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) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
2,854 
39 
134 
258 
23 
600 
- 
55 to 59 years 
3,438 
51 
218 
305 
39 
790 
- 
60 to 64 years 
3,632 
38 
203 
342 
26 
955 
- 
65 to 69 years 
3,166 
28 
165 
351 
32 
737 
- 
70 years and over 
6,727 
83 
247 
787 
27 
1,884 
- 
Average age 
60.5 
59.0 
57.7 
62.4 
58.8 
62.0 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9,377 
35 
434 
1,362 
31 
2,610 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5,202 
121 
370 
8 
3 
969 
- 
Asian 
29 
- 
1 
16 
1 
6 
- 
Black or African American 
39 
- 
6 
9 
- 
9 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
White 
19,293 
200 
900 
2,348 
174 
4,964 
- 
More than one race reported 
149 
- 
14 
20 
1 
37 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,331 
74 
243 
315 
31 
1,197 
- 
2 people 
12,042 
133 
553 
1,417 
84 
2,898 
- 
3 people 
3,717 
39 
226 
324 
38 
860 
- 
4 people 
2,439 
34 
109 
223 
17 
607 
- 
5 or more people 
2,192 
41 
160 
122 
9 
430 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
20,196 
183 
1,079 
2,146 
128 
4,721 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
1,477 
32 
77 
91 
16 
402 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
1,450 
41 
46 
88 
13 
453 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
922 
39 
49 
40 
14 
235 
- 
1 00 percent 
676 
26 
40 
36 
8 
181 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,046 
19 
65 
74 
18 
268 
- 
acres 
9,612,013 
94,931 
32,672 
23,191 
1,333 
823,112 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,796 
173 
787 
1,669 
142 
3,290 
- 
Dial-up service 
1,186 
8 
57 
110 
14 
288 
- 
DSL service 
6,044 
75 
373 
658 
59 
1,462 
- 
Cable modem service 
1,950 
19 
132 
417 
30 
475 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
555 
20 
15 
33 
1 
147 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,329 
27 
122 
280 
28 
564 
- 
Satellite service 
2,773 
46 
114 
259 
20 
587 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
499 
2 
33 
58 
10 
133 
- 
Other Internet service 
296 
4 
9 
33 
4 
76 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
18,888 
208 
974 
1,938 
139 
4,515 
- 
2 households 
4,005 
66 
216 
330 
21 
1,037 
- 
3 households 
936 
27 
41 
75 
8 
244 
- 
4 households 
532 
11 
37 
42 
7 
130 
- 
5 or more households 
360 
9 
23 
16 
4 
66 
- 
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 
308 
1,263 
2,357 
168 
5,766 
- 
acres 
37,818,721 
498,069 
144,881 
116,595 
9,781 
3,856,207 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,233 
15 
53 
121 
19 
265 
- 
acres 
6,696,602 
90,098 
5,760 
21,449 
(D) 
602,584 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
21,610 
260 
1,180 
2,178 
131 
5,231 
- 
acres 
20,481,373 
268,282 
115,448 
77,028 
7,822 
2,779,277 
- 
Partnership farms 
1,290 
27 
27 
87 
8 
300 
- 
acres 
8,536,426 
88,523 
6,326 
(D) 
84 
683,162 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
939 
18 
14 
76 
8 
216 
- 
acres 
7,921,222 
70,516 
(D) 
22,669 
84 
662,303 
- 
Corporation farms 
1,079 
28 
51 
89 
35 
270 
- 
acres 
7,886,450 
(D) 
23,141 
(D) 
2,155 
422,442 
- 
Family held farms 
985 
26 
37 
82 
31 
248 
- 
acres 
7,470,973 
82,479 
12,499 
(D) 
1,785 
(D) 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
30 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
955 
26 
37 
79 
31 
247 
- 
Other than family held farms 
94 
2 
14 
7 
4 
22 
_ 
acres 
415,477 
(D) 
10,642 
(D) 
370 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 New Mexico 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
