Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
3,650 
36 
201 
283 
797 
1,046 
1,287 
acres 
469,987 
277,151 
338 
6,748 
18,463 
53,615 
88,596 
109,391 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
475 
297 
- 
31 
32 
76 
91 
67 
acres 
42,611 
29,506 
- 
2,541 
2,413 
7,618 
9,158 
7,776 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
6,168 
2,944 
36 
154 
180 
635 
851 
1,088 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
338 
4,159 
8,398 
(D) 
60,410 
73,286 
Partnership 
farms 
583 
336 
- 
12 
53 
57 
93 
121 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1,844 
(D) 
(D) 
12,420 
22,562 
Registered under state law 
farms 
388 
216 
- 
12 
39 
35 
57 
73 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
1,844 
(D) 
11,418 
7,562 
16,441 
Corporation 
farms 
719 
451 
- 
60 
63 
100 
122 
106 
acres 
105,800 
(D) 
- 
1,443 
(D) 
22,520 
20,577 
18,285 
Family held 
farms 
578 
366 
- 
34 
52 
84 
102 
94 
acres 
82,550 
48,857 
- 
845 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
7 
- 
- 
2 
3 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
568 
359 
- 
34 
52 
82 
99 
92 
Other than family held 
farms 
141 
85 
- 
26 
11 
16 
20 
12 
acres 
23,250 
(D) 
- 
598 
423 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
139 
83 
- 
26 
11 
15 
20 
11 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
285 
147 
26 
10 
51 
38 
22 
acres 
(D) 
17,989 
- 
363 
1,131 
6,538 
7,164 
2,793 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,534 
1,646 
9 
130 
165 
407 
484 
451 
workers 
15,649 
11,983 
27 
846 
1,603 
2,691 
3,699 
3,117 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,500 
1,065 
6 
91 
130 
261 
322 
255 
workers 
6,257 
4,925 
12 
371 
589 
976 
1,545 
1,432 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,893 
1,238 
3 
105 
114 
320 
356 
340 
workers 
9,392 
7,058 
15 
475 
1,014 
1,715 
2,154 
1,685 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
124 
99 
2 
22 
16 
36 
23 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
4 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,967 
1,894 
22 
103 
144 
468 
546 
611 
workers 
9,760 
4,500 
42 
314 
341 
1,273 
1,208 
1,322 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,322 
1,020 
29 
124 
91 
200 
306 
270 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,913 
1,415 
5 
94 
120 
323 
372 
501 
50 to 69 acres 
570 
323 
- 
5 
35 
89 
55 
139 
70 to 99 acres 
555 
285 
2 
12 
12 
64 
89 
106 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
467 
225 
- 
5 
8 
46 
77 
89 
140 to 179 acres 
241 
147 
- 
2 
4 
30 
55 
56 
180 to 219 acres 
197 
128 
- 
6 
13 
30 
38 
41 
220 to 259 acres 
108 
71 
- 
- 
4 
7 
26 
34 
260 to 499 acres 
269 
177 
- 
2 
12 
37 
56 
70 
500 to 999 acres 
81 
61 
- 
2 
7 
13 
19 
20 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
25 
22 
- 
- 
- 
3 
9 
10 
2,000 acres or more 
7 
4 
" 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
41 
20 
2 
1 
6 
11 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
923 
614 
11 
146 
65 
104 
146 
142 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
779 
451 
5 
12 
48 
80 
142 
164 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
968 
465 
6 
23 
32 
102 
143 
159 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
1,502 
597 
- 
13 
16 
111 
165 
292 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
11 
10 
- 
- 
1 
4 
2 
3 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
1,491 
587 
. 
13 
15 
107 
163 
289 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
620 
264 
- 
6 
20 
47 
61 
130 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
8 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
147 
117 
- 
- 
10 
33 
33 
41 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
135 
58 
- 
- 
- 
13 
12 
33 
Poultry and egg production (1 123) 
380 
156 
2 
15 
9 
51 
30 
49 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
365 
156 
6 
- 
10 
34 
46 
60 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,887 
977 
6 
37 
93 
267 
319 
255 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,423 
713 
8 
19 
41 
164 
197 
284 
number 
35,703 
28,255 
(D) 
593 
(D) 
6,521 
7,713 
11,477 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
872 
354 
8 
12 
19 
79 
88 
148 
1 0 to 49 
383 
211 
- 
5 
13 
44 
66 
83 
50 to 99 
87 
73 
- 
- 
6 
21 
21 
25 
100 to 199 
46 
44 
- 
2 
1 
12 
14 
15 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
202 Massachusetts 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
