Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
352 
309 
299 
43 
38 
75 
Female 
134 
101 
101 
33 
33 
39 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
288 
251 
246 
37 
35 
43 
Other 
198 
159 
154 
39 
36 
71 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
388 
343 
340 
45 
43 
57 
Not on farm operated 
98 
67 
60 
31 
28 
57 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
197 
183 
179 
14 
13 
32 
Any 
289 
227 
221 
62 
58 
82 
1 to 49 days 
35 
33 
33 
2 
1 
12 
50 to 99 days 
33 
18 
17 
15 
15 
12 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
53 
42 
42 
11 
11 
8 
200 days or more 
168 
134 
129 
34 
31 
50 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
14 
10 
10 
4 
4 
8 
3 or 4 years 
33 
19 
19 
14 
13 
12 
5 to 9 years 
115 
78 
78 
37 
37 
24 
10 years or more 
324 
303 
293 
21 
17 
70 
Average years on present farm 
19.6 
21.4 
21.3 
10.2 
9.8 
18.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
10 
10 
10 
- 
- 
5 
3 or 4 years 
27 
14 
14 
13 
13 
8 
5 to 9 years 
92 
63 
63 
29 
29 
20 
10 years or more 
357 
323 
313 
34 
29 
81 
Average years operating any farm 
22.1 
23.8 
23.7 
13.3 
13.0 
20.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
40 
34 
34 
6 
5 
9 
35 to 44 years 
74 
58 
57 
16 
16 
17 
45 to 49 years 
61 
50 
45 
11 
11 
19 
50 to 54 years 
59 
52 
52 
7 
6 
15 
55 to 59 years 
93 
77 
76 
16 
16 
12 
60 to 64 years 
64 
53 
53 
11 
10 
5 
65 to 69 years 
44 
42 
41 
2 
2 
19 
70 years and over 
51 
44 
42 
7 
5 
17 
Average age 
54.3 
54.7 
54.6 
52.1 
51.4 
54.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
4 
3 
3 
1 
1 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
484 
408 
398 
76 
71 
114 
More than one race reported 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
45 
41 
40 
4 
3 
29 
2 people 
212 
187 
185 
25 
25 
38 
3 people 
86 
67 
66 
19 
15 
21 
4 people 
92 
76 
70 
16 
16 
23 
5 or more people 
51 
39 
39 
12 
12 
3 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
280 
227 
221 
53 
50 
94 
25 to 49 percent 
42 
34 
34 
8 
7 
7 
50 to 74 percent 
62 
56 
55 
6 
6 
7 
75 to 99 percent 
48 
42 
40 
6 
6 
6 
100 percent 
54 
51 
50 
3 
2 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
73 
52 
51 
21 
18 
45 
acres 
39,724 
33,972 
(D) 
5,752 
(D) 
10,237 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
438 
374 
364 
64 
61 
99 
Dial-up service 
25 
25 
25 
- 
- 
1 
DSL service 
249 
213 
209 
36 
34 
47 
Cable modem service 
125 
114 
108 
11 
11 
30 
Fiber-optic service 
10 
8 
7 
2 
1 
10 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
42 
36 
35 
6 
6 
10 
Satellite service 
42 
27 
27 
15 
15 
14 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
10 
8 
8 
2 
2 
8 
Other Internet service 
4 
4 
4 
" 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
365 
298 
291 
67 
62 
97 
2 households 
77 
73 
72 
4 
4 
12 
3 households 
20 
18 
17 
2 
2 
1 
4 households 
13 
10 
10 
3 
3 
3 
5 or more households 
11 
11 
10 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Vermont 147 
