Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,696 
157 
151 
303 
436 
349 
Female 
1,642 
4 
10 
17 
52 
60 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,779 
155 
154 
307 
434 
314 
Other 
3,559 
6 
7 
13 
54 
95 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
6,487 
142 
140 
283 
422 
362 
Not on farm operated 
851 
19 
21 
37 
66 
47 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,845 
125 
134 
253 
336 
210 
Any 
4,493 
36 
27 
67 
152 
199 
1 to 49 days 
663 
4 
6 
18 
51 
49 
50 to 99 days 
419 
1 
1 
4 
13 
17 
100 to 199 days 
725 
4 
1 
3 
23 
43 
200 days or more 
2,686 
27 
19 
42 
65 
90 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
346 
2 
5 
9 
8 
8 
3 or 4 years 
486 
2 
6 
16 
22 
39 
5 to 9 years 
1,233 
8 
14 
26 
59 
54 
10 years or more 
5,273 
149 
136 
269 
399 
308 
Average years on present farm 
21.0 
29.0 
24.1 
25.1 
24.8 
23.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
206 
1 
4 
4 
2 
2 
3 or 4 years 
376 
1 
1 
12 
12 
28 
5 to 9 years 
1,052 
1 
5 
18 
51 
57 
10 years or more 
5,704 
158 
151 
286 
423 
322 
Average years operating any farm 
23.6 
31.3 
27.7 
27.8 
27.4 
25.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
20 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
25 to 34 years 
398 
4 
12 
35 
46 
35 
35 to 44 years 
788 
22 
22 
34 
45 
47 
45 to 49 years 
774 
20 
27 
46 
57 
35 
50 to 54 years 
935 
26 
18 
57 
83 
68 
55 to 59 years 
1,177 
35 
32 
55 
92 
66 
60 to 64 years 
1,170 
22 
26 
36 
78 
54 
65 to 69 years 
850 
17 
14 
30 
34 
45 
70 years and over 
1,226 
15 
10 
27 
50 
57 
Average age 
57.3 
55.5 
53.6 
52.9 
54.0 
55.2 
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 
160 
161 
318 
485 
408 
More than one race reported 
41 
- 
- 
2 
3 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
893 
11 
5 
33 
55 
40 
2 people 
3,598 
68 
62 
133 
224 
212 
3 people 
1,227 
19 
25 
52 
89 
87 
4 people 
1,059 
29 
40 
60 
86 
42 
5 or more people 
561 
34 
29 
42 
34 
28 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,099 
10 
13 
46 
96 
122 
25 to 49 percent 
477 
22 
10 
20 
37 
47 
50 to 74 percent 
699 
22 
34 
66 
113 
116 
75 to 99 percent 
456 
51 
35 
63 
94 
60 
1 00 percent 
607 
56 
69 
125 
148 
64 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
270 
29 
30 
38 
34 
17 
acres 
114,489 
29,690 
23,621 
14,175 
16,938 
7,898 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
5,843 
146 
146 
242 
368 
312 
Dial-up service 
398 
12 
13 
14 
30 
15 
DSL service 
3,263 
77 
77 
145 
211 
206 
Cable modem service 
1,110 
18 
20 
48 
66 
49 
Fiber-optic service 
214 
9 
2 
3 
7 
2 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
538 
21 
23 
20 
28 
29 
Satellite service 
698 
26 
18 
22 
39 
30 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
241 
12 
12 
9 
19 
12 
Other Internet service 
85 
5 
1 
3 
5 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
6,340 
78 
99 
198 
378 
316 
2 households 
762 
44 
32 
94 
87 
79 
3 households 
138 
22 
15 
19 
12 
11 
4 households 
53 
5 
8 
5 
8 
- 
5 or more households 
45 
12 
7 
4 
3 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
