Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
4,099 
1,839 
144 
211 
94 
587 
19 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
2,364 
1,369 
35 
62 
36 
275 
9 
Other 
.... farms 
1,243 
88 
76 
61 
57 
182 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
10,181 
4,590 
68 
87 
46 
2,401 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
1,428,351 
137,321 
27,910 
80,893 
43,277 
404,221 
1,988 
Part owners 
.... farms 
533,070 
184,390 
7,964 
8,028 
4,931 
74,105 
2,577 
Tenants 
.... farms 
147,882 
47,621 
7,147 
4,099 
4,569 
18,511 
567 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
1,967,866 
324,523 
36,005 
89,035 
48,266 
479,601 
4,582 
acres 
625,476,424 
142,969,499 
4,978,063 
12,561,382 
4,183,132 
130,001,427 
826,094 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
1 ,973,527 
322,256 
37,178 
88,923 
48,208 
479,242 
4,565 
acres 
563,576,452 
130,426,413 
4,622,988 
11,189,265 
3,830,573 
102,353,789 
762,310 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
670,805 
232,300 
13,723 
12,260 
9,536 
92,732 
3,172 
acres 
354,924,885 
160,203,343 
3,745,126 
2,059,762 
699,201 
36,884,249 
823,184 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
666,945 
231,398 
13,629 
12,122 
9,500 
91,586 
3,144 
acres 
350,951,205 
159,339,459 
3,583,480 
1 ,973,437 
671,941 
36,072,875 
811,800 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
294,659 
63,786 
4,891 
9,292 
5,057 
109,395 
800 
acres 
70,380,739 
13,425,196 
598,948 
1,458,453 
379,819 
29,201,289 
75,168 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
3,233,358 
537,890 
71,925 
147,613 
86,090 
726,440 
7,284 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,181,152 
235,343 
20,629 
49,170 
27,337 
306,702 
3,416 
2 operators 
785,531 
107,868 
18,248 
36,554 
20,706 
161,755 
1,360 
3 operators 
111,495 
20,841 
3,061 
5,595 
3,446 
21,972 
300 
4 operators 
21,118 
3,771 
596 
1,073 
715 
4,280 
39 
5 or more operators 
10,007 
1,509 
487 
628 
573 
2,128 
17 
Total women operators 
. number 
990,543 
102,214 
25,194 
46,087 
29,265 
220,557 
1,188 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
874,615 
92,743 
20,974 
40,605 
24,682 
195,617 
1,061 
2 operators 
46,252 
3,767 
1,548 
2,216 
1,704 
9,555 
56 
3 operators 
5,618 
453 
229 
233 
209 
1,378 
1 
4 operators 
856 
77 
29 
48 
48 
210 
3 
5 or more operators 
526 
41 
51 
29 
52 
151 
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PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,821,039 
352,723 
34,565 
79,704 
42,660 
421,848 
4,894 
Female 
288,264 
16,609 
8,456 
13,316 
10,117 
74,989 
238 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,007,904 
244,060 
25,538 
45,918 
27,077 
172,816 
3,682 
Other 
1,101,399 
125,272 
17,483 
47,102 
25,700 
324,021 
1,450 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,621,591 
273,017 
33,040 
66,758 
36,989 
338,987 
4,067 
Not on farm operated 
487,712 
96,315 
9,981 
26,262 
15,788 
157,850 
1,065 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
823,659 
176,601 
16,942 
34,712 
21,754 
188,359 
2,664 
Any 
1,285,644 
192,731 
26,079 
58,308 
31,023 
308,478 
2,468 
1 to 49 days 
169,761 
30,835 
4,040 
9,367 
5,106 
45,628 
316 
50 to 99 days 
92,876 
14,691 
2,739 
5,782 
3,120 
20,995 
215 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
180,407 
27,316 
4,754 
9,465 
5,222 
38,951 
397 
200 days or more 
842,600 
119,889 
14,546 
33,694 
17,575 
202,904 
1,540 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
68,180 
10,812 
3,203 
3,346 
1,538 
15,311 
143 
3 or 4 years 
103,370 
14,885 
4,558 
5,621 
2,451 
21,877 
165 
5 to 9 years 
297,548 
34,599 
7,565 
16,392 
7,688 
67,108 
542 
1 0 years or more 
1,640,205 
309,036 
27,695 
67,661 
41,100 
392,541 
4,282 
Average years on present farm 
22.8 
27.4 
18.7 
20.0 
20.8 
23.3 
25.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
47,782 
7,690 
2,296 
2,461 
1,081 
10,989 
75 
3 or 4 years 
82,324 
1 1 ,495 
3,742 
4,562 
2,013 
17,882 
100 
5 to 9 years 
252,290 
29,014 
6,741 
14,144 
6,604 
58,079 
418 
1 0 years or more 
1,726,907 
321,133 
30,242 
71,853 
43,079 
409,887 
4,539 
Average years operating any farm 
25.0 
29.5 
21.1 
22.3 
22.7 
25.3 
28.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10,714 
2,962 
332 
198 
167 
1,298 
41 
25 to 34 years 
109,119 
27,605 
3,332 
2,550 
2,098 
16,591 
474 
35 to 44 years 
214,106 
40,622 
5,166 
6,877 
4,655 
38,787 
618 
45 to 49 years 
186,605 
32,582 
3,922 
7,066 
4,599 
36,766 
551 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
188 United States 2012 Census of Agricuiture - UNiTED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
