Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,696 
4,715 
554 
417 
Female 
1,642 
1,328 
141 
107 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,779 
2,960 
488 
376 
Other 
3,559 
3,083 
207 
148 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
6,487 
5,444 
598 
444 
Not on farm operated 
851 
599 
97 
80 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,845 
2,248 
368 
260 
Any 
4,493 
3,795 
327 
264 
1 to 49 days 
663 
563 
53 
52 
50 to 99 days 
419 
336 
38 
31 
100 to 199 days 
725 
618 
46 
34 
200 days or more 
2,686 
2,278 
190 
147 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
346 
309 
15 
12 
3 or 4 years 
486 
401 
40 
40 
5 to 9 years 
1,233 
985 
109 
86 
1 0 years or more 
5,273 
4,348 
531 
386 
Average years on present farm 
21.0 
21.0 
23.1 
22.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
206 
186 
5 
3 
3 or 4 years 
376 
311 
30 
30 
5 to 9 years 
1,052 
862 
78 
67 
10 years or more 
5,704 
4,684 
582 
424 
Average years operating any farm 
23.6 
23.5 
26.3 
25.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
20 
17 
2 
2 
25 to 34 years 
398 
312 
37 
35 
35 to 44 years 
788 
622 
75 
63 
45 to 49 years 
774 
628 
66 
50 
50 to 54 years 
935 
773 
88 
76 
55 to 59 years 
1,177 
947 
125 
84 
60 to 64 years 
1,170 
988 
113 
84 
65 to 69 years 
850 
723 
64 
49 
70 years and over 
1,226 
1,033 
125 
81 
Average age 
57.3 
57.6 
57.1 
56.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
58 
50 
4 
3 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
21 
21 
- 
- 
Asian 
15 
15 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
23 
22 
1 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
4 
4 
White 
7,234 
5,949 
687 
516 
More than one race reported 
41 
36 
3 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
893 
764 
55 
36 
2 people 
3,598 
2,990 
358 
273 
3 people 
1,227 
997 
123 
95 
4 people 
1,059 
855 
89 
74 
5 or more people 
561 
437 
70 
46 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,099 
4,353 
372 
280 
25 to 49 percent 
477 
382 
46 
38 
50 to 74 percent 
699 
517 
113 
85 
75 to 99 percent 
456 
343 
59 
46 
100 percent 
607 
448 
105 
75 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
270 
111 
41 
27 
acres 
114,489 
43,399 
21,129 
19,994 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
5,843 
4,727 
579 
455 
Dial-up service 
398 
327 
45 
33 
DSL service 
3,263 
2,656 
311 
250 
Cable modem service 
1,110 
842 
113 
85 
Fiber-optic service 
214 
175 
19 
19 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
538 
426 
60 
53 
Satellite service 
698 
572 
70 
55 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
241 
185 
38 
29 
Other Internet service 
85 
75 
6 
6 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
6,340 
5,424 
454 
327 
2 households 
762 
488 
185 
149 
3 households 
138 
79 
38 
34 
4 households 
53 
30 
7 
3 
5 or more households 
45 
22 
11 
11 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
146 Vermont 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
