Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
19,944 
17,313 
1,151 
824 
Female 
4,777 
4,297 
139 
115 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
12,392 
10,613 
795 
614 
Other 
12,329 
10,997 
495 
325 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
18,152 
16,095 
901 
675 
Not on farm operated 
6,569 
5,515 
389 
264 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
8,933 
7,682 
540 
400 
Any 
15,788 
13,928 
750 
539 
1 to 49 days 
2,416 
2,094 
133 
83 
50 to 99 days 
1,587 
1,424 
71 
58 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,811 
2,500 
159 
109 
200 days or more 
8,974 
7,910 
387 
289 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
897 
759 
44 
30 
3 or 4 years 
1,188 
1,054 
49 
34 
5 to 9 years 
3,307 
2,809 
197 
150 
1 0 years or more 
19,329 
16,988 
1,000 
725 
Average years on present farm 
23.3 
23.4 
22.5 
22.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
688 
579 
38 
24 
3 or 4 years 
1,006 
897 
38 
23 
5 to 9 years 
2,768 
2,379 
138 
97 
1 0 years or more 
20,259 
17,755 
1,076 
795 
Average years operating any farm 
25.2 
25.2 
26.3 
27.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
218 
210 
2 
1 
25 to 34 years 
982 
842 
55 
40 
35 to 44 years 
1,896 
1,605 
140 
111 
45 to 49 years 
1,808 
1,627 
73 
55 
50 to 54 years 
2,854 
2,518 
119 
80 
55 to 59 years 
3,438 
2,953 
182 
152 
60 to 64 years 
3,632 
3,121 
213 
154 
65 to 69 years 
3,166 
2,753 
173 
122 
70 years and over 
6,727 
5,981 
333 
224 
Average age 
60.5 
60.6 
60.1 
59.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9,377 
8,545 
420 
267 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5,202 
4,859 
44 
24 
Asian 
29 
28 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
39 
39 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
9 
- 
- 
White 
19,293 
16,565 
1,221 
897 
More than one race reported 
149 
110 
25 
18 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,331 
3,868 
135 
105 
2 people 
12,042 
10,409 
727 
520 
3 people 
3,717 
3,291 
153 
110 
4 people 
2,439 
2,109 
150 
115 
5 or more people 
2,192 
1,933 
125 
89 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
20,196 
18,147 
796 
534 
25 to 49 percent 
1,477 
1,217 
124 
95 
50 to 74 percent 
1,450 
1,124 
160 
133 
75 to 99 percent 
922 
679 
105 
85 
1 00 percent 
676 
443 
105 
92 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,046 
586 
174 
144 
acres 
9,612,013 
1,250,406 
1,825,415 
1,685,523 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,796 
1 1 ,682 
869 
675 
Dial-up service 
1,186 
1,003 
86 
75 
DSL service 
6,044 
5,210 
365 
255 
Cable modem service 
1,950 
1,662 
107 
82 
Fiber-optic service 
555 
467 
42 
33 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,329 
1,931 
159 
125 
Satellite service 
2,773 
2,257 
210 
184 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
499 
417 
27 
22 
Other Internet service 
296 
239 
23 
20 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
18,888 
16,944 
713 
506 
2 households 
4,005 
3,272 
376 
275 
3 households 
936 
726 
96 
70 
4 households 
532 
398 
56 
51 
5 or more households 
360 
270 
49 
37 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
146 New Mexico 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
