Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Elmore 
Escambia 
Etowah 
Fayette 
Franklin 
Geneva 
Greene 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
552 
454 
853 
414 
825 
1,017 
304 
2007 
626 
502 
1,004 
401 
958 
1,108 
316 
acres, 2012 
90,346 
107,369 
86,137 
81,087 
150,496 
218,805 
120,390 
2007 
102,816 
112,841 
94,201 
78,799 
140,861 
220,676 
135,652 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
264 
219 
410 
229 
401 
427 
134 
2007 
253 
257 
446 
226 
431 
453 
152 
acres, 2012 
26,763 
41,843 
17,118 
22,343 
28,302 
67,510 
10,558 
TENURE 
2007 
28,202 
46,805 
19,001 
15,798 
18,008 
55,217 
1 1 ,346 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
404 
296 
638 
291 
591 
799 
212 
2007 
442 
343 
759 
267 
691 
878 
210 
acres, 2012 
42,926 
50,947 
52,658 
47,705 
84,718 
135,053 
83,785 
2007 
41,885 
58,880 
58,973 
47,498 
92,607 
137,594 
80,681 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
162 
104 
272 
128 
230 
256 
87 
2007 
142 
124 
284 
120 
255 
263 
86 
acres, 2012 
4,915 
4,761 
6,491 
4,115 
10,013 
23,192 
5,446 
2007 
5,496 
8,545 
(D) 
3,707 
7,141 
15,264 
4,795 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
112 
136 
180 
101 
206 
184 
61 
2007 
144 
128 
214 
127 
228 
200 
78 
acres, 2012 
34,752 
52,047 
31,645 
31,956 
63,827 
75,824 
32,706 
2007 
43,420 
49,966 
32,734 
31,042 
44,936 
77,026 
44,296 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
16,206 
23,881 
15,741 
12,105 
37,416 
37,863 
18,661 
2007 
19,132 
18,076 
16,560 
15,878 
23,870 
33,563 
24,613 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
18,546 
28,166 
15,904 
19,851 
26,411 
37,961 
14,045 
2007 
24,288 
31,890 
16,174 
15,164 
21,066 
43,463 
19,683 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
78 
104 
125 
83 
157 
151 
42 
2007 
90 
115 
153 
103 
165 
168 
50 
acres, 2012 
13,687 
33,134 
10,310 
17,400 
17,828 
37,763 
4,072 
2007 
15,452 
35,237 
11,363 
12,026 
10,420 
35,912 
4,534 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
36 
22 
35 
22 
28 
34 
31 
2007 
40 
31 
31 
7 
39 
30 
28 
acres, 2012 
12,668 
4,375 
1,834 
1,426 
1,951 
7,928 
3,899 
2007 
17,511 
3,995 
2,494 
259 
3,318 
6,056 
10,675 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
24 
11 
13 
18 
14 
20 
5 
2007 
21 
18 
9 
3 
11 
22 
16 
acres, 2012 
8,161 
3,948 
317 
828 
461 
6,555 
1,040 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
7,254 
3,023 
(D) 
65 
447 
4,041 
2,017 
Total operators 
number 
841 
625 
1,321 
585 
1,193 
1,481 
436 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
315 
305 
465 
266 
498 
623 
204 
2 operators 
197 
127 
325 
132 
289 
340 
79 
3 operators 
33 
22 
48 
11 
35 
45 
14 
4 operators 
2 
- 
14 
3 
3 
6 
3 
5 or more operators 
5 
- 
1 
2 
- 
3 
4 
Total women operators 
number 
258 
195 
415 
156 
311 
407 
102 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
228 
173 
370 
150 
287 
358 
84 
2 operators 
15 
11 
21 
3 
9 
20 
6 
3 operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
3 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
959 
682 
1,439 
551 
1,345 
1,544 
442 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
363 
339 
625 
268 
621 
750 
218 
2 operators 
213 
148 
335 
120 
292 
298 
77 
3 operators 
36 
13 
34 
9 
41 
50 
19 
4 operators 
8 
2 
8 
4 
3 
7 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
- 
2 
- 
1 
3 
2 
Total women operators 
number 
283 
185 
402 
132 
364 
455 
110 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
248 
177 
376 
121 
326 
402 
93 
2 operators 
10 
4 
11 
4 
17 
22 
7 
3 operators 
5 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
473 
370 
754 
370 
756 
864 
266 
2007 
551 
439 
909 
356 
850 
921 
271 
acres, 2012 
79,580 
92,848 
79,884 
75,956 
137,562 
196,341 
105,878 
2007 
94,922 
104,903 
85,190 
70,556 
126,004 
199,373 
125,200 
Female 
farms, 2012 
79 
84 
99 
44 
69 
153 
38 
2007 
75 
63 
95 
45 
108 
187 
45 
acres, 2012 
10,766 
14,521 
6,253 
5,131 
12,934 
22,464 
14,512 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
7,894 
7,938 
9,011 
8,243 
14,857 
21,303 
10,452 
Farming 
2012 
226 
180 
344 
161 
392 
438 
153 
2007 
247 
223 
336 
128 
399 
449 
157 
Other 
2012 
326 
274 
509 
253 
433 
579 
151 
Place of residence: 
2007 
379 
279 
668 
273 
559 
659 
159 
On farm operated 
2012 
424 
278 
740 
314 
642 
725 
164 
2007 
482 
346 
854 
318 
773 
751 
205 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
128 
176 
113 
100 
183 
292 
140 
2007 
144 
156 
150 
83 
185 
357 
111 
--continued 
536 Alabama 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
