Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hidalgo 
Lea 
Lincoln 
Los Alamos 
Luna 
McKinley 
Mora 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
I. 
2012 
58 
199 
135 
1 
84 
902 
175 
2007 
56 
226 
136 
3 
77 
1,278 
156 
Any 
2012 
113 
261 
227 
8 
106 
1,395 
422 
2007 
106 
346 
225 
4 
129 
1,346 
433 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
9 
62 
15 
- 
18 
198 
69 
2007 
7 
58 
16 
2 
25 
177 
98 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
5 
29 
23 
- 
14 
194 
96 
2007 
20 
28 
23 
- 
8 
214 
37 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
31 
10 
49 
- 
13 
161 
70 
2007 
19 
28 
36 
- 
17 
183 
82 
200 days or more 
2012 
68 
160 
140 
8 
61 
842 
187 
2007 
60 
232 
150 
2 
79 
772 
216 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
4 
12 
17 
13 
31 
5 
2007 
9 
30 
15 
- 
20 
68 
33 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
21 
19 
20 
2 
5 
53 
17 
2007 
12 
26 
29 
2 
25 
83 
24 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
29 
70 
53 
- 
52 
118 
73 
2007 
32 
104 
62 
5 
23 
242 
93 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
117 
359 
272 
7 
120 
2,095 
502 
2007 
109 
412 
255 
- 
138 
2,231 
439 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
18.5 
23.5 
22.0 
10.9 
20.7 
30.3 
24.4 
2007 
18.0 
20.2 
19.4 
6.4 
19.3 
29.3 
21.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
4 
6 
14 
12 
24 
2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
17 
19 
19 
2 
4 
56 
9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
19 
63 
36 
- 
38 
107 
67 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
131 
372 
293 
7 
136 
2,110 
519 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
23.6 
25.6 
26.6 
10.9 
24.4 
31.8 
25.5 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
18 
. 
. 
. 
. 
24 
. 
2007 
4 
5 
- 
- 
3 
8 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
10 
21 
12 
- 
12 
52 
6 
2007 
10 
21 
9 
- 
15 
68 
15 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
29 
48 
20 
2 
28 
141 
15 
2007 
22 
77 
39 
2 
14 
205 
68 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
21 
108 
57 
7 
33 
424 
96 
2007 
33 
158 
72 
5 
36 
491 
121 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
26 
63 
37 
- 
19 
270 
104 
2007 
30 
59 
67 
- 
31 
312 
96 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
24 
54 
65 
- 
32 
296 
126 
2007 
23 
45 
52 
- 
47 
298 
82 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
12 
47 
38 
_ 
28 
312 
89 
2007 
13 
55 
43 
- 
18 
378 
74 
70 years and over 
2012 
31 
119 
133 
- 
38 
778 
161 
2007 
27 
152 
79 
- 
42 
864 
133 
Average age 
2012 
52.2 
59.4 
63.5 
50.7 
58.5 
63.1 
63.0 
2007 
55.2 
58.0 
59.5 
46.4 
58.2 
62.3 
59.5 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
157 
333 
260 
1 
125 
369 
293 
2007 
123 
321 
212 
5 
107 
682 
243 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
7 
26 
26 
- 
20 
52 
34 
DSL service 
■ farms, 2012 
79 
136 
136 
1 
34 
105 
155 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
3 
24 
18 
- 
5 
16 
9 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
5 
8 
13 
- 
5 
2 
8 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
38 
70 
33 
38 
39 
64 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
39 
72 
57 
- 
40 
152 
58 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
8 
31 
6 
- 
3 
7 
7 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
8 
19 
6 
- 
1 
16 
2 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
168 
436 
349 
9 
177 
2,256 
588 
acres, 2012 
884,271 
1 ,833,477 
1,483,977 
17 
534,170 
2,999,317 
672,255 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
10 
41 
30 
- 
11 
24 
20 
acres, 2012 
39,812 
314,530 
371,129 
- 
26,045 
51,723 
41,176 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
128 
360 
283 
9 
150 
2,185 
557 
2007 
131 
446 
285 
7 
163 
2,575 
529 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
944,305 
766,463 
17 
(D) 
1,805,551 
391,189 
2007 
(D) 
1,339,076 
915,550 
9 
(D) 
681,115 
(D) 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
16 
63 
35 
- 
19 
9 
19 
2007 
13 
83 
36 
- 
26 
14 
32 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
486,889 
429,958 
- 
152,844 
(D) 
97,170 
2007 
173,058 
630,547 
271,226 
- 
86,579 
46,329 
41,701 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
24 
30 
28 
18 
10 
18 
2007 
15 
25 
29 
- 
11 
6 
19 
acres, 2012 
167,392 
386,948 
255,154 
- 
101,311 
36,340 
289,069 
2007 
201,275 
277,735 
454,211 
- 
112,928 
(D) 
257,477 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
1 
1 
7 
- 
1 
1 
- 
2007 
1 
4 
1 
- 
2 
1 
- 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
23,094 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2007 
(D) 
1,820 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
2 
6 
9 
2 
92 
3 
2007 
2 
14 
10 
- 
4 
28 
9 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
78,515 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
603 
2007 
(D) 
115,990 
(D) 
- 
460 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
390 New Mexico 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
