Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Chautauqua 
Chemung 
Chenango 
Clinton 
Columbia 
Cortland 
Delaware 
Dutchess 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
638 
163 
410 
258 
224 
194 
334 
267 
2007 
610 
156 
387 
210 
201 
234 
337 
234 
Any 
2012 
877 
209 
418 
345 
270 
324 
370 
411 
2007 
1,048 
217 
521 
380 
353 
353 
410 
422 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
113 
23 
52 
41 
45 
48 
61 
41 
2007 
125 
31 
74 
39 
43 
47 
52 
71 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
53 
42 
45 
36 
7 
22 
26 
28 
2007 
94 
18 
50 
27 
30 
36 
37 
50 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
114 
30 
46 
76 
41 
51 
54 
111 
2007 
179 
34 
110 
63 
61 
55 
64 
58 
200 days or more 
2012 
597 
114 
275 
192 
177 
203 
229 
231 
2007 
650 
134 
287 
251 
219 
215 
257 
243 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
61 
3 
29 
26 
26 
25 
26 
29 
2007 
33 
14 
23 
14 
15 
16 
23 
28 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
71 
8 
37 
39 
16 
29 
29 
33 
2007 
81 
21 
43 
28 
23 
24 
25 
40 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
198 
31 
81 
81 
82 
86 
75 
87 
2007 
209 
44 
124 
114 
126 
128 
132 
123 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
1,185 
330 
681 
457 
370 
378 
574 
529 
2007 
1,335 
294 
718 
434 
390 
419 
567 
465 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
24.0 
25.6 
25.4 
22.4 
22.2 
21.5 
24.3 
21.3 
2007 
24.6 
22.1 
23.4 
22.5 
22.0 
21.3 
23.5 
20.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
38 
2 
13 
14 
21 
13 
17 
8 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
49 
8 
29 
29 
6 
21 
15 
48 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
190 
26 
71 
78 
64 
60 
75 
76 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
1,238 
336 
715 
482 
403 
424 
597 
546 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
26.3 
28.3 
28.1 
24.8 
25.2 
24.8 
26.2 
23.4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
5 
. 
. 
4 
2 
. 
7 
2 
2007 
3 
4 
2 
1 
3 
3 
13 
4 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
78 
12 
29 
29 
18 
33 
18 
37 
2007 
84 
18 
32 
23 
22 
18 
26 
17 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
207 
32 
68 
42 
30 
41 
69 
50 
2007 
202 
50 
85 
103 
55 
72 
89 
88 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
361 
66 
159 
199 
102 
121 
159 
160 
2007 
488 
83 
244 
169 
127 
168 
204 
176 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
245 
60 
129 
97 
87 
85 
115 
100 
2007 
213 
72 
145 
91 
86 
87 
91 
114 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
201 
81 
135 
65 
81 
88 
99 
110 
2007 
204 
33 
135 
70 
80 
87 
91 
104 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
163 
41 
118 
64 
78 
79 
75 
81 
2007 
165 
55 
106 
55 
60 
76 
103 
43 
70 years and over 
2012 
255 
80 
190 
103 
96 
71 
162 
138 
2007 
299 
58 
159 
78 
121 
76 
130 
110 
Average age 
2012 
56.8 
59.9 
60.1 
56.7 
59.7 
57.1 
59.0 
58.8 
2007 
56.6 
56.7 
58.0 
54.9 
58.7 
56.4 
56.7 
56.8 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
977 
262 
566 
451 
390 
382 
518 
560 
2007 
1,011 
257 
591 
363 
390 
345 
447 
493 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
109 
39 
27 
55 
20 
60 
47 
23 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
561 
28 
388 
142 
208 
199 
272 
127 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
189 
79 
95 
121 
83 
84 
88 
334 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
7 
1 
5 
5 
17 
18 
26 
27 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
156 
64 
51 
62 
54 
39 
51 
70 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
58 
70 
48 
90 
33 
48 
73 
42 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
11 
3 
16 
9 
4 
6 
8 
21 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
6 
1 
5 
1 
2 
4 
1 
1 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
1,478 
364 
799 
582 
468 
500 
676 
623 
acres, 2012 
221,295 
55,894 
156,559 
132,806 
86,594 
106,717 
136,916 
98,480 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
71 
21 
49 
31 
80 
49 
35 
117 
acres, 2012 
35,327 
4,853 
22,498 
24,719 
25,993 
18,714 
9,499 
31,296 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
1,312 
334 
734 
503 
344 
436 
609 
446 
2007 
1,445 
333 
797 
488 
413 
514 
638 
456 
acres, 2012 
166,518 
48,608 
130,411 
85,411 
48,856 
71,999 
110,782 
58,286 
2007 
174,286 
52,751 
147,197 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
55,408 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
128 
21 
67 
73 
75 
62 
60 
91 
2007 
151 
19 
87 
83 
68 
56 
79 
80 
acres, 2012 
52,262 
5,279 
23,840 
42,118 
26,858 
30,197 
22,340 
26,087 
2007 
41,759 
6,715 
26,166 
38,228 
24,211 
25,747 
29,657 
24,044 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
64 
12 
18 
21 
61 
15 
29 
94 
2007 
51 
12 
18 
15 
65 
15 
25 
93 
acres, 2012 
15,775 
2,705 
10,910 
18,040 
15,596 
9,591 
12,032 
15,061 
2007 
18,636 
3,205 
3,046 
13,407 
16,349 
9,126 
13,593 
16,374 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
1 
2 
5 
- 
7 
- 
- 
29 
2007 
4 
3 
- 
- 
6 
2 
3 
12 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
513 
- 
1,002 
- 
- 
6,025 
2007 
976 
(D) 
- 
- 
2,331 
(D) 
571 
2,076 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
10 
3 
4 
6 
7 
5 
6 
18 
2007 
7 
6 
6 
4 
2 
- 
2 
15 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
1,552 
1,660 
3,066 
3,237 
454 
7,023 
2007 
201 
(D) 
858 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
4,458 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data New York 511 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
