Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of 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 
18,152 
222 
180 
323 
600 
796 
Not on farm operated 
6,569 
93 
63 
89 
171 
262 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
8,933 
208 
154 
256 
382 
465 
Any 
15,788 
107 
89 
156 
389 
593 
1 to 49 days 
2,416 
24 
14 
57 
69 
89 
50 to 99 days 
1,587 
7 
1 
10 
20 
52 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,811 
15 
11 
12 
79 
99 
200 days or more 
8,974 
61 
63 
77 
221 
353 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
897 
- 
5 
15 
23 
34 
3 or 4 years 
1,188 
5 
7 
10 
21 
44 
5 to 9 years 
3,307 
45 
28 
66 
90 
135 
1 0 years or more 
19,329 
265 
203 
321 
637 
845 
Average years on present farm 
23.3 
24.3 
26.4 
23.6 
24.4 
25.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
688 
- 
- 
11 
16 
20 
3 or 4 years 
1,006 
4 
3 
5 
15 
34 
5 to 9 years 
2,768 
22 
26 
36 
63 
94 
1 0 years or more 
20,259 
289 
214 
360 
677 
910 
Average years operating any farm 
25.2 
28.7 
29.3 
27.9 
27.7 
28.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
218 
1 
2 
- 
1 
- 
25 to 34 years 
982 
12 
19 
25 
65 
35 
35 to 44 years 
1,896 
36 
26 
75 
73 
92 
45 to 49 years 
1,808 
24 
24 
36 
49 
68 
50 to 54 years 
2,854 
48 
31 
43 
95 
138 
55 to 59 years 
3,438 
52 
27 
52 
130 
132 
60 to 64 years 
3,632 
68 
43 
66 
105 
143 
65 to 69 years 
3,166 
37 
31 
48 
105 
154 
70 years and over 
6,727 
37 
40 
67 
148 
296 
Average age 
60.5 
56.7 
56.7 
56.0 
57.8 
61.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9,377 
37 
38 
97 
202 
208 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5,202 
4 
2 
2 
4 
26 
Asian 
29 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
39 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
White 
19,293 
310 
241 
406 
762 
1,024 
More than one race reported 
149 
1 
- 
4 
5 
7 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,331 
29 
15 
29 
83 
155 
2 people 
12,042 
154 
128 
201 
389 
613 
3 people 
3,717 
53 
31 
77 
101 
111 
4 people 
2,439 
34 
38 
70 
134 
100 
5 or more people 
2,192 
45 
31 
35 
64 
79 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
20,196 
44 
56 
96 
266 
393 
25 to 49 percent 
1,477 
30 
27 
42 
67 
179 
50 to 74 percent 
1,450 
81 
51 
88 
167 
271 
75 to 99 percent 
922 
69 
51 
93 
173 
129 
1 00 percent 
676 
91 
58 
93 
98 
86 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,046 
80 
49 
102 
83 
91 
acres 
9,612,013 
1,803,153 
1 ,871 ,532 
1,528,055 
922,309 
708,797 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,796 
269 
197 
350 
599 
810 
Dial-up service 
1,186 
16 
13 
24 
44 
100 
DSL service 
6,044 
110 
77 
127 
261 
341 
Cable modem service 
1,950 
30 
15 
34 
66 
70 
Fiber-optic service 
555 
17 
13 
23 
22 
41 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,329 
65 
38 
54 
89 
122 
Satellite service 
2,773 
101 
62 
111 
179 
197 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
499 
16 
2 
19 
14 
19 
Other Internet service 
296 
5 
4 
12 
9 
31 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
18,888 
157 
147 
263 
533 
757 
2 households 
4,005 
87 
61 
87 
156 
212 
3 households 
936 
43 
23 
28 
53 
50 
4 households 
532 
18 
8 
22 
14 
27 
5 or more households 
360 
10 
4 
12 
15 
12 
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 
270 
223 
375 
716 
995 
acres 
37,818,721 
4,395,029 
3,963,300 
4,458,687 
4,664,934 
4,554,530 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,233 
72 
35 
72 
101 
141 
acres 
6,696,602 
1,996,005 
1,149,014 
819,038 
664,192 
842,255 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
94 New Mexico 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
