Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
_ 
15 
20 
_ 
_ 
4 
5 
_ 
2 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
2 
13 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
4 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
2 
10 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
96 
8,097 
11,172 
_ 
44 
135 
2,876 
1,671 
3,534 
Part owners 
.... farms 
212 
1,643 
5,416 
- 
42 
29 
896 
177 
574 
Tenants 
.... farms 
60 
267 
1,110 
- 
1 
13 
43 
56 
205 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
310 
9,751 
16,616 
_ 
86 
164 
3,774 
1,848 
4,109 
acres 
103,287 
2,650,949 
2,512,748 
- 
24,269 
10,379 
392,647 
81,499 
468,144 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
308 
9,740 
16,588 
- 
86 
164 
3,772 
1,848 
4,108 
acres 
96,625 
2,376,537 
2,390,164 
- 
24,184 
10,189 
370,261 
75,654 
438,912 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
274 
1,931 
6,571 
_ 
43 
42 
954 
233 
783 
acres 
191,680 
528,509 
880,669 
- 
9,798 
1,894 
147,264 
4,897 
78,917 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
272 
1,910 
6,526 
- 
43 
42 
939 
233 
779 
acres 
191,380 
521,299 
873,020 
- 
9,798 
1,894 
146,082 
4,897 
76,892 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
51 
1,610 
1,150 
_ 
6 
2 
299 
91 
259 
acres 
6,962 
281,622 
130,233 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
23,568 
5,845 
31,257 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
520 
14,223 
25,608 
_ 
133 
256 
6,181 
2,967 
6,912 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
254 
6,562 
11,056 
- 
52 
107 
1,765 
926 
2,067 
2 operators 
85 
2,876 
5,652 
- 
28 
62 
1,791 
907 
1,984 
3 operators 
22 
459 
822 
- 
4 
7 
219 
61 
216 
4 operators 
6 
64 
134 
- 
2 
1 
30 
9 
29 
5 or more operators 
1 
46 
34 
- 
1 
- 
10 
1 
17 
Total women operators 
. number 
68 
4,137 
6,441 
_ 
35 
66 
2,181 
1,077 
2,727 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
58 
3,624 
5,840 
- 
33 
52 
1,959 
1,008 
2,443 
2 operators 
5 
200 
248 
- 
1 
7 
108 
33 
136 
3 operators 
- 
35 
28 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
4 
4 operators 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
347 
8,321 
16,248 
- 
81 
169 
3,277 
1,633 
3,407 
Female 
21 
1,686 
1,450 
- 
6 
8 
538 
271 
906 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
284 
3,315 
8,050 
- 
61 
74 
2,696 
642 
1,493 
Other 
84 
6,692 
9,648 
- 
26 
103 
1,119 
1,262 
2,820 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
260 
6,482 
14,234 
- 
83 
145 
3,504 
1,652 
3,629 
Not on farm operated 
108 
3,525 
3,464 
- 
4 
32 
311 
252 
684 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
242 
3,867 
6,526 
- 
47 
57 
2,070 
585 
1,364 
Any 
126 
6,140 
11,172 
- 
40 
120 
1,745 
1,319 
2,949 
1 to 49 days 
14 
962 
1,126 
- 
7 
6 
146 
117 
267 
50 to 99 days 
5 
372 
622 
- 
- 
2 
99 
44 
151 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
37 
863 
1,832 
- 
3 
12 
275 
219 
445 
200 days or more 
70 
3,943 
7,592 
- 
30 
100 
1,225 
939 
2,086 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
13 
265 
525 
- 
6 
20 
145 
105 
113 
3 or 4 years 
15 
428 
839 
- 
2 
14 
163 
167 
241 
5 to 9 years 
33 
1,266 
2,199 
- 
2 
25 
645 
513 
820 
1 0 years or more 
307 
8,048 
14,135 
- 
77 
118 
2,862 
1,119 
3,139 
Average years on present farm 
26.8 
24.0 
24.1 
- 
28.1 
16.8 
19.9 
15.3 
19.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
6 
203 
381 
- 
2 
11 
108 
80 
84 
3 or 4 years 
15 
341 
726 
- 
2 
8 
121 
130 
183 
5 to 9 years 
19 
1,134 
1,925 
- 
4 
20 
561 
495 
730 
1 0 years or more 
328 
8,329 
14,666 
- 
79 
138 
3,025 
1,199 
3,316 
Average years operating any farm 
29.4 
25.5 
25.8 
- 
29.3 
20.5 
21.6 
17.1 
20.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
1 
30 
133 
- 
- 
- 
17 
11 
12 
25 to 34 years 
16 
261 
815 
- 
- 
13 
193 
101 
185 
35 to 44 years 
45 
764 
1,720 
- 
13 
41 
568 
269 
477 
45 to 49 years 
25 
632 
1,385 
- 
7 
24 
456 
237 
438 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
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