Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
935 
11 
37 
24 
78 
318 
- 
55 to 59 years 
1,177 
14 
41 
49 
92 
404 
- 
60 to 64 years 
1,170 
14 
47 
47 
80 
466 
- 
65 to 69 years 
850 
7 
20 
42 
56 
314 
- 
70 years and over 
1,226 
8 
32 
35 
92 
578 
- 
Average age 
57.3 
58.5 
49.9 
57.1 
56.5 
59.7 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
58 
- 
4 
5 
2 
14 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
21 
- 
2 
3 
- 
5 
- 
Asian 
15 
- 
- 
2 
6 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
23 
- 
5 
- 
4 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
White 
7,234 
66 
341 
264 
529 
2,617 
- 
More than one race reported 
41 
- 
3 
- 
6 
9 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
893 
7 
50 
36 
76 
333 
- 
2 people 
3,598 
38 
157 
128 
271 
1,347 
- 
3 people 
1,227 
8 
47 
53 
100 
473 
- 
4 people 
1,059 
7 
62 
40 
67 
320 
- 
5 or more people 
561 
6 
35 
16 
31 
161 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,099 
30 
224 
232 
380 
2,005 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
477 
7 
17 
9 
59 
181 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
699 
13 
53 
14 
59 
245 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
456 
8 
23 
12 
14 
127 
- 
100 percent 
607 
8 
34 
6 
33 
76 
" 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
270 
1 
16 
15 
23 
76 
- 
acres 
114,489 
(D) 
3,314 
5,936 
(D) 
29,491 
" 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
5,843 
50 
299 
241 
469 
1,975 
- 
Dial-up service 
398 
5 
16 
11 
31 
123 
- 
DSL service 
3,263 
27 
150 
148 
251 
1,098 
- 
Cable modem service 
1,110 
10 
62 
42 
108 
406 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
214 
- 
11 
7 
24 
77 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
538 
5 
36 
26 
30 
123 
- 
Satellite service 
698 
10 
35 
24 
42 
217 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
241 
- 
20 
5 
17 
81 
- 
Other Internet service 
85 
- 
- 
5 
3 
35 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
6,340 
58 
322 
256 
479 
2,278 
- 
2 households 
762 
5 
17 
11 
54 
287 
- 
3 households 
138 
3 
9 
2 
8 
42 
- 
4 households 
53 
- 
- 
3 
4 
19 
- 
5 or more households 
45 
- 
3 
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 
7,099 
64 
341 
260 
519 
2,545 
- 
acres 
1,176,532 
20,799 
21,332 
21,660 
32,064 
413,948 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
663 
10 
45 
30 
54 
161 
- 
acres 
145,680 
3,352 
5,390 
3,262 
5,613 
33,351 
" 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
6,043 
51 
283 
212 
442 
2,261 
- 
acres 
843,553 
17,123 
15,022 
11,514 
26,432 
340,476 
- 
Partnership farms 
695 
8 
41 
36 
53 
197 
- 
acres 
205,158 
2,342 
4,664 
4,962 
4,723 
46,001 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
524 
8 
39 
31 
40 
126 
- 
acres 
166,970 
2,342 
4,457 
4,483 
(D) 
30,147 
- 
Corporation farms 
486 
7 
21 
21 
39 
135 
- 
acres 
181,139 
1,654 
1,663 
6,024 
1,518 
38,706 
- 
Family held farms 
410 
7 
17 
16 
24 
108 
- 
acres 
161,780 
1,654 
1,557 
(D) 
919 
27,753 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
10 
- 
2 
- 
5 
- 
10 or less stockholders farms 
400 
7 
15 
16 
24 
103 
- 
Other than family held farms 
76 
- 
4 
5 
15 
27 
- 
acres 
19,359 
- 
106 
(D) 
599 
10,953 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
