Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
963 
3 
6 
15 
33 
60 
Not on farm operated 
280 
6 
9 
10 
26 
29 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
454 
7 
10 
16 
31 
46 
Any 
789 
2 
5 
9 
28 
43 
1 to 49 days 
84 
- 
- 
1 
4 
6 
50 to 99 days 
51 
- 
- 
- 
4 
6 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
133 
- 
1 
1 
5 
1 
200 days or more 
521 
2 
4 
7 
15 
30 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
72 
- 
- 
1 
3 
7 
3 or 4 years 
90 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
5 to 9 years 
221 
- 
- 
2 
10 
19 
1 0 years or more 
860 
9 
15 
21 
44 
62 
Average years on present farm 
20.8 
33.8 
37.1 
30.6 
21.7 
22.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
53 
- 
- 
1 
3 
6 
3 or 4 years 
92 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
5 to 9 years 
204 
- 
- 
2 
4 
13 
1 0 years or more 
894 
9 
15 
21 
50 
69 
Average years operating any farm 
22.2 
33.8 
37.1 
31.8 
23.1 
24.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
57 
- 
- 
1 
4 
13 
35 to 44 years 
115 
- 
- 
2 
6 
7 
45 to 49 years 
195 
3 
2 
1 
11 
5 
50 to 54 years 
166 
1 
3 
4 
10 
12 
55 to 59 years 
167 
2 
1 
3 
11 
9 
60 to 64 years 
170 
2 
4 
5 
8 
11 
65 to 69 years 
179 
- 
2 
2 
3 
19 
70 years and over 
184 
1 
3 
7 
6 
12 
Average age 
56.7 
56.8 
61.8 
59.9 
53.9 
55.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Black or African American 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,216 
9 
15 
25 
59 
88 
More than one race reported 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
160 
- 
2 
1 
11 
18 
2 people 
538 
4 
7 
14 
19 
44 
3 people 
226 
2 
- 
4 
13 
10 
4 people 
181 
2 
3 
5 
9 
10 
5 or more people 
138 
1 
3 
1 
7 
7 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
901 
2 
3 
7 
17 
32 
25 to 49 percent 
129 
- 
1 
2 
11 
29 
50 to 74 percent 
71 
2 
3 
5 
7 
7 
75 to 99 percent 
56 
3 
5 
3 
10 
9 
1 00 percent 
86 
2 
3 
8 
14 
12 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
74 
7 
6 
7 
9 
7 
acres 
12,521 
4,583 
(D) 
1,021 
140 
138 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,006 
9 
13 
20 
51 
72 
Dial-up service 
31 
- 
- 
- 
2 
6 
DSL service 
130 
5 
5 
2 
8 
11 
Cable modem service 
522 
2 
7 
12 
30 
34 
Fiber-optic service 
268 
3 
1 
6 
14 
16 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
108 
3 
1 
1 
3 
6 
Satellite service 
44 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
16 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Other Internet service 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,078 
4 
6 
17 
50 
71 
2 households 
123 
3 
5 
5 
4 
12 
3 households 
30 
2 
3 
2 
2 
6 
4 households 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more households 
9 
- 
1 
1 
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 
7 
8 
21 
51 
75 
acres 
58,664 
(D) 
(D) 
2,360 
4,940 
3,557 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
104 
3 
8 
5 
acres 
4,185 
- 
- 
412 
(D) 
95 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
90 Rhode Island 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
