Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
19,944 
310 
253 
388 
807 
1,042 
Female 
4,777 
9 
7 
45 
78 
127 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
12,392 
283 
225 
393 
696 
778 
Other 
12,329 
36 
35 
40 
189 
391 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
18,152 
224 
197 
341 
682 
868 
Not on farm operated 
6,569 
95 
63 
92 
203 
301 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
8,933 
212 
162 
266 
427 
516 
Any 
15,788 
107 
98 
167 
458 
653 
1 to 49 days 
2,416 
24 
17 
59 
76 
97 
50 to 99 days 
1,587 
7 
1 
12 
21 
55 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,811 
15 
12 
18 
88 
125 
200 days or more 
8,974 
61 
68 
78 
273 
376 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
897 
- 
5 
16 
23 
48 
3 or 4 years 
1,188 
5 
7 
12 
29 
49 
5 to 9 years 
3,307 
45 
29 
71 
100 
141 
1 0 years or more 
19,329 
269 
219 
334 
733 
931 
Average years on present farm 
23.3 
24.5 
26.2 
24.2 
24.4 
25.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
688 
- 
- 
12 
15 
32 
3 or 4 years 
1,006 
4 
3 
5 
24 
35 
5 to 9 years 
2,768 
22 
26 
41 
70 
97 
1 0 years or more 
20,259 
293 
231 
375 
776 
1,005 
Average years operating any farm 
25.2 
28.8 
29.2 
28.6 
27.7 
28.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
218 
1 
2 
- 
1 
- 
25 to 34 years 
982 
12 
19 
25 
73 
38 
35 to 44 years 
1,896 
36 
28 
75 
82 
90 
45 to 49 years 
1,808 
25 
29 
34 
58 
76 
50 to 54 years 
2,854 
48 
32 
48 
109 
137 
55 to 59 years 
3,438 
53 
29 
58 
147 
163 
60 to 64 years 
3,632 
69 
45 
67 
125 
159 
65 to 69 years 
3,166 
37 
35 
48 
126 
166 
70 years and over 
6,727 
38 
41 
78 
164 
340 
Average age 
60.5 
56.8 
56.6 
56.7 
57.8 
61.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9,377 
37 
40 
98 
228 
245 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5,202 
4 
2 
2 
11 
28 
Asian 
29 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Black or African American 
39 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
White 
19,293 
314 
258 
427 
869 
1,129 
More than one race reported 
149 
1 
- 
4 
5 
10 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,331 
29 
16 
33 
101 
158 
2 people 
12,042 
157 
134 
218 
462 
689 
3 people 
3,717 
53 
33 
80 
108 
132 
4 people 
2,439 
35 
41 
69 
141 
108 
5 or more people 
2,192 
45 
36 
33 
73 
82 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
20,196 
44 
64 
96 
294 
465 
25 to 49 percent 
1,477 
30 
29 
41 
95 
207 
50 to 74 percent 
1,450 
82 
52 
104 
192 
295 
75 to 99 percent 
922 
71 
53 
99 
191 
127 
1 00 percent 
676 
92 
62 
93 
113 
75 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,046 
81 
50 
106 
88 
88 
acres 
9,612,013 
1 ,844,993 
1 ,893,643 
1,584,257 
811,503 
754,891 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,796 
272 
215 
367 
683 
891 
Dial-up service 
1,186 
16 
13 
26 
50 
113 
DSL service 
6,044 
111 
86 
136 
298 
375 
Cable modem service 
1,950 
30 
15 
36 
78 
70 
Fiber-optic service 
555 
18 
14 
22 
24 
52 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,329 
66 
38 
56 
104 
132 
Satellite service 
2,773 
103 
67 
116 
201 
228 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
499 
16 
4 
17 
17 
23 
Other Internet service 
296 
5 
4 
14 
9 
32 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
18,888 
158 
154 
280 
625 
822 
2 households 
4,005 
89 
68 
87 
177 
236 
3 households 
936 
44 
23 
33 
53 
65 
4 households 
532 
18 
10 
21 
16 
31 
5 or more households 
360 
10 
5 
12 
14 
15 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 New Mexico 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
