Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Schenectady 
Schoharie 
Schuyler 
Seneca 
Steuben 
Suffolk 
Sullivan 
Tioga 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
69 
263 
142 
279 
611 
298 
150 
237 
2007 
70 
211 
153 
196 
557 
233 
144 
229 
Any 
2012 
100 
269 
251 
305 
1,056 
306 
171 
299 
2007 
124 
314 
241 
317 
1,021 
352 
179 
336 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
10 
35 
47 
108 
120 
54 
15 
36 
2007 
16 
32 
39 
67 
214 
37 
14 
37 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
7 
21 
22 
16 
81 
34 
8 
27 
2007 
10 
22 
23 
19 
100 
29 
20 
18 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
20 
46 
26 
46 
212 
34 
35 
42 
2007 
16 
57 
50 
55 
165 
62 
22 
62 
200 days or more 
2012 
63 
167 
156 
135 
643 
184 
113 
194 
2007 
82 
203 
129 
176 
542 
224 
123 
219 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
3 
12 
15 
24 
54 
15 
13 
18 
2007 
2 
17 
16 
25 
60 
15 
22 
23 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
1 
26 
20 
51 
97 
19 
11 
18 
2007 
7 
31 
24 
19 
82 
29 
29 
30 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
23 
69 
76 
109 
236 
66 
51 
77 
2007 
32 
78 
63 
106 
226 
97 
39 
71 
10 years or more 
2012 
142 
425 
282 
400 
1,280 
504 
246 
423 
2007 
153 
399 
291 
363 
1,210 
444 
233 
441 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
25.5 
23.9 
21.0 
19.9 
23.4 
23.4 
23.9 
25.0 
2007 
24.6 
22.7 
21.9 
20.8 
23.5 
21.9 
24.0 
25.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
3 
12 
10 
5 
36 
6 
13 
16 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
1 
14 
20 
43 
77 
13 
10 
15 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
16 
48 
64 
97 
204 
56 
46 
56 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
149 
458 
299 
439 
1,350 
529 
252 
449 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
27.0 
27.5 
23.4 
22.3 
25.4 
25.9 
25.1 
27.5 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
. 
6 
11 
8 
2 
. 
4 
2007 
1 
8 
- 
3 
2 
3 
- 
5 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
5 
26 
24 
107 
101 
22 
6 
14 
2007 
8 
25 
7 
50 
99 
32 
12 
10 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
18 
48 
38 
82 
208 
62 
33 
65 
2007 
8 
69 
56 
71 
166 
54 
42 
81 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
29 
134 
106 
102 
458 
153 
88 
116 
2007 
57 
136 
105 
151 
416 
169 
82 
129 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
21 
70 
39 
91 
244 
92 
50 
78 
2007 
35 
77 
65 
77 
209 
112 
33 
70 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
36 
71 
62 
56 
212 
114 
34 
63 
2007 
26 
73 
55 
68 
250 
56 
47 
87 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
22 
91 
52 
47 
192 
59 
33 
86 
2007 
13 
53 
42 
35 
160 
54 
46 
55 
70 years and over 
2012 
38 
92 
66 
88 
244 
100 
77 
110 
2007 
46 
84 
64 
58 
276 
105 
61 
128 
Average age 
2012 
59.9 
58.4 
56.9 
51.9 
55.9 
57.6 
59.7 
59.3 
2007 
59.2 
56.0 
56.9 
53.1 
56.8 
56.5 
57.7 
58.5 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
134 
374 
293 
349 
1,249 
501 
245 
396 
2007 
128 
348 
262 
290 
959 
405 
199 
344 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
11 
43 
40 
16 
154 
24 
31 
51 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
21 
139 
128 
172 
497 
95 
20 
121 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
65 
48 
77 
96 
260 
347 
105 
151 
Fiber-optic service 
.farms, 2012 
- 
1 
6 
3 
45 
44 
8 
3 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
28 
74 
32 
58 
185 
64 
36 
42 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
17 
91 
13 
19 
210 
9 
65 
38 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
3 
2 
11 
1 
19 
7 
6 
5 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
- 
5 
4 
- 
13 
2 
5 
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 
166 
521 
391 
564 
1,617 
510 
309 
519 
acres, 2012 
19,250 
94,226 
68,978 
126,934 
377,554 
27,773 
52,550 
100,853 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
10 
21 
19 
39 
53 
113 
21 
24 
acres, 2012 
1,143 
9,627 
1,382 
19,824 
35,949 
9,329 
3,557 
9,227 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
153 
458 
342 
502 
1,487 
260 
246 
468 
2007 
171 
453 
349 
450 
1,383 
298 
254 
492 
acres, 2012 
16,834 
75,462 
(D) 
102,666 
298,557 
8,861 
38,051 
81,119 
2007 
16,314 
72,506 
(D) 
(D) 
270,748 
12,972 
37,058 
76,350 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
6 
44 
14 
58 
105 
103 
38 
41 
2007 
8 
46 
21 
34 
125 
69 
30 
54 
acres, 2012 
1,826 
16,725 
1 1 ,634 
23,068 
56,209 
8,942 
10,696 
19,540 
2007 
1,754 
13,867 
6,803 
18,839 
60,474 
4,230 
7,524 
24,284 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
4 
20 
32 
20 
56 
179 
27 
16 
2007 
11 
22 
23 
27 
56 
178 
35 
14 
acres, 2012 
774 
3,676 
7,385 
4,162 
46,882 
14,614 
4,922 
5,712 
2007 
904 
7,731 
5,901 
14,529 
36,412 
15,131 
4,291 
5,476 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
4 
3 
1 
4 
1 
46 
3 
3 
2007 
1 
1 
- 
2 
3 
27 
2 
2 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
1,369 
(D) 
310 
(□) 
2,395 
72 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
836 
1,407 
(D) 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
2 
7 
4 
18 
16 
7 
8 
2007 
3 
3 
1 
- 
11 
13 
2 
3 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
1,137 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,163 
118 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
3,462 
664 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
516 New York 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
