Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Greene 
Hempstead 
Hot Spring 
Howard 
Independence 
Izard 
Jackson 
Jefferson 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
711 
748 
536 
552 
1,003 
633 
437 
444 
2007 
770 
894 
644 
592 
1,121 
639 
445 
489 
acres, 2012 
260,400 
196,439 
68,714 
146,846 
247,879 
172,579 
307,098 
291,703 
2007 
267,263 
210,571 
72,122 
110,712 
249,653 
170,415 
302,125 
303,080 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
392 
444 
298 
329 
526 
288 
282 
240 
2007 
459 
552 
348 
383 
611 
331 
338 
277 
acres, 2012 
206,531 
37,403 
15,947 
20,813 
75,808 
17,297 
257,005 
243,082 
TENURE 
2007 
215,891 
44,412 
16,157 
26,185 
81,129 
20,438 
250,327 
247,546 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
486 
539 
348 
359 
687 
454 
212 
294 
2007 
498 
650 
460 
390 
835 
477 
220 
310 
acres, 2012 
44,967 
103,444 
32,498 
80,990 
118,504 
103,521 
64,116 
67,413 
2007 
56,691 
116,203 
35,693 
43,256 
132,646 
104,191 
54,211 
63,260 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
213 
305 
165 
203 
325 
197 
83 
103 
2007 
230 
371 
214 
238 
412 
224 
124 
116 
acres, 2012 
8,792 
19,533 
5,798 
9,834 
19,388 
10,222 
37,138 
33,866 
2007 
24,768 
20,905 
6,080 
9,919 
24,668 
1 1 ,927 
26,154 
30,116 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
170 
192 
152 
169 
256 
151 
122 
63 
2007 
190 
224 
162 
179 
246 
136 
120 
91 
acres, 2012 
174,082 
86,770 
32,515 
48,761 
109,223 
64,986 
127,472 
95,296 
2007 
171,283 
88,597 
33,326 
53,281 
106,855 
59,634 
133,949 
126,896 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
47,016 
54,770 
14,138 
26,644 
41,039 
35,910 
33,811 
35,515 
2007 
39,596 
47,224 
14,940 
27,208 
37,776 
32,972 
33,887 
40,849 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
127,066 
32,000 
18,377 
22,117 
68,184 
29,076 
93,661 
59,781 
2007 
131,687 
41 ,373 
18,386 
26,073 
69,079 
26,662 
100,062 
86,047 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
137 
130 
114 
119 
174 
86 
104 
57 
2007 
160 
169 
125 
137 
178 
96 
110 
78 
acres, 2012 
159,257 
17,164 
9,079 
10,633 
44,561 
6,605 
113,660 
86,465 
2007 
154,493 
22,369 
9,542 
15,843 
50,191 
7,968 
116,254 
110,617 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
55 
17 
36 
24 
60 
28 
103 
87 
2007 
82 
20 
22 
23 
40 
26 
105 
88 
acres, 2012 
41,351 
6,225 
3,701 
17,095 
20,152 
4,072 
115,510 
128,994 
2007 
39,289 
5,771 
3,103 
14,175 
10,152 
6,590 
113,965 
112,924 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
42 
9 
19 
7 
27 
5 
95 
80 
2007 
69 
12 
9 
8 
21 
11 
104 
83 
acres, 2012 
38,482 
706 
1,070 
346 
11,859 
470 
106,207 
122,751 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
36,630 
1,138 
535 
423 
6,270 
543 
107,919 
106,813 
Total operators 
number 
1,027 
1,149 
873 
875 
1,491 
977 
680 
669 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
443 
408 
245 
257 
592 
338 
247 
274 
2 operators 
235 
298 
255 
269 
348 
256 
152 
134 
3 operators 
21 
32 
29 
24 
52 
31 
28 
26 
4 operators 
10 
8 
4 
2 
8 
6 
6 
7 
5 or more operators 
2 
2 
3 
- 
3 
2 
4 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
257 
388 
304 
303 
437 
321 
238 
147 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
235 
365 
288 
295 
413 
283 
203 
127 
2 operators 
8 
6 
2 
4 
12 
19 
10 
7 
3 operators 
2 
2 
4 
- 
- 
- 
5 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
1,139 
1,349 
987 
922 
1,716 
985 
711 
773 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
465 
490 
345 
301 
610 
353 
246 
285 
2 operators 
259 
369 
269 
254 
450 
235 
163 
161 
3 operators 
33 
25 
22 
35 
42 
43 
22 
25 
4 operators 
10 
6 
6 
2 
15 
7 
5 
11 
5 or more operators 
3 
4 
2 
- 
4 
1 
9 
7 
Total women operators 
number 
282 
432 
332 
314 
546 
287 
208 
206 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
253 
404 
319 
296 
489 
256 
168 
174 
2 operators 
13 
11 
5 
9 
27 
14 
8 
10 
3 operators 
1 
2 
1 
- 
1 
1 
8 
4 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
658 
645 
460 
484 
900 
542 
358 
406 
2007 
698 
801 
553 
516 
985 
574 
389 
408 
acres, 2012 
253,928 
180,502 
60,629 
134,996 
235,120 
157,128 
278,701 
285,674 
2007 
257,873 
195,712 
63,607 
101,510 
228,142 
157,915 
282,053 
289,671 
Female 
farms, 2012 
53 
103 
76 
68 
103 
91 
79 
38 
2007 
72 
93 
91 
76 
136 
65 
56 
81 
acres, 2012 
6,472 
15,937 
8,085 
11,850 
12,759 
15,451 
28,397 
6,029 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
9,390 
14,859 
8,515 
9,202 
21,511 
12,500 
20,072 
13,409 
Farming 
2012 
289 
407 
223 
279 
380 
264 
223 
232 
2007 
347 
390 
248 
316 
481 
278 
258 
246 
Other 
2012 
422 
341 
313 
273 
623 
369 
214 
212 
Place of residence: 
2007 
423 
504 
396 
276 
640 
361 
187 
243 
On farm operated 
2012 
490 
617 
459 
469 
806 
527 
273 
151 
2007 
550 
700 
546 
496 
883 
522 
253 
270 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
221 
131 
77 
83 
197 
106 
164 
293 
2007 
220 
194 
98 
96 
238 
117 
192 
219 
--continued 
518 Arkansas 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
