Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
3 
_ 
2 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
Ethanol farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
6 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
929 
4 
88 
54 
187 
156 
_ 
Part owners farms 
202 
2 
22 
9 
38 
35 
- 
Tenants farms 
112 
1 
29 
2 
31 
5 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
1,131 
6 
110 
63 
225 
191 
_ 
acres 
57,870 
1,468 
6,207 
4,917 
7,099 
17,292 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
1,131 
6 
110 
63 
225 
191 
- 
acres 
56,988 
1,468 
5,917 
4,873 
7,067 
17,175 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
314 
3 
51 
11 
69 
40 
_ 
acres 
12,613 
(D) 
1,268 
284 
3,644 
3,932 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
314 
3 
51 
11 
69 
40 
- 
acres 
12,601 
122 
1,268 
284 
3,644 
3,920 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
45 
_ 
16 
3 
8 
4 
_ 
acres 
894 
- 
290 
44 
32 
129 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operaters number 
2,055 
11 
228 
128 
426 
302 
_ 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
581 
4 
74 
24 
116 
103 
- 
2 operators 
547 
2 
51 
22 
117 
81 
- 
3 operators 
91 
1 
11 
18 
17 
11 
- 
4 operators 
18 
- 
- 
- 
5 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
- 
3 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Total women operators number 
773 
3 
98 
43 
137 
107 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
638 
3 
71 
34 
116 
85 
- 
2 operators 
53 
- 
2 
3 
9 
11 
- 
3 operators 
7 
- 
5 
1 
1 
- 
- 
4 operators 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
937 
7 
100 
58 
204 
159 
- 
Female 
306 
- 
39 
7 
52 
37 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
619 
5 
90 
41 
147 
62 
- 
Other 
624 
2 
49 
24 
109 
134 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
963 
3 
93 
54 
172 
149 
- 
Not on farm operated 
280 
4 
46 
11 
84 
47 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
454 
- 
50 
29 
104 
60 
- 
Any 
789 
7 
89 
36 
152 
136 
- 
1 to 49 days 
84 
- 
3 
1 
28 
10 
- 
50 to 99 days 
51 
- 
16 
2 
12 
15 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
133 
1 
24 
6 
26 
10 
- 
200 days or more 
521 
6 
46 
27 
86 
101 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
72 
- 
14 
2 
13 
11 
- 
3 or 4 years 
90 
- 
21 
1 
3 
14 
- 
5 to 9 years 
221 
1 
26 
9 
39 
26 
- 
1 0 years or more 
860 
6 
78 
53 
201 
145 
- 
Average years on present farm 
20.8 
19.1 
18.1 
24.4 
23.2 
22.5 
- 
Years eperating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
53 
- 
9 
1 
13 
7 
- 
3 or 4 years 
92 
- 
22 
1 
3 
14 
- 
5 te 9 years 
204 
1 
19 
8 
27 
29 
- 
1 0 years or more 
894 
6 
89 
55 
213 
146 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
22.2 
19.1 
20.7 
27.5 
24.6 
22.9 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
25 to 34 years 
57 
- 
21 
- 
11 
9 
- 
35 to 44 years 
115 
- 
17 
2 
20 
21 
- 
45 to 49 years 
195 
1 
10 
9 
40 
28 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
162 Rhode Island 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
