Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
95 
12 
11 
14 
8 
22 
- 
Ethanol farms 
32 
7 
- 
3 
3 
8 
- 
Other farms 
46 
- 
7 
2 
7 
7 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
279 
36 
2 
7 
9 
87 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
23,795 
1,079 
1,368 
1,827 
2,001 
6,768 
_ 
Part owners farms 
10,263 
1,432 
477 
379 
211 
2,320 
- 
Tenants farms 
1,479 
175 
186 
72 
110 
247 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
34,106 
2,518 
1,849 
2,210 
2,213 
9,100 
_ 
acres 
5,548,189 
760,979 
235,181 
238,097 
188,034 
1,441,882 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
34,058 
2,511 
1,845 
2,206 
2,212 
9,088 
- 
acres 
5,226,301 
727,654 
213,892 
218,617 
176,235 
1,328,436 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
11,809 
1,619 
677 
456 
321 
2,583 
_ 
acres 
1,970,568 
527,463 
75,734 
25,402 
17,835 
326,450 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
11,742 
1,607 
663 
451 
321 
2,567 
- 
acres 
1,957,275 
524,556 
74,099 
24,733 
17,598 
322,214 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
5,334 
507 
362 
432 
303 
1,815 
_ 
acres 
335,181 
36,232 
22,924 
20,149 
12,036 
117,682 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
57,022 
3,955 
3,451 
3,699 
3,671 
14,034 
- 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
18,077 
1,685 
929 
1,199 
1,264 
5,346 
- 
2 operators 
14,487 
804 
909 
852 
860 
3,451 
- 
3 operators 
2,342 
151 
142 
169 
158 
424 
- 
4 operators 
432 
35 
27 
35 
29 
73 
- 
5 or more operators 
199 
11 
24 
23 
11 
41 
- 
Total women operators number 
19,215 
744 
1,187 
1,135 
1,231 
4,312 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
16,512 
686 
1,003 
985 
1,053 
3,852 
- 
2 operators 
1,072 
26 
55 
61 
72 
188 
- 
3 operators 
124 
2 
13 
8 
5 
20 
- 
4 operators 
24 
- 
2 
1 
- 
6 
- 
5 or more operators 
14 
- 
4 
3 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29,078 
2,547 
1,597 
1,978 
1,908 
8,020 
- 
Female 
6,459 
139 
434 
300 
414 
1,315 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
20,400 
1,804 
1,315 
1,310 
1,244 
4,344 
- 
Other 
15,137 
882 
716 
968 
1,078 
4,991 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
30,665 
2,287 
1,610 
1,742 
1,677 
8,078 
- 
Not on farm operated 
4,872 
399 
421 
536 
645 
1,257 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
15,751 
1,235 
923 
970 
985 
3,766 
- 
Any 
19,786 
1,451 
1,108 
1,308 
1,337 
5,569 
- 
1 to 49 days 
2,794 
219 
184 
217 
225 
687 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1,384 
121 
114 
121 
106 
420 
- 
100 to 199 days 
3,194 
207 
192 
205 
249 
957 
- 
200 days or more 
12,414 
904 
618 
765 
757 
3,505 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,150 
72 
115 
72 
69 
220 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,828 
150 
186 
151 
64 
346 
- 
5 to 9 years 
5,038 
315 
338 
366 
314 
1,024 
- 
10 years or more 
27,521 
2,149 
1,392 
1,689 
1,875 
7,745 
- 
Average years on present farm 
23.2 
27.2 
20.4 
22.6 
22.9 
26.2 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
735 
50 
79 
50 
39 
142 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,412 
100 
158 
112 
61 
287 
- 
5 to 9 years 
4,253 
268 
298 
321 
274 
874 
- 
10 years or more 
29,137 
2,268 
1,496 
1,795 
1,948 
8,032 
" 
Average years operating any farm 
25.5 
29.7 
23.0 
24.8 
24.7 
28.4 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
185 
12 
11 
9 
4 
32 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,964 
188 
140 
76 
78 
287 
- 
35 to 44 years 
3,796 
288 
226 
207 
198 
713 
- 
45 to 49 years 
3,605 
263 
209 
211 
216 
728 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 New York 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
