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 
13,984 
14,965 
Land in farms acres 
2,276,877 
2,058,833 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
5,891 
6,448 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
699 
648 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,821 
5,335 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,872 
1,793 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
2,082 
1,873 
180 to 499 acres 
748 
750 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
23 
38 
500 acres or more 
652 
639 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
124 
128 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
134 
113 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
355 
557 
Owned land in farms farms 
12,879 
13,835 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,176 
1,201 
acres 
1,621,654 
1,432,035 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
2,064 
2,179 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,054 
4,597 
acres 
655,223 
626,798 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
11,920 
12,786 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
1,190,633 
1,109,485 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
959 
1,049 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
874,726 
712,722 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
13,420 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
1,105 
1,130 
acres 
211,518 
236,626 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
687 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
11,517 
12,643 
Total farms 
13,984 
14,965 
Partnerships 
1,065 
1,236 
$1,000 
1,587,364 
1,259,963 
Corporations 
785 
728 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
617 
358 
sold farms 
13,984 
14,965 
$1,000 
1,577,249 
1,246,761 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
7,190 
7,876 
and greenhouse crops farms 
6,648 
6,077 
2 operators 
5,661 
5,917 
$1,000 
1,124,669 
804,747 
3 operators 
863 
925 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
181 
175 
their products farms 
5,080 
5,672 
5 or more operators 
89 
72 
$1,000 
452,580 
442,014 
Government payments farms 
800 
693 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
10,114 
13,202 
1 operator 
12,676 
13,502 
2 operators 
1,162 
1,284 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
108 
156 
4 operators 
23 
13 
Less than $1 ,000 
4,073 
5,278 
5 or more operators 
15 
10 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,286 
1,497 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,376 
1,409 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,729 
1,601 
Internet access 
11,006 
10,389 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,882 
1,894 
Dial-up service 
943 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,070 
1,079 
DSL service 
3,765 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
2,568 
2,207 
Cable modem service 
1,749 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
292 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
2,139 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
2,718 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
30 
76 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
343 
(NA) 
$1,000 
6,329 
6,652 
Other Internet service 
511 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
638 
532 
Programs payments farms 
93 
99 
acres 
172,373 
172,312 
$1,000 
576 
1,209 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
738 
645 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
9,538 
11,993 
1 household 
12,067 
12,854 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
1,319 
1,470 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
361 
379 
4 households 
143 
156 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
167 
147 
5 or more households 
94 
106 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
821 
349 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
4,704 
4,677 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
636 
621 
Less than 25 percent 
10,811 
11,987 
25 to 49 percent 
976 
946 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
708 
664 
50 to 74 percent 
997 
957 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
679 
611 
Cotton farming (11192) 
9 
16 
1 00 percent 
521 
464 
54 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
