Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
937 
700 
103 
47 
Female 
306 
219 
41 
22 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
619 
447 
59 
36 
Other 
624 
472 
85 
33 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
963 
769 
96 
47 
Not on farm operated 
280 
150 
48 
22 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
454 
330 
57 
26 
Any 
789 
589 
87 
43 
1 to 49 days 
84 
72 
10 
3 
50 to 99 days 
51 
38 
7 
5 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
133 
97 
11 
5 
200 days or more 
521 
382 
59 
30 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
72 
57 
8 
4 
3 or 4 years 
90 
68 
10 
6 
5 to 9 years 
221 
158 
31 
15 
1 0 years or more 
860 
636 
95 
44 
Average years on present farm 
20.8 
21.1 
19.2 
17.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
53 
39 
8 
4 
3 or 4 years 
92 
73 
10 
6 
5 to 9 years 
204 
156 
22 
11 
1 0 years or more 
894 
651 
104 
48 
Average years operating any farm 
22.2 
22.6 
20.2 
18.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10 
10 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
57 
32 
17 
8 
35 to 44 years 
115 
89 
11 
11 
45 to 49 years 
195 
152 
22 
7 
50 to 54 years 
166 
118 
23 
13 
55 to 59 years 
167 
134 
16 
9 
60 to 64 years 
170 
101 
20 
10 
65 to 69 years 
179 
135 
21 
4 
70 years and over 
184 
148 
14 
7 
Average age 
56.7 
56.9 
54.1 
52.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9 
8 
1 
1 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
14 
8 
5 
1 
Black or African American 
4 
4 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,216 
904 
133 
68 
More than one race reported 
9 
3 
6 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
160 
121 
20 
10 
2 people 
538 
382 
66 
29 
3 people 
226 
179 
26 
7 
4 people 
181 
134 
15 
11 
5 or more people 
138 
103 
17 
12 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
901 
700 
105 
42 
25 to 49 percent 
129 
90 
10 
7 
50 to 74 percent 
71 
38 
11 
7 
75 to 99 percent 
56 
39 
5 
5 
1 00 percent 
86 
52 
13 
8 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
74 
30 
6 
5 
acres 
12,521 
1,867 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,006 
731 
118 
50 
Dial-up service 
31 
21 
- 
- 
DSL service 
130 
92 
12 
5 
Cable modem service 
522 
367 
71 
31 
Fiber-optic service 
268 
205 
27 
13 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
108 
78 
12 
- 
Satellite service 
44 
39 
4 
4 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
16 
6 
5 
4 
Other Internet service 
7 
1 
1 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,078 
831 
108 
48 
2 households 
123 
68 
32 
17 
3 households 
30 
17 
2 
2 
4 households 
3 
- 
2 
2 
5 or more households 
9 
3 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
138 Rhode Island 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
