Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms with a woman operator ' 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
United States Total 
United States 
923,945 
969,672 
301,386,860 
288,264 
62,672,816 
States 
Alabama 
17,578 
18,374 
2,786,350 
5,414 
792,850 
Alaska 
474 
514 
362,744 
250 
(D) 
Arizona 
13,098 
14,654 
4,349,565 
7,835 
2,809,901 
Arkansas 
21,470 
22,228 
5,250,065 
5,485 
791,545 
California 
37,960 
40,072 
9,555,184 
13,984 
2,276,877 
Colorado 
20,252 
21,443 
13,031,774 
6,860 
2,773,515 
Connecticut 
3,356 
3,734 
216,916 
1,505 
74,273 
Delaware 
1,127 
1,207 
129,300 
445 
26,101 
Florida 
24,607 
26,133 
2,546,126 
9,995 
690,431 
Georgia 
16,902 
17,779 
2,437,070 
6,404 
812,730 
Flawaii 
3,574 
3,808 
303,693 
1,574 
130,954 
Idaho 
12,538 
13,043 
3,983,829 
2,995 
694,379 
Illinois 
23,211 
24,265 
5,993,007 
6,891 
843,244 
Indiana 
22,995 
23,989 
4,048,271 
5,745 
541,991 
Iowa 
31,370 
32,167 
9,102,738 
7,108 
868,909 
Kansas 
24,646 
25,611 
14,307,245 
6,783 
2,171,286 
Kentucky 
30,227 
31,419 
3,900,646 
8,200 
876,256 
Louisiana 
11,281 
11,834 
2,125,298 
3,457 
421,901 
Maine 
5,072 
5,398 
631,417 
2,381 
230,857 
Maryland 
5,710 
6,137 
629,730 
2,296 
144,829 
Massachusetts 
4,595 
5,079 
250,935 
2,507 
94,598 
Michigan 
22,905 
24,083 
2,906,762 
7,409 
518,091 
Minnesota 
26,830 
27,802 
7,318,629 
6,370 
916,200 
Mississippi 
15,041 
15,847 
3,173,970 
5,282 
915,677 
Missouri 
44,227 
45,939 
9,628,815 
11,127 
1,731,966 
Montana 
14,377 
15,065 
25,571,800 
4,243 
4,396,640 
Nebraska 
19,203 
19,851 
15,824,437 
4,091 
1,970,004 
Nevada 
2,502 
2,637 
1,723,540 
894 
314,174 
New Flampshire 
2,836 
3,052 
245,005 
1,358 
78,678 
New Jersey 
4,585 
4,923 
245,779 
1,832 
64,643 
New Mexico 
1 1 ,779 
12,584 
15,397,970 
4,777 
4,792,863 
New York 
17,645 
18,750 
2,635,328 
6,459 
604,791 
North Carolina 
18,573 
19,645 
1,965,507 
6,453 
510,008 
North Dakota 
10,915 
11,332 
12,417,753 
3,233 
1,587,910 
Ohio 
29,981 
31,413 
3,883,067 
8,702 
656,763 
Oklahoma 
37,316 
38,673 
11,680,542 
9,076 
2,469,437 
Oregon 
21,583 
22,772 
7,310,778 
7,013 
1,437,568 
Pennsylvania 
25,706 
27,330 
2,535,032 
8,460 
570,120 
Rhode Island 
698 
762 
29,216 
306 
(D) 
South Carolina 
10,013 
10,592 
1,245,006 
4,009 
414,624 
South Dakota 
11,657 
12,132 
13,868,632 
2,333 
1,795,145 
Tennessee 
27,511 
28,711 
3,274,352 
7,770 
733,618 
Texas 
114,810 
120,758 
43,588,589 
38,452 
12,168,978 
Utah 
7,810 
8,182 
1 ,967,702 
2,018 
327,752 
Vermont 
4,422 
4,702 
616,964 
1,642 
144,947 
Virginia 
20,424 
21,622 
2,562,626 
7,653 
780,688 
Washington 
21,251 
22,376 
4,854,850 
7,519 
776,047 
West Virginia 
8,944 
9,320 
1,250,268 
2,705 
336,900 
Wisconsin 
31,927 
33,184 
5,570,953 
7,346 
671,997 
Wyoming 
6,431 
6,745 
12,151,085 
1,618 
2,660,417 
‘ Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
578 United States 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
