Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
963 
298 
389 
66 
79 
45 
Not on farm operated 
280 
135 
62 
17 
18 
18 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
454 
128 
171 
48 
32 
26 
Any 
789 
305 
280 
35 
65 
37 
1 to 49 days 
84 
40 
33 
2 
4 
3 
50 to 99 days 
51 
13 
21 
2 
7 
3 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
133 
57 
48 
1 
12 
9 
200 days or more 
521 
195 
178 
30 
42 
22 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
72 
37 
23 
3 
6 
3 
3 or 4 years 
90 
43 
33 
- 
3 
8 
5 to 9 years 
221 
128 
54 
14 
15 
4 
1 0 years or more 
860 
225 
341 
66 
73 
48 
Average years on present farm 
20.8 
14.9 
22.2 
26.9 
21.8 
23.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
53 
29 
20 
2 
- 
2 
3 or 4 years 
92 
44 
28 
- 
9 
8 
5 to 9 years 
204 
116 
51 
13 
14 
4 
1 0 years or more 
894 
244 
352 
68 
74 
49 
Average years operating any farm 
22.2 
16.3 
23.7 
27.8 
24.1 
24.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10 
- 
- 
- 
9 
1 
25 to 34 years 
57 
39 
14 
1 
- 
3 
35 to 44 years 
115 
63 
32 
- 
11 
6 
45 to 49 years 
195 
81 
79 
13 
11 
3 
50 to 54 years 
166 
62 
50 
8 
13 
12 
55 to 59 years 
167 
37 
76 
13 
8 
12 
60 to 64 years 
170 
38 
58 
19 
15 
12 
65 to 69 years 
179 
67 
71 
4 
17 
8 
70 years and over 
184 
46 
71 
25 
13 
6 
Average age 
56.7 
53.5 
58.1 
61.5 
55.4 
56.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9 
- 
2 
6 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
14 
11 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,216 
410 
447 
83 
97 
63 
More than one race reported 
9 
8 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
160 
36 
65 
18 
12 
10 
2 people 
538 
186 
190 
38 
42 
25 
3 people 
226 
87 
84 
9 
16 
18 
4 people 
181 
73 
66 
4 
23 
4 
5 or more people 
138 
51 
46 
14 
4 
6 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
901 
331 
317 
67 
71 
44 
25 to 49 percent 
129 
36 
60 
5 
13 
3 
50 to 74 percent 
71 
21 
24 
3 
7 
3 
75 to 99 percent 
56 
13 
19 
3 
5 
8 
1 00 percent 
86 
32 
31 
5 
1 
5 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
74 
27 
23 
2 
2 
2 
acres 
12,521 
132 
658 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,006 
375 
345 
61 
83 
49 
Dial-up service 
31 
12 
13 
1 
1 
4 
DSL service 
130 
45 
36 
7 
15 
12 
Cable modem service 
522 
221 
179 
28 
35 
15 
Fiber-optic service 
268 
87 
97 
12 
27 
14 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
108 
43 
32 
10 
6 
7 
Satellite service 
44 
19 
11 
7 
6 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
16 
9 
3 
- 
2 
- 
Other Internet service 
7 
1 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,078 
390 
384 
76 
83 
59 
2 households 
123 
35 
49 
5 
10 
3 
3 households 
30 
4 
14 
2 
1 
1 
4 households 
3 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more households 
9 
4 
3 
- 
2 
- 
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 
1,165 
404 
441 
75 
88 
58 
acres 
58,664 
(D) 
10,822 
4,326 
7,429 
6,883 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
66 Rhode Island 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
