Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
30,665 
739 
842 
1,635 
2,861 
2,212 
Not on farm operated 
4,872 
226 
155 
234 
433 
374 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
15,751 
787 
758 
1,408 
2,124 
1,300 
Any 
19,786 
178 
239 
461 
1,170 
1,286 
1 to 49 days 
2,794 
52 
60 
129 
324 
298 
50 to 99 days 
1,384 
15 
17 
36 
93 
107 
100 to 199 days 
3,194 
10 
17 
59 
192 
256 
200 days or more 
12,414 
101 
145 
237 
561 
625 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,150 
11 
19 
51 
112 
64 
3 or 4 years 
1,828 
17 
24 
59 
189 
118 
5 to 9 years 
5,038 
42 
56 
181 
419 
357 
1 0 years or more 
27,521 
895 
898 
1,578 
2,574 
2,047 
Average years on present farm 
23.2 
31.0 
29.0 
25.6 
24.4 
24.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
735 
5 
9 
28 
64 
39 
3 or 4 years 
1,412 
9 
13 
44 
141 
77 
5 to 9 years 
4,253 
27 
40 
137 
348 
288 
10 years or more 
29,137 
924 
935 
1,660 
2,741 
2,182 
Average years operating any farm 
25.5 
33.0 
31.1 
28.1 
27.0 
27.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
185 
- 
3 
8 
38 
16 
25 to 34 years 
1,964 
22 
74 
150 
349 
202 
35 to 44 years 
3,796 
98 
121 
281 
492 
305 
45 to 49 years 
3,605 
127 
89 
219 
332 
258 
50 to 54 years 
5,169 
160 
162 
318 
503 
383 
55 to 59 years 
5,306 
175 
186 
336 
476 
354 
60 to 64 years 
5,198 
148 
139 
226 
404 
304 
65 to 69 years 
4,128 
101 
76 
149 
293 
348 
70 years and over 
6,186 
134 
147 
182 
407 
416 
Average age 
57.1 
56.9 
55.5 
53.3 
53.4 
56.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
281 
3 
4 
15 
15 
21 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
85 
- 
2 
1 
5 
3 
Asian 
90 
4 
6 
4 
3 
10 
Black or African American 
70 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
White 
35,179 
960 
989 
1,864 
3,274 
2,556 
More than one race reported 
101 
1 
- 
- 
11 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,451 
57 
92 
156 
324 
311 
2 people 
16,559 
442 
400 
736 
1,236 
1,140 
3 people 
5,412 
156 
171 
302 
540 
392 
4 people 
4,578 
144 
162 
262 
522 
312 
5 or more people 
4,537 
166 
172 
413 
672 
431 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
23,689 
107 
153 
295 
833 
1,007 
25 to 49 percent 
2,896 
72 
61 
164 
364 
390 
50 to 74 percent 
3,003 
176 
199 
345 
507 
487 
75 to 99 percent 
2,481 
243 
243 
353 
582 
356 
1 00 percent 
3,468 
367 
341 
712 
1,008 
346 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,152 
123 
92 
124 
132 
140 
acres 
542,287 
237,448 
74,508 
61,154 
41,157 
39,638 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
25,480 
864 
784 
1,254 
2,044 
1,693 
Dial-up service 
2,607 
66 
76 
110 
190 
178 
DSL service 
8,308 
315 
275 
420 
725 
566 
Cable modem service 
8,174 
288 
258 
387 
596 
567 
Fiber-optic service 
795 
28 
29 
37 
60 
39 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,155 
221 
148 
233 
334 
280 
Satellite service 
3,405 
141 
104 
190 
292 
194 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
595 
23 
12 
17 
46 
26 
Other Internet service 
281 
7 
7 
14 
26 
23 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
29,978 
367 
537 
1,271 
2,628 
2,148 
2 households 
4,209 
300 
292 
430 
519 
367 
3 households 
797 
178 
107 
102 
83 
47 
4 households 
319 
64 
33 
40 
35 
10 
5 or more households 
234 
56 
28 
26 
29 
14 
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 
34,356 
838 
903 
1,756 
3,162 
2,497 
acres 
6,723,460 
1,459,085 
610,461 
737,585 
871,098 
499,946 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,333 
329 
181 
168 
239 
182 
acres 
1,074,180 
618,970 
134,465 
84,673 
64,305 
33,221 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
98 New York 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
