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) 
State Total 
Alabama 
17,578 
18,374 
2,786,350 
5,414 
792,850 
Counties 
Autauga 
143 
150 
32,159 
40 
10,108 
Baldwin 
430 
464 
40,836 
174 
9,785 
Barbour 
205 
211 
59,533 
70 
27,018 
Bibb 
75 
78 
16,815 
28 
3,525 
Blount 
531 
549 
48,655 
139 
13,852 
Bullock 
89 
92 
38,061 
38 
21,399 
Butler 
158 
164 
34,446 
45 
6,457 
Calhoun 
284 
296 
32,339 
86 
13,565 
Chambers 
126 
135 
19,402 
43 
6,249 
Cherokee 
217 
229 
32,662 
47 
6,710 
Chilton 
235 
244 
31,652 
84 
8,279 
Choctaw 
100 
110 
32,092 
27 
3,758 
Clarke 
107 
111 
17,142 
23 
4,916 
Clay 
149 
156 
25,720 
33 
5,380 
Cleburne 
153 
154 
15,840 
26 
2,835 
Coffee 
371 
388 
50,664 
138 
17,517 
Colbert 
252 
253 
36,106 
69 
6,780 
Conecuh 
141 
146 
29,611 
43 
8,136 
Coosa 
51 
59 
11,726 
13 
1,305 
Covington 
432 
454 
76,773 
149 
25,711 
Crenshaw 
248 
259 
49,467 
88 
13,207 
Cullman 
956 
997 
70,447 
259 
14,005 
Dale 
210 
228 
57,779 
67 
20,433 
Dallas 
165 
186 
71,305 
71 
25,648 
DeKalb 
886 
909 
87,606 
197 
13,796 
Elmore 
243 
253 
25,945 
79 
10,766 
Escambia 
184 
195 
31,436 
84 
14,521 
Etowah 
392 
409 
29,886 
99 
6,253 
Fayette 
153 
156 
21,224 
44 
5,131 
Franklin 
298 
311 
49,241 
69 
12,934 
Geneva 
380 
402 
56,192 
153 
22,464 
Greene 
90 
99 
33,746 
38 
14,512 
Flale 
133 
149 
41,641 
54 
15,865 
Henry 
185 
190 
47,920 
72 
17,477 
Houston 
380 
405 
70,084 
151 
23,576 
Jackson 
552 
568 
66,485 
150 
20,946 
Jefferson 
157 
163 
8,662 
46 
2,290 
Lamar 
141 
145 
38,699 
37 
4,756 
Lauderdale 
515 
541 
53,442 
143 
13,453 
Lawrence 
663 
687 
94,751 
192 
25,316 
Lee 
122 
123 
18,763 
51 
7,966 
Limestone 
519 
547 
77,537 
144 
12,393 
Lowndes 
129 
144 
35,073 
56 
8,535 
Macon 
136 
136 
32,336 
45 
12,359 
Madison 
465 
497 
70,118 
154 
8,466 
Marengo 
169 
174 
52,023 
32 
6,940 
Marion 
318 
324 
43,701 
63 
8,877 
Marshall 
628 
641 
53,682 
145 
12,190 
Mobile 
337 
354 
29,729 
127 
5,685 
Monroe 
148 
156 
47,918 
64 
14,972 
Montgomery 
237 
246 
70,930 
84 
12,227 
Morgan 
494 
508 
45,257 
145 
12,186 
Perry 
132 
151 
32,552 
74 
16,016 
Pickens 
162 
169 
37,940 
38 
16,298 
Pike 
218 
229 
49,207 
88 
14,479 
Randolph 
260 
266 
38,197 
63 
6,490 
Russell 
98 
109 
29,538 
33 
8,209 
St. Clair 
231 
236 
18,945 
82 
5,502 
Shelby 
206 
221 
20,488 
79 
7,711 
Sumter 
171 
175 
117,134 
78 
33,289 
Talladega 
183 
194 
28,252 
41 
3,861 
Tallapoosa 
151 
156 
15,287 
37 
2,785 
Tuscaloosa 
192 
208 
23,663 
66 
8,149 
Walker 
212 
214 
13,402 
62 
2,830 
Washington 
141 
147 
43,100 
34 
27,033 
Wilcox 
104 
113 
30,577 
53 
11,106 
Winston 
235 
241 
22,809 
68 
5,662 
' Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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