Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,395 
4,304 
3,296 
2,791 
2,417 
7,173 
Not on farm operated 
430 
633 
480 
328 
330 
1,249 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,201 
1,846 
1,300 
1,032 
895 
3,100 
Any 
1,624 
3,091 
2,476 
2,087 
1,852 
5,322 
1 to 49 days 
260 
315 
263 
210 
197 
686 
50 to 99 days 
132 
247 
175 
119 
123 
320 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
272 
551 
390 
386 
275 
786 
200 days or more 
960 
1,978 
1,648 
1,372 
1,257 
3,530 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
89 
153 
152 
112 
108 
279 
3 or 4 years 
132 
280 
188 
203 
180 
438 
5 to 9 years 
400 
711 
565 
483 
480 
1,344 
1 0 years or more 
2,204 
3,793 
2,871 
2,321 
1,979 
6,361 
Average years on present farm 
24.3 
24.0 
22.5 
21.4 
20.9 
20.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
58 
111 
88 
67 
73 
193 
3 or 4 years 
100 
204 
154 
159 
157 
354 
5 to 9 years 
315 
581 
492 
422 
402 
1,201 
1 0 years or more 
2,352 
4,041 
3,042 
2,471 
2,115 
6,674 
Average years operating any farm 
26.8 
26.6 
25.0 
23.7 
23.4 
22.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
25 
15 
11 
17 
17 
35 
25 to 34 years 
171 
267 
185 
141 
122 
281 
35 to 44 years 
268 
493 
337 
339 
289 
773 
45 to 49 years 
294 
472 
394 
307 
271 
842 
50 to 54 years 
355 
663 
492 
474 
383 
1,276 
55 to 59 years 
442 
699 
584 
426 
427 
1,201 
60 to 64 years 
403 
760 
594 
463 
401 
1,356 
65 to 69 years 
340 
574 
468 
362 
316 
1,101 
70 years and over 
527 
994 
711 
590 
521 
1,557 
Average age 
57.4 
58.2 
58.1 
57.7 
57.7 
58.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
24 
37 
43 
40 
20 
59 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
13 
5 
7 
8 
7 
34 
Asian 
9 
23 
6 
4 
6 
15 
Black or African American 
2 
23 
7 
4 
6 
24 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
White 
2,791 
4,875 
3,745 
3,093 
2,720 
8,312 
More than one race reported 
9 
11 
11 
9 
8 
37 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
375 
646 
517 
417 
357 
1,199 
2 people 
1,280 
2,383 
1,801 
1,518 
1,323 
4,300 
3 people 
416 
789 
588 
461 
398 
1,199 
4 people 
375 
602 
462 
396 
365 
976 
5 or more people 
379 
517 
408 
327 
304 
748 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,542 
3,604 
3,204 
2,785 
2,544 
7,615 
25 to 49 percent 
443 
651 
260 
147 
94 
250 
50 to 74 percent 
388 
365 
165 
93 
67 
211 
75 to 99 percent 
245 
170 
70 
48 
21 
150 
100 percent 
207 
147 
77 
46 
21 
196 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
83 
100 
51 
39 
18 
250 
acres 
17,213 
20,330 
9,745 
3,044 
710 
37,340 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,903 
3,481 
2,787 
2,323 
2,064 
6,283 
Dial-up service 
211 
348 
332 
254 
228 
614 
DSL service 
613 
1,166 
890 
763 
686 
1,889 
Cable modem service 
652 
1,116 
808 
722 
597 
2,183 
Fiber-optic service 
65 
112 
85 
72 
52 
216 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
243 
513 
456 
352 
297 
1,078 
Satellite service 
227 
466 
364 
303 
326 
798 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
43 
81 
76 
52 
52 
167 
Other Internet service 
29 
21 
38 
28 
20 
68 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,415 
4,304 
3,339 
2,813 
2,486 
7,670 
2 households 
322 
532 
352 
251 
220 
624 
3 households 
49 
58 
41 
29 
26 
77 
4 households 
18 
32 
27 
17 
12 
31 
5 or more households 
21 
11 
17 
9 
3 
20 
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 
2,729 
4,803 
3,700 
3,079 
2,700 
8,189 
acres 
462,728 
620,438 
392,789 
248,717 
180,434 
640,179 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
206 
268 
117 
114 
87 
442 
acres 
34,467 
30,909 
13,592 
9,064 
5,535 
44,979 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
New York 99 
