Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,696 
3,570 
1,794 
332 
2,512 
3,184 
Female 
1,642 
1,253 
269 
120 
774 
868 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,779 
2,093 
1,427 
259 
1,696 
2,083 
Other 
3,559 
2,730 
636 
193 
1,590 
1,969 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
6,487 
4,353 
1,892 
242 
2,829 
3,658 
Not on farm operated 
851 
470 
171 
210 
457 
394 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,845 
1,683 
1,004 
158 
1,279 
1,566 
Any 
4,493 
3,140 
1,059 
294 
2,007 
2,486 
1 to 49 days 
663 
419 
192 
52 
303 
360 
50 to 99 days 
419 
294 
94 
31 
181 
238 
100 to 199 days 
725 
514 
155 
56 
323 
402 
200 days or more 
2,686 
1,913 
618 
155 
1,200 
1,486 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
346 
235 
63 
48 
130 
216 
3 or 4 years 
486 
329 
75 
82 
191 
295 
5 to 9 years 
1,233 
822 
299 
112 
476 
757 
10 years or more 
5,273 
3,437 
1,626 
210 
2,489 
2,784 
Average years on present farm 
21.0 
20.8 
23.6 
12.2 
22.4 
19.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
206 
135 
34 
37 
72 
134 
3 or 4 years 
376 
272 
42 
62 
144 
232 
5 to 9 years 
1,052 
695 
246 
111 
410 
642 
10 years or more 
5,704 
3,721 
1,741 
242 
2,660 
3,044 
Average years operating any farm 
23.6 
23.3 
26.3 
14.0 
24.9 
22.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
20 
6 
1 
13 
17 
3 
25 to 34 years 
398 
166 
115 
117 
162 
236 
35 to 44 years 
788 
446 
252 
90 
282 
506 
45 to 49 years 
774 
479 
250 
45 
336 
438 
50 to 54 years 
935 
585 
301 
49 
397 
538 
55 to 59 years 
1,177 
761 
359 
57 
485 
692 
60 to 64 years 
1,170 
819 
315 
36 
563 
607 
65 to 69 years 
850 
585 
239 
26 
421 
429 
70 years and over 
1,226 
976 
231 
19 
623 
603 
Average age 
57.3 
59.1 
55.5 
45.6 
58.5 
56.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
58 
47 
10 
1 
23 
35 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
21 
16 
4 
1 
6 
15 
Asian 
15 
9 
- 
6 
7 
8 
Black or African American 
23 
19 
- 
4 
11 
12 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
4 
White 
7,234 
4,743 
2,050 
441 
3,246 
3,988 
More than one race reported 
41 
32 
9 
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16 
25 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
893 
641 
171 
81 
776 
117 
2 people 
3,598 
2,517 
922 
159 
1,422 
2,176 
3 people 
1,227 
770 
373 
84 
502 
725 
4 people 
1,059 
608 
362 
89 
400 
659 
5 or more people 
561 
287 
235 
39 
186 
375 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,099 
3,860 
968 
271 
2,367 
2,732 
25 to 49 percent 
477 
251 
184 
42 
185 
292 
50 to 74 percent 
699 
333 
309 
57 
312 
387 
75 to 99 percent 
456 
166 
273 
17 
183 
273 
1 00 percent 
607 
213 
329 
65 
239 
368 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
270 
112 
118 
40 
123 
147 
acres 
114,489 
40,209 
65,659 
8,621 
43,016 
71,473 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
5,843 
3,840 
1,650 
353 
2,396 
3,447 
Dial-up service 
398 
262 
119 
17 
167 
231 
DSL service 
3,263 
2,140 
907 
216 
1,264 
1,999 
Cable modem service 
1,110 
756 
282 
72 
501 
609 
Fiber-optic service 
214 
148 
60 
6 
104 
110 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
538 
349 
146 
43 
179 
359 
Satellite service 
698 
461 
210 
27 
276 
422 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
241 
150 
77 
14 
112 
129 
Other Internet service 
85 
57 
27 
1 
32 
53 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
6,340 
4,325 
1,634 
381 
3,035 
3,305 
2 households 
762 
396 
317 
49 
195 
567 
3 households 
138 
61 
70 
7 
25 
113 
4 households 
53 
22 
22 
9 
18 
35 
5 or more households 
45 
19 
20 
6 
13 
32 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
218 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
