Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
6,038 
33 
58 
121 
232 
312 
Not on farm operated 
1,717 
53 
56 
82 
123 
120 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,736 
65 
89 
143 
197 
223 
Any 
5,019 
21 
25 
60 
158 
209 
1 to 49 days 
743 
7 
2 
16 
24 
31 
50 to 99 days 
447 
- 
1 
9 
16 
19 
100 to 199 days 
759 
1 
3 
8 
40 
48 
200 days or more 
3,070 
13 
19 
27 
78 
111 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
328 
- 
1 
4 
5 
22 
3 or 4 years 
507 
1 
2 
10 
16 
35 
5 to 9 years 
1,119 
11 
14 
13 
38 
51 
10 years or more 
5,801 
74 
97 
176 
296 
324 
Average years on present farm 
21.6 
26.3 
29.0 
25.1 
25.6 
22.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
223 
- 
- 
1 
4 
10 
3 or 4 years 
433 
1 
2 
10 
9 
25 
5 to 9 years 
993 
6 
12 
11 
31 
59 
10 years or more 
6,106 
79 
100 
181 
311 
338 
Average years operating any farm 
23.6 
30.0 
30.9 
26.8 
28.1 
24.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
60 
- 
- 
- 
3 
8 
25 to 34 years 
359 
3 
4 
17 
13 
44 
35 to 44 years 
655 
9 
12 
24 
26 
48 
45 to 49 years 
797 
6 
9 
16 
33 
26 
50 to 54 years 
1,136 
8 
16 
34 
56 
64 
55 to 59 years 
1,283 
15 
22 
30 
69 
58 
60 to 64 years 
1,132 
16 
23 
21 
60 
74 
65 to 69 years 
933 
13 
10 
30 
35 
38 
70 years and over 
1,400 
16 
18 
31 
60 
72 
Average age 
57.8 
59.0 
58.0 
56.4 
57.8 
55.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
142 
3 
2 
20 
20 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Asian 
71 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
80 
1 
- 
1 
1 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
7,559 
84 
112 
202 
352 
428 
More than one race reported 
29 
1 
- 
- 
1 
" 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,201 
7 
14 
22 
52 
74 
2 people 
3,664 
44 
50 
83 
148 
173 
3 people 
1,161 
13 
18 
33 
76 
84 
4 people 
1,040 
15 
19 
37 
43 
72 
5 or more people 
689 
7 
13 
28 
36 
29 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,727 
13 
16 
36 
88 
162 
25 to 49 percent 
575 
17 
8 
22 
34 
66 
50 to 74 percent 
636 
16 
37 
50 
94 
70 
75 to 99 percent 
368 
18 
14 
43 
68 
47 
1 00 percent 
449 
22 
39 
52 
71 
87 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
490 
28 
14 
30 
57 
71 
acres 
73,847 
25,559 
3,962 
5,763 
6,286 
5,752 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
6,207 
80 
102 
167 
302 
357 
Dial-up service 
341 
1 
3 
4 
11 
23 
DSL service 
1,417 
16 
17 
46 
65 
83 
Cable modem service 
3,104 
43 
61 
95 
156 
178 
Fiber-optic service 
766 
18 
13 
24 
42 
44 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
776 
18 
20 
35 
43 
52 
Satellite service 
384 
1 
2 
4 
13 
17 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
235 
2 
1 
8 
11 
10 
Other Internet service 
63 
- 
1 
2 
5 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
6,737 
41 
61 
110 
255 
358 
2 households 
742 
22 
25 
60 
69 
54 
3 households 
168 
11 
16 
18 
18 
9 
4 households 
66 
6 
8 
6 
9 
10 
5 or more households 
42 
6 
4 
9 
4 
1 
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 
70 
98 
165 
318 
398 
acres 
469,987 
30,264 
26,220 
26,004 
36,949 
34,028 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
475 
19 
17 
26 
37 
25 
acres 
42,611 
6,524 
4,988 
4,215 
4,249 
2,570 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
94 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
