Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29,078 
24,318 
2,644 
2,176 
Female 
6,459 
5,361 
452 
384 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
20,400 
16,384 
2,271 
1,905 
Other 
15,137 
13,295 
825 
655 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
30,665 
26,342 
2,477 
2,028 
Not on farm operated 
4,872 
3,337 
619 
532 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
15,751 
12,609 
1,737 
1,450 
Any 
19,786 
17,070 
1,359 
1,110 
1 to 49 days 
2,794 
2,339 
216 
176 
50 to 99 days 
1,384 
1,159 
124 
110 
100 to 199 days 
3,194 
2,782 
212 
172 
200 days or more 
12,414 
10,790 
807 
652 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,150 
931 
98 
85 
3 or 4 years 
1,828 
1,520 
163 
141 
5 to 9 years 
5,038 
4,251 
386 
338 
1 0 years or more 
27,521 
22,977 
2,449 
1,996 
Average years on present farm 
23.2 
23.1 
25.2 
24.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
735 
596 
62 
54 
3 or 4 years 
1,412 
1,148 
137 
120 
5 to 9 years 
4,253 
3,605 
317 
289 
10 years or more 
29,137 
24,330 
2,580 
2,097 
Average years operating any farm 
25.5 
25.4 
27.4 
26.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
185 
162 
10 
7 
25 to 34 years 
1,964 
1,659 
178 
155 
35 to 44 years 
3,796 
3,148 
350 
300 
45 to 49 years 
3,605 
3,007 
283 
236 
50 to 54 years 
5,169 
4,279 
462 
383 
55 to 59 years 
5,306 
4,398 
458 
383 
60 to 64 years 
5,198 
4,325 
448 
384 
65 to 69 years 
4,128 
3,476 
376 
291 
70 years and over 
6,186 
5,225 
531 
421 
Average age 
57.1 
57.2 
57.1 
56.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
281 
237 
27 
22 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
85 
78 
3 
3 
Asian 
90 
54 
9 
7 
Black or African American 
70 
56 
9 
9 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
12 
9 
1 
- 
White 
35,179 
29,396 
3,066 
2,533 
More than one race reported 
101 
86 
8 
8 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,451 
3,828 
300 
239 
2 people 
16,559 
13,804 
1,478 
1,206 
3 people 
5,412 
4,431 
543 
457 
4 people 
4,578 
3,761 
418 
365 
5 or more people 
4,537 
3,855 
357 
293 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
23,689 
20,672 
1,432 
1,136 
25 to 49 percent 
2,896 
2,362 
308 
256 
50 to 74 percent 
3,003 
2,223 
491 
415 
75 to 99 percent 
2,481 
1,865 
367 
326 
100 percent 
3,468 
2,557 
498 
427 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,152 
536 
174 
158 
acres 
542,287 
150,212 
159,612 
147,581 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
25,480 
20,754 
2,366 
2,037 
Dial-up service 
2,607 
2,233 
220 
180 
DSL service 
8,308 
6,832 
769 
642 
Cable modem service 
8,174 
6,334 
848 
761 
Fiber-optic service 
795 
537 
83 
73 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,155 
3,348 
426 
374 
Satellite service 
3,405 
2,804 
330 
292 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
595 
473 
59 
51 
Other Internet service 
281 
233 
28 
22 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
29,978 
26,323 
1,655 
1,352 
2 households 
4,209 
2,715 
1,012 
825 
3 households 
797 
367 
273 
241 
4 households 
319 
164 
94 
89 
5 or more households 
234 
110 
62 
53 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 New York 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
