Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
6,038 
1,686 
2,369 
476 
442 
379 
Not on farm operated 
1,717 
636 
544 
94 
113 
88 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,736 
659 
996 
210 
219 
198 
Any 
5,019 
1,663 
1,917 
360 
336 
269 
1 to 49 days 
743 
261 
286 
31 
57 
27 
50 to 99 days 
447 
148 
147 
37 
22 
24 
100 to 199 days 
759 
267 
274 
49 
52 
55 
200 days or more 
3,070 
987 
1,210 
243 
205 
163 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
328 
186 
88 
16 
9 
11 
3 or 4 years 
507 
242 
165 
28 
23 
22 
5 to 9 years 
1,119 
428 
438 
50 
77 
38 
10 years or more 
5,801 
1,466 
2,222 
476 
446 
396 
Average years on present farm 
21.6 
16.8 
21.9 
23.8 
24.2 
25.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
223 
145 
52 
12 
6 
2 
3 or 4 years 
433 
211 
133 
27 
19 
21 
5 to 9 years 
993 
420 
366 
37 
65 
33 
10 years or more 
6,106 
1,546 
2,362 
494 
465 
411 
Average years operating any farm 
23.6 
18.1 
24.1 
26.5 
26.1 
28.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
60 
35 
17 
- 
2 
6 
25 to 34 years 
359 
178 
127 
5 
23 
11 
35 to 44 years 
655 
237 
244 
67 
22 
21 
45 to 49 years 
797 
285 
285 
74 
52 
36 
50 to 54 years 
1,136 
315 
455 
70 
82 
91 
55 to 59 years 
1,283 
430 
457 
90 
79 
83 
60 to 64 years 
1,132 
335 
411 
54 
91 
61 
65 to 69 years 
933 
224 
370 
84 
85 
56 
70 years and over 
1,400 
283 
547 
126 
119 
102 
Average age 
57.8 
54.7 
58.4 
59.7 
59.8 
59.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
142 
52 
56 
12 
2 
3 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
15 
9 
2 
3 
- 
- 
Asian 
71 
60 
11 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
80 
60 
15 
2 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
7,559 
2,170 
2,880 
565 
554 
465 
More than one race reported 
29 
23 
4 
- 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,201 
365 
431 
86 
106 
87 
2 people 
3,664 
1,040 
1,398 
241 
251 
226 
3 people 
1,161 
335 
422 
115 
84 
70 
4 people 
1,040 
368 
375 
76 
86 
40 
5 or more people 
689 
214 
287 
52 
28 
44 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,727 
1,818 
2,276 
432 
354 
324 
25 to 49 percent 
575 
182 
170 
37 
66 
39 
50 to 74 percent 
636 
160 
217 
52 
55 
36 
75 to 99 percent 
368 
70 
118 
25 
36 
29 
100 percent 
449 
92 
132 
24 
44 
39 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
490 
127 
171 
24 
37 
40 
acres 
73,847 
501 
4,163 
1,393 
2,980 
4,692 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
6,207 
1,892 
2,317 
442 
463 
373 
Dial-up service 
341 
91 
129 
21 
23 
22 
DSL service 
1,417 
379 
510 
114 
132 
87 
Cable modem service 
3,104 
996 
1,188 
217 
209 
172 
Fiber-optic service 
766 
285 
285 
52 
52 
32 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
776 
232 
247 
64 
54 
48 
Satellite service 
384 
76 
137 
27 
37 
51 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
235 
94 
90 
3 
15 
21 
Other Internet service 
63 
13 
27 
10 
6 
4 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
6,737 
2,050 
2,611 
507 
467 
402 
2 households 
742 
203 
219 
44 
75 
51 
3 households 
168 
45 
48 
15 
5 
9 
4 households 
66 
14 
14 
4 
8 
5 
5 or more households 
42 
10 
21 
- 
- 
" 
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 
7,362 
2,206 
2,770 
562 
531 
449 
acres 
469,987 
9,169 
66,138 
32,570 
43,973 
51,662 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
68 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
