Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29,078 
958 
983 
1,793 
3,049 
2,306 
Female 
6,459 
24 
36 
107 
259 
277 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
20,400 
944 
959 
1,754 
2,896 
1,971 
Other 
15,137 
38 
60 
146 
412 
612 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
30,665 
753 
865 
1,649 
2,889 
2,206 
Not on farm operated 
4,872 
229 
154 
251 
419 
377 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
15,751 
801 
773 
1,427 
2,137 
1,285 
Any 
19,786 
181 
246 
473 
1,171 
1,298 
1 to 49 days 
2,794 
54 
61 
130 
324 
300 
50 to 99 days 
1,384 
15 
17 
38 
94 
106 
100 to 199 days 
3,194 
11 
18 
57 
193 
264 
200 days or more 
12,414 
101 
150 
248 
560 
628 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,150 
11 
19 
58 
109 
65 
3 or 4 years 
1,828 
18 
29 
58 
189 
117 
5 to 9 years 
5,038 
43 
58 
184 
429 
353 
10 years or more 
27,521 
910 
913 
1,600 
2,581 
2,048 
Average years on present farm 
23.2 
30.9 
28.9 
25.4 
24.5 
24.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
735 
5 
9 
32 
64 
40 
3 or 4 years 
1,412 
9 
15 
47 
136 
77 
5 to 9 years 
4,253 
27 
45 
136 
358 
283 
10 years or more 
29,137 
941 
950 
1,685 
2,750 
2,183 
Average years operating any farm 
25.5 
33.0 
31.1 
28.1 
27.1 
27.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
185 
- 
3 
10 
36 
16 
25 to 34 years 
1,964 
23 
78 
149 
356 
193 
35 to 44 years 
3,796 
99 
123 
291 
489 
307 
45 to 49 years 
3,605 
129 
91 
220 
333 
260 
50 to 54 years 
5,169 
164 
164 
327 
500 
384 
55 to 59 years 
5,306 
178 
191 
335 
475 
367 
60 to 64 years 
5,198 
151 
142 
232 
405 
301 
65 to 69 years 
4,128 
102 
78 
150 
300 
346 
70 years and over 
6,186 
136 
149 
186 
414 
409 
Average age 
57.1 
56.9 
55.4 
53.3 
53.4 
56.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
281 
3 
4 
19 
11 
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 
977 
1,011 
1,893 
3,290 
2,553 
More than one race reported 
101 
1 
- 
2 
9 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,451 
58 
95 
157 
327 
315 
2 people 
16,559 
451 
403 
755 
1,239 
1,138 
3 people 
5,412 
157 
177 
318 
529 
390 
4 people 
4,578 
145 
168 
261 
529 
312 
5 or more people 
4,537 
171 
176 
409 
684 
428 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
23,689 
109 
154 
312 
843 
1,016 
25 to 49 percent 
2,896 
72 
69 
158 
373 
395 
50 to 74 percent 
3,003 
177 
211 
346 
500 
491 
75 to 99 percent 
2,481 
247 
244 
365 
575 
356 
1 00 percent 
3,468 
377 
341 
719 
1,017 
325 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,152 
124 
91 
128 
131 
137 
acres 
542,287 
238,419 
73,537 
65,745 
37,807 
38,397 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
25,480 
881 
795 
1,279 
2,051 
1,695 
Dial-up service 
2,607 
67 
81 
109 
191 
180 
DSL service 
8,308 
324 
276 
427 
728 
563 
Cable modem service 
8,174 
293 
258 
398 
599 
569 
Fiber-optic service 
795 
28 
29 
38 
61 
37 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,155 
221 
155 
228 
345 
275 
Satellite service 
3,405 
144 
107 
197 
284 
198 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
595 
23 
12 
19 
47 
23 
Other Internet service 
281 
7 
7 
14 
26 
23 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
29,978 
373 
561 
1,290 
2,643 
2,154 
2 households 
4,209 
307 
288 
442 
519 
361 
3 households 
797 
179 
112 
102 
82 
44 
4 households 
319 
66 
31 
40 
35 
10 
5 or more households 
234 
57 
27 
26 
29 
14 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 New York 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
