Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
468 
793 
856 
715 
748 
1,571 
Not on farm operated 
86 
111 
113 
77 
89 
189 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
201 
326 
304 
249 
197 
517 
Any 
353 
578 
665 
543 
640 
1,243 
1 to 49 days 
56 
71 
104 
75 
66 
165 
50 to 99 days 
41 
43 
91 
46 
59 
104 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
52 
126 
119 
82 
95 
179 
200 days or more 
204 
338 
351 
340 
420 
795 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
15 
51 
48 
35 
66 
99 
3 or 4 years 
36 
44 
79 
73 
74 
99 
5 to 9 years 
69 
143 
207 
162 
180 
312 
1 0 years or more 
434 
666 
635 
522 
517 
1,250 
Average years on present farm 
23.5 
21.8 
20.2 
19.8 
17.2 
19.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
7 
24 
32 
17 
43 
70 
3 or 4 years 
33 
37 
51 
59 
59 
87 
5 to 9 years 
58 
124 
190 
130 
160 
258 
10 years or more 
456 
719 
696 
586 
575 
1,345 
Average years operating any farm 
26.1 
24.3 
23.4 
22.3 
19.7 
21.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
1 
4 
- 
- 
4 
7 
25 to 34 years 
30 
60 
38 
36 
47 
55 
35 to 44 years 
56 
90 
124 
90 
110 
150 
45 to 49 years 
39 
65 
73 
114 
89 
209 
50 to 54 years 
71 
149 
116 
86 
85 
180 
55 to 59 years 
81 
97 
148 
119 
141 
315 
60 to 64 years 
106 
165 
159 
115 
142 
268 
65 to 69 years 
78 
118 
136 
87 
81 
214 
70 years and over 
92 
156 
175 
145 
138 
362 
Average age 
58.3 
57.6 
58.3 
57.8 
56.6 
58.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
1 
3 
5 
6 
7 
26 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
1 
2 
4 
3 
1 
8 
Asian 
1 
- 
- 
6 
1 
7 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
5 
3 
9 
6 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
551 
892 
954 
767 
821 
1,734 
More than one race reported 
1 
6 
6 
13 
5 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
59 
101 
109 
100 
89 
293 
2 people 
294 
448 
521 
372 
391 
883 
3 people 
96 
145 
158 
143 
155 
259 
4 people 
67 
150 
110 
118 
136 
225 
5 or more people 
38 
60 
71 
59 
66 
100 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
286 
644 
796 
717 
774 
1,597 
25 to 49 percent 
92 
111 
56 
20 
29 
36 
50 to 74 percent 
85 
96 
60 
40 
18 
57 
75 to 99 percent 
57 
26 
20 
9 
8 
37 
1 00 percent 
34 
27 
37 
6 
8 
33 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
25 
29 
24 
16 
6 
24 
acres 
8,709 
5,961 
3,197 
3,030 
723 
3,727 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
457 
700 
771 
614 
664 
1,435 
Dial-up service 
23 
49 
37 
63 
35 
108 
DSL service 
255 
372 
409 
317 
387 
817 
Cable modem service 
94 
140 
148 
113 
126 
288 
Fiber-optic service 
7 
20 
41 
26 
27 
71 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
41 
69 
50 
42 
43 
173 
Satellite service 
62 
80 
101 
75 
82 
164 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
20 
23 
39 
18 
13 
64 
Other Internet service 
3 
8 
15 
6 
8 
29 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
444 
811 
875 
732 
769 
1,656 
2 households 
91 
73 
72 
43 
62 
86 
3 households 
14 
11 
14 
9 
6 
5 
4 households 
4 
9 
2 
7 
- 
5 
5 or more households 
1 
- 
6 
1 
- 
8 
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 
534 
879 
942 
783 
818 
1,709 
acres 
86,438 
110,115 
92,654 
59,796 
54,086 
143,402 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
52 
72 
110 
68 
56 
117 
acres 
8,547 
8,280 
9,897 
7,424 
3,591 
9,210 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Vermont 95 
