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 
6,487 
140 
140 
270 
419 
367 
Not on farm operated 
851 
19 
21 
37 
63 
46 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,845 
123 
134 
240 
337 
217 
Any 
4,493 
36 
27 
67 
145 
196 
1 to 49 days 
663 
4 
6 
18 
48 
50 
50 to 99 days 
419 
1 
1 
4 
12 
17 
100 to 199 days 
725 
4 
1 
3 
23 
41 
200 days or more 
2,686 
27 
19 
42 
62 
88 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
346 
2 
5 
9 
8 
8 
3 or 4 years 
486 
2 
6 
16 
20 
37 
5 to 9 years 
1,233 
8 
13 
27 
57 
55 
10 years or more 
5,273 
147 
137 
255 
397 
313 
Average years on present farm 
21.0 
29.0 
24.2 
24.5 
25.1 
23.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
206 
1 
4 
4 
2 
2 
3 or 4 years 
376 
1 
1 
12 
11 
25 
5 to 9 years 
1,052 
1 
4 
19 
51 
57 
10 years or more 
5,704 
156 
152 
272 
418 
329 
Average years operating any farm 
23.6 
31.2 
27.9 
27.0 
27.7 
25.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
20 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
25 to 34 years 
398 
4 
12 
35 
45 
36 
35 to 44 years 
788 
22 
21 
34 
42 
49 
45 to 49 years 
774 
20 
27 
45 
55 
38 
50 to 54 years 
935 
26 
18 
57 
81 
66 
55 to 59 years 
1,177 
34 
32 
54 
91 
65 
60 to 64 years 
1,170 
21 
27 
32 
79 
56 
65 to 69 years 
850 
17 
14 
30 
31 
44 
70 years and over 
1,226 
15 
10 
20 
55 
58 
Average age 
57.3 
55.4 
53.7 
52.2 
54.4 
55.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
58 
4 
- 
- 
3 
3 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
21 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Asian 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
23 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
7,234 
158 
161 
305 
479 
412 
More than one race reported 
41 
- 
2 
3 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
893 
11 
5 
29 
56 
41 
2 people 
3,598 
67 
62 
129 
220 
211 
3 people 
1,227 
19 
25 
50 
84 
93 
4 people 
1,059 
29 
39 
59 
86 
40 
5 or more people 
561 
33 
30 
40 
36 
28 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,099 
9 
14 
42 
99 
121 
25 to 49 percent 
477 
22 
10 
19 
36 
46 
50 to 74 percent 
699 
22 
34 
63 
109 
115 
75 to 99 percent 
456 
51 
35 
59 
91 
63 
1 00 percent 
607 
55 
68 
124 
147 
68 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
270 
28 
31 
38 
34 
15 
acres 
114,489 
28,942 
24,369 
14,175 
16,938 
4,718 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
5,843 
144 
146 
239 
360 
313 
Dial-up service 
398 
12 
13 
13 
31 
14 
DSL service 
3,263 
76 
78 
144 
202 
206 
Cable modem service 
1,110 
18 
19 
47 
67 
50 
Fiber-optic service 
214 
9 
2 
3 
7 
1 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
538 
21 
23 
18 
29 
29 
Satellite service 
698 
25 
18 
22 
40 
29 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
241 
12 
12 
9 
18 
13 
Other Internet service 
85 
5 
1 
3 
5 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
6,340 
77 
99 
190 
369 
318 
2 households 
762 
43 
33 
90 
88 
81 
3 households 
138 
22 
14 
18 
14 
11 
4 households 
53 
5 
8 
5 
8 
- 
5 or more households 
45 
12 
7 
4 
3 
3 
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 
7,099 
141 
146 
287 
462 
398 
acres 
1,176,532 
182,509 
94,110 
115,991 
148,652 
88,779 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
663 
36 
19 
42 
59 
32 
acres 
145,680 
42,453 
8,596 
16,965 
22,761 
7,956 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
94 Vermont 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
