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 
18,152 
6,184 
3,630 
560 
614 
566 
Not on farm operated 
6,569 
1,677 
1,181 
197 
235 
223 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
8,933 
2,648 
1,478 
228 
280 
302 
Any 
15,788 
5,213 
3,333 
529 
569 
487 
1 to 49 days 
2,416 
824 
513 
96 
54 
51 
50 to 99 days 
1,587 
515 
354 
72 
70 
22 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,811 
767 
662 
120 
122 
95 
200 days or more 
8,974 
3,107 
1,804 
241 
323 
319 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
897 
304 
184 
33 
39 
31 
3 or 4 years 
1,188 
543 
193 
38 
28 
47 
5 to 9 years 
3,307 
1,156 
699 
91 
104 
110 
1 0 years or more 
19,329 
5,858 
3,735 
595 
678 
601 
Average years on present farm 
23.3 
20.7 
22.2 
22.6 
24.5 
24.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
688 
237 
157 
23 
30 
24 
3 or 4 years 
1,006 
489 
160 
39 
18 
27 
5 to 9 years 
2,768 
1,038 
560 
77 
78 
110 
1 0 years or more 
20,259 
6,097 
3,934 
618 
723 
628 
Average years operating any farm 
25.2 
22.2 
24.2 
24.4 
26.7 
26.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
218 
67 
28 
18 
- 
12 
25 to 34 years 
982 
316 
183 
16 
20 
24 
35 to 44 years 
1,896 
723 
339 
47 
88 
52 
45 to 49 years 
1,808 
642 
385 
77 
34 
39 
50 to 54 years 
2,854 
952 
581 
71 
82 
76 
55 to 59 years 
3,438 
1,151 
760 
117 
105 
104 
60 to 64 years 
3,632 
1,086 
692 
113 
169 
110 
65 to 69 years 
3,166 
960 
689 
121 
94 
119 
70 years and over 
6,727 
1,964 
1,154 
177 
257 
253 
Average age 
60.5 
59.4 
60.1 
60.1 
62.2 
62.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9,377 
3,494 
2,106 
311 
413 
333 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5,202 
1,698 
1,005 
104 
88 
124 
Asian 
29 
13 
5 
- 
6 
- 
Black or African American 
39 
26 
5 
- 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
19,293 
6,084 
3,763 
651 
745 
664 
More than one race reported 
149 
40 
32 
2 
8 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,331 
1,240 
775 
163 
171 
162 
2 people 
12,042 
3,827 
2,350 
379 
416 
427 
3 people 
3,717 
1,231 
741 
107 
126 
96 
4 people 
2,439 
850 
465 
70 
55 
60 
5 or more people 
2,192 
713 
480 
38 
81 
44 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
20,196 
7,255 
4,292 
632 
686 
641 
25 to 49 percent 
1,477 
221 
239 
57 
53 
65 
50 to 74 percent 
1,450 
204 
158 
47 
44 
36 
75 to 99 percent 
922 
108 
64 
13 
45 
20 
1 00 percent 
676 
73 
58 
8 
21 
27 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,046 
220 
116 
43 
35 
34 
acres 
9,612,013 
856 
2,551 
2,413 
2,861 
3,840 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,796 
4,448 
2,773 
426 
485 
417 
Dial-up service 
1,186 
323 
227 
48 
53 
48 
DSL service 
6,044 
1,932 
1,305 
185 
226 
198 
Cable modem service 
1,950 
906 
348 
43 
40 
54 
Fiber-optic service 
555 
122 
69 
17 
28 
16 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,329 
700 
601 
98 
102 
67 
Satellite service 
2,773 
654 
447 
81 
112 
82 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
499 
200 
80 
2 
22 
14 
Other Internet service 
296 
78 
58 
9 
14 
5 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
18,888 
6,292 
3,676 
586 
625 
600 
2 households 
4,005 
1,122 
781 
102 
138 
146 
3 households 
936 
188 
181 
40 
48 
23 
4 households 
532 
170 
104 
24 
13 
10 
5 or more households 
360 
89 
69 
5 
25 
10 
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 
23,885 
7,693 
4,707 
742 
807 
748 
acres 
37,818,721 
27,900 
101,088 
42,586 
66,192 
84,850 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
68 New Mexico 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
