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) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
20 
_ 
6 
3 
_ 
6 
_ 
Ethanol farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
75 
- 
6 
1 
- 
12 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
96 
5 
- 
1 
- 
17 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
15,409 
126 
812 
2,250 
151 
4,017 
_ 
Part owners farms 
4,643 
82 
107 
133 
15 
1,118 
- 
Tenants farms 
4,669 
113 
372 
18 
13 
857 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
20,110 
208 
922 
2,390 
169 
5,157 
_ 
acres 
28,603,580 
391,308 
50,928 
104,277 
12,627 
3,385,801 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
23,742 
305 
1,236 
2,383 
166 
5,790 
- 
acres 
31,102,422 
373,588 
106,000 
93,533 
7,327 
3,805,208 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
5,277 
104 
162 
151 
28 
1,258 
_ 
acres 
12,331,559 
138,127 
42,962 
29,267 
9,231 
852,728 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
5,233 
103 
162 
151 
28 
1,237 
- 
acres 
12,098,601 
135,610 
42,962 
29,201 
2,781 
845,163 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
1,215 
17 
64 
103 
9 
471 
_ 
acres 
1,041,076 
22,269 
1,830 
10,810 
11,750 
216,206 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
37,981 
480 
2,205 
3,738 
324 
8,818 
_ 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
14,221 
199 
641 
1,322 
75 
3,700 
- 
2 operators 
8,555 
96 
476 
930 
80 
1,898 
- 
3 operators 
1,544 
22 
134 
112 
14 
303 
- 
4 operators 
211 
2 
18 
10 
5 
64 
- 
5 or more operators 
190 
2 
22 
27 
5 
27 
- 
Total women operators number 
12,870 
126 
813 
1,269 
118 
2,680 
_ 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
10,950 
107 
584 
1,106 
100 
2,320 
- 
2 operators 
738 
5 
76 
36 
9 
134 
- 
3 operators 
106 
1 
24 
17 
- 
24 
- 
4 operators 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
5 or more operators 
16 
1 
1 
8 
- 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
19,944 
269 
993 
2,059 
143 
5,040 
- 
Female 
4,777 
52 
298 
342 
36 
952 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
12,392 
243 
674 
907 
93 
2,993 
- 
Other 
12,329 
78 
617 
1,494 
86 
2,999 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
18,152 
227 
967 
2,022 
132 
4,129 
- 
Not on farm operated 
6,569 
94 
324 
379 
47 
1,863 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
8,933 
122 
382 
944 
66 
2,103 
- 
Any 
15,788 
199 
909 
1,457 
113 
3,889 
- 
1 to 49 days 
2,416 
44 
154 
278 
19 
704 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1,587 
20 
110 
199 
7 
381 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,811 
36 
221 
230 
18 
696 
- 
200 days or more 
8,974 
99 
424 
750 
69 
2,108 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
897 
12 
103 
79 
7 
247 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,188 
8 
109 
133 
8 
263 
- 
5 to 9 years 
3,307 
31 
225 
400 
21 
746 
- 
1 0 years or more 
19,329 
270 
854 
1,789 
143 
4,736 
- 
Average years on present farm 
23.3 
25.8 
20.0 
20.2 
20.5 
24.9 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
688 
10 
80 
61 
4 
184 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,006 
7 
92 
108 
9 
202 
- 
5 to 9 years 
2,768 
24 
203 
369 
16 
592 
- 
1 0 years or more 
20,259 
280 
916 
1,863 
150 
5,014 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
25.2 
27.8 
21.8 
21.7 
22.5 
27.2 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
218 
3 
33 
- 
- 
39 
- 
25 to 34 years 
982 
12 
74 
65 
2 
262 
- 
35 to 44 years 
1,896 
26 
106 
133 
21 
365 
- 
45 to 49 years 
1,808 
41 
111 
160 
9 
360 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
172 New Mexico 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
