Table 85. Summary by Type of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
General farms, 
primarily 
crops 
Hogs 
Cattle 
Dairy 
products 
Poultry 
and 
eggs 
Animal 
specialities, 
including 
aquaculture 
General farms, 
primarily 
livestock 
CHARACTERISTICS OF PRINCIPAL OPERATORS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
523 
181 
919 
105 
406 
363 
67 
Off farm operated 
449 
105 
1,046 
222 
25 
141 
27 
Retirement status: 
Retired 
402 
48 
942 
49 
184 
276 
12 
Not retired 
570 
238 
1,023 
278 
247 
228 
82 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
72 
89 
25 
19 
1 
54 
- 
35 to 44 years 
137 
11 
271 
51 
63 
10 
29 
45 to 54 years 
224 
32 
327 
69 
147 
86 
48 
55 to 64 years 
173 
104 
532 
87 
69 
191 
4 
65 years and over 
366 
49 
810 
99 
151 
163 
13 
Average age 
57.4 
51 
60.8 
56.6 
57.2 
58.1 
48.9 
Gender: 
Male 
844 
270 
1,840 
306 
389 
495 
93 
Female 
128 
16 
125 
21 
42 
9 
1 
Hispanic origin: 
Of Hispanic or Latino origin 
918 
284 
1,962 
326 
429 
499 
94 
Not of Hispanic or Latino origin 
54 
2 
3 
1 
2 
5 
- 
Race: 
Black or African American 
71 
11 
81 
10 
8 
117 
4 
White 
867 
272 
1,880 
316 
423 
387 
90 
Other 
34 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
More than one race reported 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Highest grade or year of school completed: 
None 
54 
17 
15 
1 
2 
57 
- 
Elementary school 
157 
25 
317 
12 
44 
73 
8 
Secondary school 
239 
106 
427 
51 
119 
37 
51 
High school diploma or GED 
156 
85 
529 
75 
119 
156 
4 
Some college 
141 
36 
260 
73 
92 
80 
3 
College - Bachelor's degree 
181 
12 
297 
94 
52 
68 
27 
Master's or PhD 
44 
5 
120 
21 
3 
33 
1 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
591 
116 
1,013 
263 
328 
311 
63 
Any 
381 
170 
952 
64 
103 
193 
31 
1 to 49 days 
20 
3 
109 
15 
- 
2 
3 
50 to 99 days 
109 
6 
37 
4 
1 
12 
1 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
40 
1 
166 
8 
- 
8 
2 
200 days or more 
212 
160 
640 
37 
102 
171 
25 
Hired manager status: 
Hired manager 
234 
39 
100 
121 
40 
32 
47 
Not a hired manager 
738 
247 
1,865 
206 
391 
472 
47 
Percent of income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
539 
102 
1,311 
60 
352 
399 
85 
25 to 49 percent 
182 
101 
319 
29 
6 
80 
3 
50 to 74 percent 
120 
53 
142 
30 
8 
10 
1 
75 percent or more 
131 
30 
193 
208 
65 
15 
5 
Net household income category: 
Less than $20,000 
609 
171 
1,148 
76 
263 
377 
60 
$20,000 to $39,999 
238 
69 
541 
63 
111 
104 
30 
$40,000 to $59,999 
45 
34 
148 
39 
13 
6 
3 
$60,000 to $79,999 
40 
6 
72 
20 
7 
7 
1 
$80,000 to $99,999 
11 
1 
22 
13 
6 
8 
- 
$100,000 or more 
29 
5 
34 
116 
31 
2 
- 
Number of persons living in household: 
1 person 
389 
100 
761 
87 
245 
229 
10 
2 persons 
141 
146 
468 
96 
85 
79 
8 
3 persons 
114 
20 
486 
79 
91 
77 
1 
4 persons 
228 
12 
149 
46 
5 
86 
72 
5 or more persons 
100 
8 
101 
19 
5 
33 
3 
Number of families contributing to the net income 
of this operation: 
1 family 
893 
253 
1,783 
221 
401 
435 
66 
2 families 
32 
13 
80 
49 
17 
51 
27 
3 families 
23 
6 
75 
29 
6 
5 
1 
4 families 
11 
8 
13 
10 
- 
8 
- 
5 or more families 
13 
6 
14 
18 
7 
5 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Agriculture 
449 
63 
631 
269 
90 
73 
60 
Nonagriculture 
523 
223 
1,334 
58 
341 
431 
34 
FARMS BY MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $1 ,000 
343 
71 
408 
14 
161 
313 
54 
$1,000 to $2,499 
31 
19 
364 
- 
5 
53 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
130 
54 
437 
- 
56 
25 
3 
$5,000 to $7,499 
70 
12 
229 
- 
88 
2 
- 
$7,500 to $9,999 
65 
9 
89 
- 
2 
28 
3 
$10,000 to $19,999 
141 
56 
141 
- 
37 
28 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - SUMMARY DATA Puerto Rico 253 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
