Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Flog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
11 
557 
654 
36 
103 
43 
87 
69 
232 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
6 
260 
342 
35 
47 
19 
32 
23 
89 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
182 
481 
2 
52 
12 
43 
41 
148 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
149 
2,250 
1,865 
139 
323 
156 
79 
84 
343 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
2,262 
399,971 
407,793 
6,372 
15,741 
14,537 
42,583 
58,676 
189,027 
Part owners 
.... farms 
4,642 
66,886 
172,560 
6,267 
26,242 
5,773 
8,925 
7,758 
26,127 
Tenants 
.... farms 
2,011 
15,933 
38,819 
1,095 
4,022 
1,377 
1,341 
6,838 
12,443 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
7,005 
468,014 
581,821 
12,661 
42,045 
20,349 
51,563 
66,521 
215,476 
acres 
4,865,540 
124,309,793 
229,685,744 
8,448,222 
12,353,765 
3,181,295 
5,127,956 
7,793,380 
64,192,559 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
6,904 
467,773 
583,666 
12,639 
42,000 
20,348 
51,517 
70,282 
217,268 
acres 
4,336,665 
97,254,814 
217,137,278 
7,905,103 
12,005,236 
2,804,932 
4,623,830 
7,799,680 
58,877,365 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
6,671 
82,889 
208,653 
7,384 
30,297 
7,160 
10,328 
10,076 
36,356 
acres 
6,860,322 
29,200,743 
121,156,338 
4,037,259 
6,645,939 
2,423,215 
1,746,194 
3,950,323 
1 1 ,373,936 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
6,653 
81,789 
207,639 
7,362 
30,243 
7,104 
10,255 
10,016 
36,091 
acres 
6,820,366 
28,440,709 
119,564,162 
3,989,493 
6,622,526 
2,402,662 
1,728,917 
3,929,543 
11,072,710 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
1,439 
107,156 
61,647 
1,901 
2,784 
2,596 
5,917 
6,367 
21,026 
acres 
568,831 
28,557,290 
15,899,293 
590,885 
379,800 
400,479 
522,292 
697,640 
6,826,645 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
12,658 
706,498 
943,806 
21,740 
82,723 
36,082 
88,846 
118,796 
371 ,407 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
5,929 
297,357 
344,773 
7,477 
19,647 
10,517 
22,651 
33,769 
103,137 
2 operators 
2,411 
157,984 
236,039 
5,012 
18,907 
9,001 
26,019 
34,980 
110,442 
3 operators 
451 
21,221 
30,622 
965 
5,701 
1,573 
3,308 
3,513 
10,898 
4 operators 
90 
4,151 
5,567 
183 
1,152 
383 
591 
706 
2,101 
5 or more operators 
34 
2,077 
2,171 
97 
598 
213 
280 
304 
1,019 
Total women operators 
. number 
2,165 
217,204 
285,180 
4,756 
21,396 
10,679 
33,366 
50,658 
161,191 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1,885 
192,671 
256,379 
4,361 
18,622 
9,261 
29,331 
43,760 
138,280 
2 operators 
115 
9,384 
11,814 
166 
1,026 
546 
1,616 
2,810 
9,484 
3 operators 
15 
1,362 
1,346 
18 
162 
70 
204 
346 
970 
4 operators 
- 
207 
199 
1 
31 
16 
22 
38 
137 
5 or more operators 
1 
150 
61 
1 
17 
5 
14 
17 
87 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
8,484 
408,470 
552,458 
13,111 
43,691 
19,524 
42,953 
53,595 
164,207 
Female 
431 
74,320 
66,714 
623 
2,314 
2,163 
9,896 
19,677 
63,390 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
7,206 
161,928 
280,532 
9,473 
41,427 
11,810 
30,456 
28,854 
89,943 
Other 
1,709 
320,862 
338,640 
4,261 
4,578 
9,877 
22,393 
44,418 
137,654 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
5,204 
329,716 
496,246 
10,968 
41,546 
17,984 
47,415 
64,801 
193,840 
Not on farm operated 
3,711 
153,074 
122,926 
2,766 
4,459 
3,703 
5,434 
8,471 
33,757 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
5,471 
180,224 
217,386 
6,773 
32,522 
8,144 
22,899 
22,923 
74,644 
Any 
3,444 
302,566 
401,786 
6,961 
13,483 
13,543 
29,950 
50,349 
152,953 
1 to 49 days 
560 
44,752 
43,352 
1,007 
3,956 
1,308 
3,179 
5,022 
16,961 
50 to 99 days 
264 
20,516 
28,283 
518 
975 
707 
1,938 
3,351 
9,777 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
462 
38,092 
58,350 
908 
1,498 
1,687 
4,306 
6,944 
21,006 
200 days or more 
2,158 
199,206 
271,801 
4,528 
7,054 
9,841 
20,527 
35,032 
105,209 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
297 
14,871 
19,555 
313 
1,260 
930 
2,418 
3,130 
6,364 
3 or 4 years 
444 
21,268 
30,767 
544 
1,886 
1,518 
3,467 
5,267 
10,529 
5 to 9 years 
929 
65,637 
88,360 
1,400 
5,184 
3,660 
9,810 
14,995 
40,787 
1 0 years or more 
7,245 
381,014 
480,490 
1 1 ,477 
37,675 
15,579 
37,154 
49,880 
169,917 
Average years on present farm 
25.9 
23.2 
22.7 
26.1 
24.4 
19.7 
18.6 
18.2 
18.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
196 
10,718 
13,570 
182 
750 
706 
1,728 
2,166 
4,163 
3 or 4 years 
311 
17,471 
24,564 
373 
1,272 
1,230 
2,860 
4,247 
8,084 
5 to 9 years 
784 
56,877 
74,416 
1,134 
4,038 
3,196 
8,566 
13,098 
33,260 
1 0 years or more 
7,624 
397,724 
506,622 
12,045 
39,945 
16,555 
39,695 
53,761 
182,090 
Average years operating any farm 
28.3 
25.2 
25.0 
28.6 
26.8 
21.8 
20.5 
20.3 
21.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
81 
1,176 
3,536 
96 
533 
200 
215 
481 
696 
25 to 34 years 
827 
15,290 
32,825 
1,136 
4,897 
1,973 
2,772 
4,001 
9,339 
35 to 44 years 
991 
37,178 
62,732 
1,836 
7,372 
4,158 
7,747 
9,052 
25,102 
45 to 49 years 
783 
35,432 
53,620 
1,253 
5,771 
3,057 
6,669 
8,085 
23,215 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - UNiTED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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