Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,811 
1,625 
1,592 
186 
172 
305 
Female 
544 
430 
426 
114 
114 
102 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,542 
1,355 
1,334 
187 
183 
203 
Other 
813 
700 
684 
113 
103 
204 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,607 
1,442 
1,425 
165 
162 
239 
Not on farm operated 
748 
613 
593 
135 
124 
168 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,211 
1,067 
1,054 
144 
139 
194 
Any 
1,144 
988 
964 
156 
147 
213 
1 to 49 days 
209 
171 
166 
38 
33 
30 
50 to 99 days 
86 
77 
72 
9 
9 
15 
100 to 199 days 
175 
155 
153 
20 
20 
25 
200 days or more 
674 
585 
573 
89 
85 
143 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
92 
70 
70 
22 
17 
29 
3 or 4 years 
111 
85 
82 
26 
26 
34 
5 to 9 years 
336 
299 
297 
37 
35 
65 
10 years or more 
1,816 
1,601 
1,569 
215 
208 
279 
Average years on present farm 
22.5 
23.4 
23.4 
16.5 
16.5 
20.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
59 
46 
46 
13 
8 
18 
3 or 4 years 
98 
77 
77 
21 
21 
29 
5 to 9 years 
270 
238 
233 
32 
30 
61 
10 years or more 
1,928 
1,694 
1,662 
234 
227 
299 
Average years operating any farm 
24.8 
25.7 
25.7 
18.9 
19.1 
21.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
7 
7 
2 
2 
4 
25 to 34 years 
100 
77 
71 
23 
18 
27 
35 to 44 years 
250 
218 
214 
32 
32 
48 
45 to 49 years 
274 
221 
215 
53 
53 
41 
50 to 54 years 
368 
331 
328 
37 
36 
60 
55 to 59 years 
389 
350 
345 
39 
37 
61 
60 to 64 years 
369 
308 
302 
61 
55 
56 
65 to 69 years 
227 
203 
200 
24 
24 
49 
70 years and over 
369 
340 
336 
29 
29 
61 
Average age 
56.7 
57.0 
57.1 
54.3 
54.6 
56.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
17 
15 
15 
2 
2 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Asian 
26 
23 
23 
3 
3 
1 
Black or African American 
5 
5 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,315 
2,018 
1,984 
297 
283 
402 
More than one race reported 
4 
4 
4 
- 
- 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
262 
203 
200 
59 
56 
61 
2 people 
1,088 
967 
946 
121 
112 
189 
3 people 
362 
318 
310 
44 
44 
76 
4 people 
351 
308 
305 
43 
41 
48 
5 or more people 
292 
259 
257 
33 
33 
33 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,251 
1,078 
1,054 
173 
160 
334 
25 to 49 percent 
212 
183 
179 
29 
29 
14 
50 to 74 percent 
269 
232 
229 
37 
37 
20 
75 to 99 percent 
239 
217 
215 
22 
22 
10 
100 percent 
384 
345 
341 
39 
38 
29 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
316 
256 
247 
60 
53 
126 
acres 
178,437 
157,101 
147,358 
21,336 
15,359 
54,026 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,051 
1,780 
1,747 
271 
257 
309 
Dial-up service 
131 
116 
114 
15 
14 
23 
DSL service 
610 
534 
522 
76 
71 
97 
Cable modem service 
889 
759 
752 
130 
125 
103 
Fiber-optic service 
149 
130 
128 
19 
17 
26 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
349 
304 
296 
45 
44 
32 
Satellite service 
224 
196 
186 
28 
25 
47 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
57 
46 
44 
11 
11 
6 
Other Internet service 
18 
15 
15 
3 
3 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,657 
1,416 
1,389 
241 
231 
343 
2 households 
438 
395 
387 
43 
39 
44 
3 households 
149 
137 
136 
12 
12 
8 
4 households 
55 
52 
52 
3 
3 
6 
5 or more households 
56 
55 
54 
1 
1 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
New York 151 
