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) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
79 
64 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
Ethanol farms 
23 
20 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Other farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
20 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
30,753 
928 
367 
366 
217 
7,247 
_ 
Part owners farms 
11,259 
1,789 
41 
29 
20 
1,265 
- 
Tenants farms 
3,059 
1,517 
33 
8 
15 
326 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
42,137 
2,785 
410 
395 
237 
8,535 
_ 
acres 
8,132,436 
1,811,162 
25,017 
65,031 
17,862 
1,711,006 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
42,012 
2,717 
408 
395 
237 
8,512 
- 
acres 
7,311,338 
1,609,334 
22,361 
46,295 
17,670 
1 ,324,042 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
14,364 
3,316 
74 
37 
35 
1,602 
_ 
acres 
6,536,400 
4,372,275 
10,481 
5,818 
2,207 
632,438 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
14,318 
3,306 
74 
37 
35 
1,591 
- 
acres 
6,499,448 
4,355,093 
10,481 
5,168 
2,207 
624,655 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
3,047 
555 
28 
35 
4 
1,128 
_ 
acres 
858,050 
219,010 
2,656 
19,386 
192 
394,747 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
69,704 
6,668 
693 
643 
417 
12,892 
_ 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
24,077 
2,460 
223 
190 
121 
5,435 
- 
2 operators 
18,319 
1,337 
191 
195 
107 
2,920 
- 
3 operators 
2,048 
313 
21 
12 
17 
367 
- 
4 operators 
440 
74 
5 
3 
4 
88 
- 
5 or more operators 
187 
50 
1 
3 
3 
28 
- 
Total women operators number 
22,637 
1,397 
245 
230 
148 
4,019 
_ 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
20,557 
1,175 
214 
217 
129 
3,615 
- 
2 operators 
860 
87 
10 
5 
8 
175 
- 
3 operators 
102 
16 
1 
1 
1 
18 
- 
4 operators 
11 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
39,586 
4,071 
387 
352 
195 
7,573 
- 
Female 
5,485 
163 
54 
51 
57 
1,265 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
21,315 
3,445 
209 
152 
129 
2,870 
- 
Other 
23,756 
789 
232 
251 
123 
5,968 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
35,537 
1,932 
362 
301 
181 
6,213 
- 
Not on farm operated 
9,534 
2,302 
79 
102 
71 
2,625 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
18,308 
2,649 
174 
129 
118 
3,493 
- 
Any 
26,763 
1,585 
267 
274 
134 
5,345 
- 
1 to 49 days 
2,492 
205 
37 
30 
20 
579 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1,766 
134 
20 
23 
13 
337 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,648 
198 
45 
57 
22 
701 
- 
200 days or more 
18,857 
1,048 
165 
164 
79 
3,728 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,550 
176 
31 
31 
11 
331 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,394 
296 
57 
37 
10 
417 
- 
5 to 9 years 
6,724 
559 
87 
78 
22 
1,328 
- 
1 0 years or more 
34,403 
3,203 
266 
257 
209 
6,762 
- 
Average years on present farm 
22.0 
22.8 
17.3 
17.8 
21.4 
22.3 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,068 
77 
24 
25 
6 
241 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,905 
222 
43 
31 
11 
342 
- 
5 to 9 years 
5,763 
402 
87 
77 
19 
1,161 
- 
1 0 years or more 
36,335 
3,533 
287 
270 
216 
7,094 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
24.2 
26.1 
19.3 
19.7 
22.9 
24.2 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
192 
35 
- 
- 
- 
19 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2,401 
345 
38 
33 
10 
300 
- 
35 to 44 years 
4,958 
646 
37 
29 
19 
787 
- 
45 to 49 years 
4,115 
443 
36 
35 
27 
595 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
172 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
