Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Talladega 
Tallapoosa 
T uscaloosa 
Walker 
Washington 
Wilcox 
Winston 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
519 
345 
497 
482 
371 
316 
520 
2007 
625 
377 
613 
629 
473 
368 
626 
acres, 2012 
99,836 
60,953 
85,985 
54,518 
95,567 
119,620 
57,959 
2007 
119,042 
64,078 
110,588 
70,382 
83,610 
168,849 
64,541 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
289 
133 
237 
219 
208 
138 
258 
2007 
327 
132 
293 
285 
276 
150 
313 
acres, 2012 
33,323 
6,039 
21,423 
1 1 ,874 
9,576 
12,351 
9,900 
TENURE 
2007 
32,072 
5,793 
22,212 
15,129 
1 1 ,329 
16,471 
1 1 ,653 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
362 
283 
375 
347 
299 
214 
400 
2007 
459 
298 
449 
446 
349 
278 
449 
acres, 2012 
47,159 
44,363 
49,321 
29,446 
75,596 
74,492 
37,592 
2007 
69,388 
47,354 
67,810 
37,080 
55,840 
96,150 
37,997 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
177 
94 
156 
129 
149 
81 
170 
2007 
206 
80 
178 
161 
169 
100 
183 
acres, 2012 
6,860 
(D) 
4,038 
3,558 
3,714 
3,409 
5,066 
2007 
10,629 
(D) 
4,792 
4,425 
4,109 
5,322 
5,058 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
131 
58 
94 
122 
66 
84 
97 
2007 
140 
75 
127 
155 
112 
70 
148 
acres, 2012 
49,797 
16,320 
31,442 
23,781 
19,043 
43,888 
16,474 
2007 
47,222 
(D) 
37,952 
30,981 
26,650 
68,355 
24,624 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
18,584 
8,493 
13,698 
11,626 
12,602 
22,833 
8,658 
2007 
17,613 
(D) 
1 7,792 
14,269 
15,678 
43,286 
12,409 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
31,213 
7,827 
17,744 
12,155 
6,441 
21,055 
7,816 
2007 
29,609 
8,200 
20,160 
16,712 
10,972 
25,069 
12,215 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
98 
38 
66 
87 
54 
51 
75 
2007 
106 
49 
92 
114 
100 
44 
112 
acres, 2012 
24,894 
3,747 
14,514 
7,536 
5,637 
8,774 
4,321 
2007 
20,143 
3,047 
14,879 
9,306 
7,022 
10,328 
6,197 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
26 
4 
28 
13 
6 
18 
23 
2007 
26 
4 
37 
28 
12 
20 
29 
acres, 2012 
2,880 
270 
5,222 
1,291 
928 
1,240 
3,893 
2007 
2,432 
(D) 
4,826 
2,321 
1,120 
4,344 
1,920 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
14 
1 
15 
3 
5 
6 
13 
2007 
15 
3 
23 
10 
7 
6 
18 
acres, 2012 
1,569 
(D) 
2,871 
780 
225 
168 
513 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
1,300 
(D) 
2,541 
1,398 
198 
821 
398 
Total operators 
number 
746 
517 
722 
716 
549 
451 
802 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
329 
187 
307 
278 
225 
209 
290 
2 operators 
158 
144 
163 
174 
117 
84 
190 
3 operators 
31 
14 
19 
30 
26 
18 
28 
4 operators 
- 
- 
8 
- 
3 
5 
12 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
196 
156 
211 
214 
148 
116 
249 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
171 
146 
177 
210 
134 
98 
225 
2 operators 
11 
5 
11 
2 
7 
3 
6 
3 operators 
1 
- 
4 
- 
- 
4 
4 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
898 
559 
948 
928 
678 
500 
964 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
399 
219 
345 
385 
295 
260 
343 
2 operators 
188 
136 
209 
206 
152 
86 
248 
3 operators 
29 
21 
52 
31 
25 
20 
24 
4 operators 
9 
- 
6 
3 
1 
2 
2 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
1 
4 
- 
- 
9 
Total women operators 
number 
243 
164 
299 
276 
201 
146 
321 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
225 
148 
254 
242 
185 
138 
287 
2 operators 
9 
8 
18 
9 
8 
4 
17 
3 operators 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
2 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
478 
308 
431 
420 
337 
263 
452 
2007 
560 
342 
534 
551 
427 
295 
535 
acres, 2012 
95,975 
58,168 
77,836 
51,688 
68,534 
108,514 
52,297 
2007 
113,598 
60,079 
103,404 
65,882 
77,125 
156,126 
56,637 
Female 
farms, 2012 
41 
37 
66 
62 
34 
53 
68 
2007 
65 
35 
79 
78 
46 
73 
91 
acres, 2012 
3,861 
2,785 
8,149 
2,830 
27,033 
11,106 
5,662 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
5,444 
3,999 
7,184 
4,500 
6,485 
12,723 
7,904 
Farming 
2012 
261 
145 
184 
163 
161 
142 
265 
2007 
253 
122 
253 
264 
187 
196 
257 
Other 
2012 
258 
200 
313 
319 
210 
174 
255 
Place of residence: 
2007 
372 
255 
360 
365 
286 
172 
369 
On farm operated 
2012 
397 
278 
400 
413 
316 
239 
463 
2007 
518 
293 
461 
549 
404 
241 
551 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
122 
67 
97 
69 
55 
77 
57 
2007 
107 
84 
152 
80 
69 
127 
75 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Alabama 541 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
