Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
3,033 
2,309 
575 
149 
1,369 
1,664 
Female 
1,358 
1,178 
102 
78 
568 
790 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,107 
1,579 
374 
154 
918 
1,189 
Other 
2,284 
1,908 
303 
73 
1,019 
1,265 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,917 
3,183 
616 
118 
1,698 
2,219 
Not on farm operated 
474 
304 
61 
109 
239 
235 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,572 
1,215 
260 
97 
703 
869 
Any 
2,819 
2,272 
417 
130 
1,234 
1,585 
1 to 49 days 
354 
276 
62 
16 
143 
211 
50 to 99 days 
306 
249 
41 
16 
162 
144 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
495 
422 
59 
14 
262 
233 
200 days or more 
1,664 
1,325 
255 
84 
667 
997 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
211 
169 
11 
31 
95 
116 
3 or 4 years 
276 
188 
43 
45 
97 
179 
5 to 9 years 
664 
543 
73 
48 
285 
379 
1 0 years or more 
3,240 
2,587 
550 
103 
1,460 
1,780 
Average years on present farm 
20.5 
20.3 
23.6 
13.7 
21.6 
19.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
133 
111 
4 
18 
61 
72 
3 or 4 years 
242 
173 
34 
35 
81 
161 
5 to 9 years 
557 
450 
58 
49 
225 
332 
1 0 years or more 
3,459 
2,753 
581 
125 
1,570 
1,889 
Average years operating any farm 
22.4 
22.1 
26.1 
15.6 
23.9 
21.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
15 
6 
2 
7 
11 
4 
25 to 34 years 
186 
107 
16 
63 
83 
103 
35 to 44 years 
449 
317 
103 
29 
185 
264 
45 to 49 years 
432 
343 
61 
28 
199 
233 
50 to 54 years 
676 
527 
116 
33 
234 
442 
55 to 59 years 
661 
520 
107 
34 
263 
398 
60 to 64 years 
634 
523 
104 
7 
276 
358 
65 to 69 years 
511 
426 
67 
18 
248 
263 
70 years and over 
827 
718 
101 
8 
438 
389 
Average age 
57.8 
58.8 
56.3 
45.9 
58.6 
57.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
15 
13 
1 
1 
7 
8 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
2 
1 
- 
2 
1 
Asian 
6 
3 
- 
3 
1 
5 
Black or African American 
28 
5 
- 
23 
22 
6 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
4,325 
3,453 
674 
198 
1,906 
2,419 
More than one race reported 
29 
24 
2 
3 
6 
23 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
510 
428 
66 
16 
435 
75 
2 people 
2,285 
1,863 
333 
89 
892 
1,393 
3 people 
661 
501 
108 
52 
264 
397 
4 people 
522 
389 
111 
22 
177 
345 
5 or more people 
413 
306 
59 
48 
169 
244 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,553 
2,971 
426 
156 
1,583 
1,970 
25 to 49 percent 
186 
124 
51 
11 
84 
102 
50 to 74 percent 
258 
167 
72 
19 
118 
140 
75 to 99 percent 
155 
91 
49 
15 
56 
99 
1 00 percent 
239 
134 
79 
26 
96 
143 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
158 
129 
23 
6 
52 
106 
acres 
71,837 
59,186 
12,036 
615 
15,289 
56,548 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,690 
2,933 
562 
195 
1,546 
2,144 
Dial-up service 
279 
233 
44 
2 
133 
146 
DSL service 
1,221 
970 
199 
52 
492 
729 
Cable modem service 
1,590 
1,226 
245 
119 
664 
926 
Fiber-optic service 
186 
152 
23 
11 
72 
114 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
421 
354 
63 
4 
163 
258 
Satellite service 
296 
245 
46 
5 
131 
165 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
145 
118 
19 
8 
83 
62 
Other Internet service 
27 
19 
7 
1 
6 
21 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,899 
3,146 
572 
181 
1,801 
2,098 
2 households 
344 
237 
69 
38 
87 
257 
3 households 
100 
74 
21 
5 
27 
73 
4 households 
33 
24 
9 
- 
19 
14 
5 or more households 
15 
6 
6 
3 
3 
12 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
218 New Hampshire 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
