Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with a woman operator ' 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Arkansas 
21,470 
22,228 
5,250,065 
5,485 
791,545 
Counties 
Arkansas 
192 
203 
150,116 
64 
9,375 
Ashley 
149 
162 
45,336 
30 
2,946 
Baxter 
305 
323 
41,911 
91 
5,675 
Benton 
1,123 
1,157 
131,833 
254 
20,952 
Boone 
588 
610 
99,986 
105 
12,271 
Bradley 
85 
88 
9,518 
17 
1,809 
Calhoun 
43 
45 
6,877 
7 
1,094 
Carroll 
570 
581 
112,162 
141 
20,882 
Chicot 
99 
103 
68,563 
18 
6,871 
Clark 
158 
163 
33,581 
29 
8,051 
Clay 
239 
249 
141,207 
51 
10,907 
Cleburne 
401 
409 
54,634 
88 
8,486 
Cleveland 
102 
103 
14,322 
25 
3,654 
Columbia 
125 
130 
16,367 
26 
3,803 
Conway 
391 
399 
54,402 
104 
14,394 
Craighead 
213 
227 
159,733 
43 
16,877 
Crawford 
417 
427 
55,918 
119 
13,976 
Crittenden 
78 
79 
122,582 
25 
12,551 
Cross 
119 
128 
121,823 
19 
3,944 
Dallas 
40 
42 
9,126 
11 
1,825 
Desha 
53 
58 
70,022 
23 
5,946 
Drew 
128 
131 
45,635 
29 
6,772 
Faulkner 
640 
674 
69,709 
165 
13,489 
Franklin 
371 
379 
55,031 
88 
1 1 ,346 
Fulton 
374 
383 
79,570 
89 
19,171 
Garland 
199 
204 
17,593 
74 
4,279 
Grant 
127 
130 
11,257 
28 
1,973 
Greene 
244 
249 
76,165 
53 
6,472 
Flempstead 
372 
376 
66,521 
103 
15,937 
Flot Spring 
294 
304 
34,372 
76 
8,085 
Floward 
298 
302 
47,582 
68 
1 1 ,850 
Independence .... 
425 
432 
77,169 
103 
12,759 
Izard 
302 
317 
66,401 
91 
15,451 
Jackson 
217 
230 
132,179 
79 
28,397 
Jefferson 
133 
142 
66,960 
38 
6,029 
Johnson 
301 
313 
41,638 
75 
8,843 
Lafayette 
124 
130 
44,559 
24 
3,765 
Lawrence 
197 
201 
78,931 
36 
7,335 
Lee 
62 
71 
75,328 
23 
12,087 
Lincoln 
150 
154 
55,759 
49 
5,500 
Little River 
174 
180 
41,795 
42 
10,022 
Logan 
485 
493 
88,423 
112 
18,338 
Lonoke 
345 
368 
110,674 
98 
17,852 
Madison 
652 
685 
124,382 
141 
21,629 
Marion 
270 
288 
68,007 
77 
14,156 
Miller 
269 
281 
37,062 
74 
9,136 
Mississippi 
109 
110 
141,443 
24 
17,743 
Monroe 
74 
78 
83,271 
11 
794 
Montgomery 
233 
234 
33,958 
43 
9,228 
Nevada 
195 
202 
31,768 
56 
6,674 
Newton 
359 
372 
57,270 
81 
13,626 
Ouachita 
80 
82 
12,716 
17 
3,216 
Perry 
204 
209 
25,644 
67 
6,314 
Phillips 
89 
94 
106,372 
11 
1,045 
Pike 
193 
197 
30,037 
54 
6,530 
Poinsett 
174 
180 
170,387 
36 
8,034 
Polk 
482 
494 
60,027 
134 
14,409 
Pope 
508 
524 
59,733 
132 
1 1 ,637 
Prairie 
198 
211 
91,176 
74 
14,534 
Pulaski 
197 
217 
44,705 
82 
6,895 
Randolph 
284 
291 
64,617 
61 
10,461 
St. Francis 
123 
128 
119,959 
35 
8,848 
Saline 
217 
230 
18,977 
63 
4,543 
Scott 
317 
323 
52,419 
96 
16,371 
Searcy 
311 
319 
79,331 
88 
17,280 
Sebastian 
388 
397 
57,788 
90 
7,023 
Sevier 
293 
307 
47,755 
56 
5,982 
Sharp 
317 
326 
65,152 
81 
16,924 
Stone 
272 
280 
61,703 
81 
13,664 
Union 
120 
120 
17,610 
43 
3,378 
Van Buren 
278 
287 
53,774 
80 
1 1 ,653 
Washington 
1,357 
1,410 
154,538 
368 
32,457 
White 
955 
985 
152,816 
278 
32,917 
Woodruff 
100 
102 
154,672 
16 
2,204 
Yell 
400 
416 
67,726 
102 
10,199 
' Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Arkansas 535 
