Table 68. Summary by North American industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
52 
1 
1 
4 
_ 
15 
_ 
Ethanol farms 
42 
2 
1 
- 
5 
15 
- 
Other farms 
17 
2 
2 
- 
1 
4 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
30,909 
790 
792 
1,173 
529 
8,193 
_ 
Part owners farms 
10,180 
832 
198 
88 
73 
1,855 
- 
Tenants farms 
2,134 
214 
93 
21 
51 
327 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
41,146 
1,629 
994 
1,262 
603 
10,061 
_ 
acres 
7,020,166 
459,701 
68,313 
177,369 
70,861 
2,754,236 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
41,089 
1,622 
990 
1,261 
602 
10,048 
- 
acres 
6,496,764 
423,539 
65,840 
159,640 
65,219 
2,473,162 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
12,410 
1,049 
294 
110 
126 
2,205 
_ 
acres 
2,428,815 
536,275 
20,732 
11,743 
16,437 
720,189 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
12,314 
1,046 
291 
109 
124 
2,182 
- 
acres 
2,405,890 
534,899 
19,812 
10,076 
15,841 
712,679 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
4,137 
363 
79 
188 
39 
1,661 
_ 
acres 
546,327 
37,538 
3,393 
19,396 
6,238 
288,584 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
64,054 
2,602 
1,625 
1,925 
1,102 
14,743 
_ 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
25,712 
1,242 
637 
707 
337 
6,816 
- 
2 operators 
14,976 
459 
376 
512 
244 
2,961 
- 
3 operators 
2,076 
105 
56 
58 
47 
481 
- 
4 operators 
333 
26 
9 
5 
18 
70 
- 
5 or more operators 
126 
4 
5 
- 
7 
47 
- 
Total women operators number 
18,615 
439 
468 
627 
349 
4,205 
_ 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
16,739 
410 
424 
581 
307 
3,682 
- 
2 operators 
804 
13 
14 
23 
16 
205 
- 
3 operators 
75 
1 
4 
- 
- 
35 
- 
4 operators 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
5 or more operators 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
37,809 
1,746 
957 
1,105 
518 
8,668 
- 
Female 
5,414 
90 
126 
177 
135 
1,707 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
19,114 
1,045 
544 
545 
365 
3,599 
- 
Other 
24,109 
791 
539 
737 
288 
6,776 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
33,570 
1,340 
839 
975 
427 
6,742 
- 
Not on farm operated 
9,653 
496 
244 
307 
226 
3,633 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
16,775 
774 
403 
516 
324 
4,109 
- 
Any 
26,448 
1,062 
680 
766 
329 
6,266 
- 
1 to 49 days 
3,033 
137 
83 
118 
50 
976 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1,523 
81 
64 
61 
22 
377 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
4,200 
191 
141 
120 
62 
900 
- 
200 days or more 
17,692 
653 
392 
467 
195 
4,013 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,425 
75 
95 
43 
20 
278 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,205 
116 
94 
77 
49 
443 
- 
5 to 9 years 
6,195 
223 
174 
209 
86 
1,299 
- 
1 0 years or more 
33,398 
1,422 
720 
953 
498 
8,355 
- 
Average years on present farm 
22.6 
25.4 
19.6 
21.8 
20.5 
24.1 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,056 
63 
71 
31 
16 
209 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,790 
84 
73 
73 
34 
356 
- 
5 to 9 years 
5,473 
176 
150 
186 
73 
1,153 
- 
1 0 years or more 
34,904 
1,513 
789 
992 
530 
8,657 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
24.4 
28.1 
22.3 
23.8 
22.6 
25.6 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
231 
9 
3 
11 
4 
31 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,814 
129 
54 
21 
26 
277 
- 
35 to 44 years 
4,289 
196 
69 
65 
62 
809 
- 
45 to 49 years 
3,572 
145 
84 
75 
64 
657 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
172 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
