139 
102 
workers 
1,957 
1,358 
- 
52 
144 
237 
585 
340 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
900 
588 
1 
16 
44 
149 
188 
190 
workers 
4,153 
2,893 
(D) 
(D) 
262 
716 
1,068 
772 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
29 
24 
1 
6 
8 
9 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
2,359 
1,101 
11 
55 
138 
273 
256 
368 
workers 
5,641 
2,663 
13 
171 
304 
668 
587 
920 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
953 
414 
2 
34 
75 
88 
95 
120 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,482 
719 
8 
35 
64 
191 
200 
221 
50 to 69 acres 
379 
152 
- 
6 
15 
37 
41 
53 
70 to 99 acres 
357 
151 
- 
8 
12 
53 
20 
58 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
315 
136 
1 
9 
4 
14 
38 
70 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
241 
132 
- 
- 
11 
23 
35 
63 
180 to 219 acres 
143 
62 
- 
- 
9 
6 
26 
21 
220 to 259 acres 
107 
61 
- 
3 
4 
9 
29 
16 
260 to 499 acres 
262 
161 
1 
2 
19 
25 
48 
66 
500 to 999 acres 
115 
88 
- 
4 
3 
17 
30 
34 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
21 
21 
- 
- 
3 
8 
4 
6 
2,000 acres or more 
16 
10 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 
4 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
20 
14 
4 
2 
8 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
340 
204 
1 
50 
18 
43 
53 
39 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
211 
112 
- 
3 
8 
31 
29 
41 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
497 
278 
_ 
6 
24 
48 
81 
119 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,174 
516 
2 
15 
28 
77 
117 
277 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
1,174 
516 
2 
15 
28 
77 
117 
277 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
383 
119 
1 
14 
9 
30 
32 
33 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
150 
120 
- 
1 
10 
35 
47 
27 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
88 
43 
6 
- 
12 
1 
5 
19 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
224 
77 
- 
- 
9 
30 
13 
25 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
300 
104 
2 
- 
7 
20 
37 
38 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,003 
519 
- 
12 
93 
154 
154 
106 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,091 
528 
7 
19 
51 
104 
153 
194 
number 
33,392 
28,614 
26 
259 
3,211 
9,391 
8,740 
6,987 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
768 
302 
6 
14 
25 
43 
83 
131 
1 0 to 49 
200 
119 
1 
2 
14 
34 
30 
38 
50 to 99 
42 
28 
- 
3 
3 
5 
9 
8 
100 to 199 
44 
43 
- 
- 
4 
11 
20 
8 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
202 New Hampshire 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
