Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Grafton 
Hillsborough 
Merrimack 
Rockingham 
Strafford 
Sullivan 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
500 
688 
600 
658 
354 
298 
2007 
552 
615 
583 
594 
303 
294 
acres, 2012 
82,372 
47,707 
64,950 
36,003 
30,680 
39,015 
2007 
99,964 
50,238 
64,642 
33,570 
25,744 
43,199 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
302 
308 
365 
366 
212 
154 
2007 
341 
301 
366 
365 
209 
172 
acres, 2012 
15,579 
9,282 
12,898 
7,719 
7,158 
7,965 
TENURE 
2007 
19,189 
10,850 
13,494 
10,166 
7,476 
9,260 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
379 
564 
431 
564 
288 
230 
2007 
388 
468 
452 
458 
232 
211 
acres, 2012 
55,611 
33,861 
36,464 
26,573 
23,287 
23,116 
2007 
51,002 
30,534 
39,378 
19,509 
17,101 
23,113 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
216 
225 
229 
290 
157 
107 
2007 
216 
195 
267 
266 
149 
103 
acres, 2012 
5,702 
3,099 
3,556 
3,505 
3,057 
(D) 
2007 
5,791 
2,220 
3,798 
3,383 
2,736 
1,716 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
102 
95 
110 
58 
47 
58 
2007 
135 
107 
116 
95 
57 
74 
acres, 2012 
25,838 
12,643 
27,397 
8,546 
6,546 
(D) 
2007 
34,244 
17,556 
23,712 
13,094 
(D) 
18,664 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
18,165 
6,949 
19,555 
5,411 
3,542 
10,850 
2007 
22,888 
10,857 
15,630 
8,069 
4,445 
13,592 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
7,673 
5,694 
7,842 
3,135 
3,004 
(D) 
2007 
1 1 ,356 
6,699 
8,082 
5,025 
(D) 
5,072 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
79 
72 
92 
50 
45 
42 
2007 
118 
92 
87 
79 
49 
62 
acres, 2012 
9,472 
5,641 
9,115 
3,812 
3,817 
5,361 
2007 
12,961 
7,373 
9,040 
6,537 
3,682 
6,622 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
19 
29 
59 
36 
19 
10 
2007 
29 
40 
15 
41 
14 
9 
acres, 2012 
923 
1,203 
1,089 
884 
847 
(D) 
2007 
14,718 
2,148 
1,552 
967 
(D) 
1,422 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
7 
11 
44 
26 
10 
5 
2007 
7 
14 
12 
20 
11 
7 
acres, 2012 
405 
542 
227 
402 
284 
(D) 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
437 
1,257 
656 
246 
1,058 
922 
Total operators 
number 
794 
1,184 
1,040 
1,057 
629 
503 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
259 
277 
253 
315 
124 
113 
2 operators 
201 
350 
279 
294 
192 
169 
3 operators 
33 
50 
55 
45 
34 
13 
4 operators 
3 
3 
5 
2 
1 
2 
5 or more operators 
4 
8 
8 
2 
3 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
310 
543 
446 
470 
298 
211 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
252 
438 
352 
384 
239 
201 
2 operators 
22 
33 
32 
43 
28 
5 
3 operators 
3 
8 
10 
- 
1 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
920 
999 
970 
993 
525 
519 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
251 
286 
280 
281 
127 
110 
2 operators 
258 
287 
247 
258 
147 
152 
3 operators 
26 
33 
39 
34 
19 
24 
4 operators 
12 
5 
11 
12 
6 
7 
5 or more operators 
5 
4 
6 
9 
4 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
389 
443 
419 
462 
215 
219 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
312 
363 
346 
355 
191 
187 
2 operators 
36 
40 
26 
32 
12 
16 
3 operators 
- 
- 
3 
6 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
1 
5 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
397 
413 
400 
435 
234 
189 
2007 
405 
444 
372 
368 
224 
205 
acres, 2012 
70,921 
35,105 
55,799 
27,047 
19,613 
33,992 
2007 
87,862 
41,132 
51,316 
25,500 
20,021 
37,580 
Female 
farms, 2012 
103 
275 
200 
223 
120 
109 
2007 
147 
171 
211 
226 
79 
89 
acres, 2012 
11,451 
12,602 
9,151 
8,956 
11,067 
5,023 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
12,102 
9,106 
13,326 
8,070 
5,723 
5,619 
Farming 
2012 
226 
344 
295 
321 
172 
128 
2007 
249 
296 
278 
281 
144 
124 
Other 
2012 
274 
344 
305 
337 
182 
170 
Place of residence: 
2007 
303 
319 
305 
313 
159 
170 
On farm operated 
2012 
449 
629 
496 
592 
306 
275 
2007 
478 
564 
536 
527 
270 
265 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
51 
59 
104 
66 
48 
23 
2007 
74 
51 
47 
67 
33 
29 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data New Hampshire 301 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
