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) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
5,169 
369 
321 
367 
330 
1,116 
- 
55 to 59 years 
5,306 
404 
350 
384 
385 
1,285 
- 
60 to 64 years 
5,198 
342 
289 
352 
368 
1,541 
- 
65 to 69 years 
4,128 
279 
211 
262 
273 
1,329 
- 
70 years and over 
6,186 
541 
274 
410 
470 
2,304 
- 
Average age 
57.1 
57.1 
55.7 
58.3 
58.9 
60.6 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
281 
8 
23 
39 
25 
67 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
85 
8 
5 
2 
2 
29 
- 
Asian 
90 
2 
31 
13 
9 
13 
- 
Black or African American 
70 
3 
8 
4 
6 
18 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
12 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
White 
35,179 
2,673 
1,973 
2,252 
2,295 
9,243 
- 
More than one race reported 
101 
- 
14 
5 
8 
32 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,451 
364 
267 
288 
281 
1,514 
- 
2 people 
16,559 
1,228 
919 
1,120 
1,196 
4,777 
- 
3 people 
5,412 
383 
309 
349 
338 
1,314 
- 
4 people 
4,578 
395 
288 
317 
285 
939 
- 
5 or more people 
4,537 
316 
248 
204 
222 
791 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
23,689 
1,321 
1,258 
1,409 
1,554 
7,443 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
2,896 
357 
136 
233 
210 
749 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
3,003 
397 
218 
256 
208 
582 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
2,481 
329 
182 
191 
150 
314 
- 
100 percent 
3,468 
282 
237 
189 
200 
247 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,152 
102 
86 
143 
120 
173 
- 
acres 
542,287 
93,363 
54,535 
26,680 
15,039 
107,251 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
25,480 
1,815 
1,604 
1,822 
1,862 
6,324 
- 
Dial-up service 
2,607 
169 
147 
135 
156 
755 
- 
DSL service 
8,308 
544 
476 
631 
540 
2,093 
- 
Cable modem service 
8,174 
570 
653 
703 
797 
1,880 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
795 
51 
58 
46 
92 
188 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,155 
353 
260 
319 
277 
946 
- 
Satellite service 
3,405 
245 
146 
176 
172 
916 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
595 
45 
41 
33 
40 
125 
- 
Other Internet service 
281 
22 
12 
19 
16 
64 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
29,978 
2,127 
1,678 
1,886 
1,950 
8,178 
- 
2 households 
4,209 
424 
247 
275 
259 
959 
- 
3 households 
797 
73 
67 
76 
68 
113 
- 
4 households 
319 
31 
17 
26 
34 
55 
- 
5 or more households 
234 
31 
22 
15 
11 
30 
- 
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 
34,356 
2,570 
1,943 
2,160 
2,215 
9,122 
- 
acres 
6,723,460 
1,149,133 
267,859 
225,410 
186,886 
1,576,147 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,333 
160 
164 
252 
171 
411 
- 
acres 
1,074,180 
171,267 
59,518 
38,115 
16,457 
121,051 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
29,679 
2,205 
1,646 
1,717 
1,696 
8,417 
- 
acres 
4,746,072 
786,005 
139,704 
141,587 
125,626 
1,343,984 
- 
Partnership farms 
3,096 
320 
159 
224 
185 
545 
- 
acres 
1,509,437 
310,125 
52,236 
36,141 
22,593 
163,443 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
2,560 
260 
142 
194 
174 
418 
- 
acres 
1,341,892 
279,382 
49,426 
32,587 
21,811 
130,717 
- 
Corporation farms 
2,355 
137 
192 
320 
418 
262 
- 
acres 
815,550 
145,938 
91,714 
63,463 
43,263 
93,635 
- 
Family held farms 
2,055 
128 
175 
285 
348 
231 
- 
acres 
765,992 
143,395 
82,203 
57,883 
39,812 
85,108 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
37 
9 
- 
5 
2 
8 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
2,018 
119 
175 
280 
346 
223 
- 
Other than family held farms 
300 
9 
17 
35 
70 
31 
- 
acres 
49,558 
2,543 
9,511 
5,580 
3,451 
8,527 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
178 New York 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
