Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
482 
392 
382 
90 
88 
166 
Female 
237 
186 
186 
51 
51 
119 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
451 
366 
359 
85 
83 
147 
Other 
268 
212 
209 
56 
56 
138 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
405 
347 
342 
58 
58 
155 
Not on farm operated 
314 
231 
226 
83 
81 
130 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
354 
292 
286 
62 
61 
84 
Any 
365 
286 
282 
79 
78 
201 
1 to 49 days 
73 
56 
55 
17 
17 
40 
50 to 99 days 
27 
17 
17 
10 
10 
14 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
53 
45 
44 
8 
8 
34 
200 days or more 
212 
168 
166 
44 
43 
113 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
24 
12 
12 
12 
12 
16 
3 or 4 years 
31 
17 
17 
14 
14 
29 
5 to 9 years 
103 
81 
81 
22 
22 
52 
10 years or more 
561 
468 
458 
93 
91 
188 
Average years on present farm 
21.3 
22.4 
22.2 
16.7 
(D) 
19.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
8 
7 
7 
1 
1 
11 
3 or 4 years 
23 
11 
11 
12 
12 
21 
5 to 9 years 
101 
71 
71 
30 
30 
47 
1 0 years or more 
587 
489 
479 
98 
96 
206 
Average years operating any farm 
23.5 
24.6 
24.4 
19.0 
(D) 
21.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
66 
40 
40 
26 
26 
26 
35 to 44 years 
96 
80 
80 
16 
16 
22 
45 to 49 years 
55 
45 
44 
10 
10 
29 
50 to 54 years 
96 
80 
78 
16 
15 
58 
55 to 59 years 
137 
101 
100 
36 
36 
55 
60 to 64 years 
92 
80 
78 
12 
12 
37 
65 to 69 years 
72 
67 
64 
5 
4 
32 
70 years and over 
105 
85 
84 
20 
20 
26 
Average age 
55.3 
56.0 
55.9 
52.1 
(D) 
54.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
20 
14 
14 
6 
6 
12 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
2 
- 
- 
2 
2 
6 
Black or African American 
4 
4 
4 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
712 
573 
563 
139 
137 
277 
More than one race reported 
1 
1 
1 
- 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
131 
83 
81 
48 
48 
50 
2 people 
317 
271 
267 
46 
44 
110 
3 people 
102 
71 
71 
31 
31 
54 
4 people 
108 
94 
90 
14 
14 
45 
5 or more people 
61 
59 
59 
2 
2 
26 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
362 
271 
267 
91 
90 
198 
25 to 49 percent 
64 
57 
56 
7 
6 
19 
50 to 74 percent 
116 
99 
97 
17 
17 
29 
75 to 99 percent 
79 
64 
63 
15 
15 
21 
100 percent 
98 
87 
85 
11 
11 
18 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
142 
98 
94 
44 
42 
114 
acres 
44,682 
24,808 
13,684 
19,874 
(D) 
12,654 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
627 
523 
513 
104 
102 
230 
Dial-up service 
34 
28 
27 
6 
6 
6 
DSL service 
133 
118 
115 
15 
15 
58 
Cable modem service 
318 
259 
257 
59 
58 
93 
Fiber-optic service 
132 
108 
108 
24 
23 
32 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
131 
112 
109 
19 
18 
43 
Satellite service 
26 
22 
21 
4 
4 
13 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
14 
13 
12 
1 
1 
28 
Other Internet service 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
7 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
508 
392 
389 
116 
115 
223 
2 households 
138 
116 
115 
22 
22 
28 
3 households 
36 
34 
32 
2 
2 
26 
4 households 
23 
23 
19 
- 
- 
4 
5 or more households 
14 
13 
13 
1 
- 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Massachusetts 147 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
