Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
7,835 
6,020 
Land in farms acres 
2,809,901 
3,352,038 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
5,389 
4,782 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
259 
172 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,489 
796 
50 to 1 79 acres 
461 
191 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,341 
1,448 
1 80 to 499 acres 
227 
118 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
11 
500 acres or more 
269 
133 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
12 
26 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
57 
30 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
93 
180 
Owned land in farms farms 
7,665 
5,922 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,645 
1,567 
acres 
2,655,185 
3,265,465 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
351 
214 
production (1 125, 1 129) 
2,158 
1,259 
acres 
154,716 
86,573 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
2,540 
5,806 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
2,009,042 
3,205,059 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
996 
116 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
246,174 
113,354 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
7,701 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
4,299 
98 
acres 
554,685 
33,625 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
412 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
7,211 
5,692 
Total farms 
7,835 
6,020 
Partnerships 
322 
165 
$1,000 
123,069 
79,986 
Corporations 
213 
119 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
89 
44 
sold farms 
7,835 
6,020 
$1,000 
119,621 
78,235 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
3,955 
3,123 
and greenhouse crops farms 
1,404 
1,612 
2 operators 
2,932 
2,117 
$1,000 
49,387 
50,766 
3 operators 
766 
649 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
104 
56 
their products farms 
3,669 
3,257 
5 or more operators 
78 
75 
$1,000 
70,234 
27,469 
Government payments farms 
1,169 
185 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
3,448 
1,751 
1 operator 
6,677 
5,202 
2 operators 
963 
666 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
163 
129 
4 operators 
16 
13 
Less than $1 ,000 
4,760 
3,375 
5 or more operators 
16 
10 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,012 
1,033 
$2,500 to $4,999 
645 
676 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
506 
465 
Internet access 
2,663 
1,889 
$10,000 to $24,999 
507 
275 
Dial-up service 
316 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
140 
71 
DSL service 
814 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
265 
125 
Cable modem service 
343 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
42 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
477 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
785 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
10 
10 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
77 
(NA) 
$1,000 
773 
1,497 
Other Internet service 
89 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
237 
111 
Programs payments farms 
3 
- 
acres 
1,791,924 
2,992,524 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,169 
185 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
(D) 
1,751 
1 household 
5,831 
4,388 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
1,259 
1,031 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
404 
292 
4 households 
212 
137 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
257 
4 
5 or more households 
129 
172 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
776 
1,029 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
129 
240 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
93 
42 
Less than 25 percent 
6,796 
5,454 
25 to 49 percent 
394 
260 
Other crop farming (1119) 
274 
184 
50 to 74 percent 
251 
191 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
158 
57 
Cotton farming (11192) 
15 
12 
1 00 percent 
236 
58 
44 Arizona 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
