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) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
166 
1 
9 
7 
28 
21 
- 
55 to 59 years 
167 
1 
37 
8 
32 
19 
- 
60 to 64 years 
170 
4 
11 
12 
30 
38 
- 
65 to 69 years 
179 
- 
15 
14 
53 
33 
- 
70 years and over 
184 
- 
16 
13 
42 
26 
- 
Average age 
56.7 
56.9 
52.7 
61.5 
58.3 
56.7 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9 
- 
2 
- 
- 
7 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
14 
- 
8 
- 
5 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,216 
7 
131 
65 
251 
192 
- 
More than one race reported 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number ef persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
160 
- 
16 
9 
28 
35 
- 
2 people 
538 
6 
64 
27 
134 
84 
- 
3 people 
226 
- 
20 
14 
39 
23 
- 
4 people 
181 
- 
22 
5 
34 
27 
- 
5 or more people 
138 
1 
17 
10 
21 
27 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
901 
7 
81 
42 
138 
161 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
129 
- 
16 
5 
52 
15 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
71 
- 
15 
11 
16 
11 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
56 
- 
5 
5 
21 
7 
- 
1 00 percent 
86 
- 
22 
2 
29 
2 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
74 
- 
11 
4 
30 
10 
- 
acres 
12,521 
- 
3,150 
(D) 
2,778 
2,696 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,006 
7 
108 
54 
210 
132 
- 
Dial-up service 
31 
- 
4 
1 
7 
2 
- 
DSL service 
130 
1 
12 
4 
37 
9 
- 
Cable modem service 
522 
4 
54 
26 
114 
59 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
268 
2 
31 
17 
49 
45 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
108 
- 
19 
7 
24 
23 
- 
Satellite service 
44 
- 
3 
7 
1 
2 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
16 
- 
2 
- 
9 
1 
- 
Other Internet service 
7 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,078 
2 
122 
52 
209 
175 
- 
2 households 
123 
1 
9 
10 
35 
12 
- 
3 households 
30 
4 
6 
2 
9 
7 
- 
4 households 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more households 
9 
- 
2 
- 
3 
1 
- 
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 
3 
125 
60 
231 
182 
- 
acres 
58,664 
322 
4,793 
2,794 
8,423 
19,303 
- 
Limited Liability Corperation farms 
104 
- 
6 
19 
10 
18 
- 
acres 
4,185 
- 
169 
750 
281 
1,184 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
919 
2 
107 
48 
143 
145 
- 
acres 
43,332 
(D) 
3,691 
2,309 
4,716 
12,815 
- 
Partnership farms 
144 
1 
13 
8 
35 
39 
- 
acres 
11,316 
(D) 
(D) 
305 
(D) 
6,927 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
69 
5 
7 
21 
24 
- 
acres 
7,050 
- 
234 
304 
477 
5,505 
- 
Corporation farms 
149 
4 
14 
8 
76 
3 
- 
acres 
10,420 
1,268 
(D) 
(D) 
4,613 
418 
- 
Family held farms 
128 
- 
14 
8 
66 
2 
- 
acres 
8,823 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
4,353 
(D) 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
127 
- 
14 
7 
66 
2 
- 
Other than family held farms 
21 
4 
_ 
_ 
10 
1 
_ 
acres 
1,597 
1,268 
- 
- 
260 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
164 Rhode Island 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
