Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
165 
1 
14 
73 
6 
17 
- 
Ethanol farms 
56 
3 
- 
28 
1 
7 
- 
Other farms 
49 
2 
23 
1 
5 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
113 
8 
1 
34 
1 
24 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
60,492 
889 
2,236 
31,200 
2,306 
4,052 
- 
Part owners farms 
9,490 
646 
617 
2,990 
313 
1,089 
- 
Tenants farms 
7,875 
761 
1,338 
1,755 
771 
674 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
70,216 
1,575 
2,875 
34,248 
2,621 
5,178 
_ 
acres 
16,064,215 
682,119 
625,769 
4,791,173 
298,314 
2,194,605 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
69,982 
1,535 
2,853 
34,190 
2,619 
5,141 
- 
acres 
14,281,177 
545,154 
585,903 
4,255,173 
255,155 
1,944,138 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
17,477 
1,416 
1,960 
4,793 
1,084 
1,778 
_ 
acres 
11,608,764 
768,039 
1,027,747 
1,192,945 
54,005 
1,452,777 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
17,365 
1,407 
1,955 
4,745 
1,084 
1,763 
- 
acres 
11,287,824 
747,489 
971,550 
1,162,573 
51,262 
1,426,294 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
6,066 
428 
378 
2,320 
197 
751 
_ 
acres 
2,103,978 
157,515 
96,063 
566,372 
45,902 
276,950 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
126,099 
3,836 
7,640 
56,126 
5,586 
9,256 
- 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
40,197 
1,198 
1,897 
20,249 
1,815 
3,234 
- 
2 operators 
30,790 
834 
1,712 
12,629 
1,227 
2,024 
- 
3 operators 
5,058 
164 
387 
2,384 
240 
376 
- 
4 operators 
1,137 
66 
82 
428 
52 
127 
- 
5 or more operators 
675 
34 
113 
255 
56 
54 
- 
Total women operators number 
41,256 
954 
2,501 
15,515 
1,782 
2,581 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
35,652 
768 
2,000 
13,734 
1,494 
2,138 
- 
2 operators 
2,226 
66 
170 
731 
99 
179 
- 
3 operators 
253 
18 
12 
71 
17 
25 
- 
4 operators 
44 
- 
1 
22 
3 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
37 
- 
20 
3 
4 
2 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
63,873 
2,129 
3,370 
31,241 
2,754 
5,107 
- 
Female 
13,984 
167 
821 
4,704 
636 
708 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
42,469 
1,693 
2,918 
19,218 
2,033 
3,172 
- 
Other 
35,388 
603 
1,273 
16,727 
1,357 
2,643 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
54,775 
1,084 
2,478 
23,904 
1,936 
3,704 
- 
Not on farm operated 
23,082 
1,212 
1,713 
12,041 
1,454 
2,111 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
31,311 
1,064 
1,716 
13,679 
1,453 
2,460 
- 
Any 
46,546 
1,232 
2,475 
22,266 
1,937 
3,355 
- 
1 to 49 days 
7,304 
192 
456 
3,710 
290 
516 
- 
50 to 99 days 
4,230 
111 
238 
2,219 
163 
284 
- 
100 to 199 days 
7,065 
192 
414 
3,388 
288 
439 
- 
200 days or more 
27,947 
737 
1,367 
12,949 
1,196 
2,116 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
3,151 
115 
466 
1,267 
126 
257 
- 
3 or 4 years 
4,634 
125 
505 
2,048 
225 
302 
- 
5 to 9 years 
12,863 
376 
815 
6,277 
601 
883 
- 
10 years or more 
57,209 
1,680 
2,405 
26,353 
2,438 
4,373 
- 
Average years on present farm 
20.2 
22.2 
15.9 
20.1 
19.1 
21.7 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2,182 
56 
335 
907 
86 
170 
- 
3 or 4 years 
3,648 
79 
414 
1,635 
179 
240 
- 
5 to 9 years 
10,663 
286 
709 
5,182 
487 
714 
- 
10 years or more 
61,364 
1,875 
2,733 
28,221 
2,638 
4,691 
" 
Average years operating any farm 
22.7 
25.7 
18.4 
22.6 
21.3 
24.6 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
253 
30 
21 
73 
5 
25 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2,968 
206 
398 
1,027 
123 
279 
- 
35 to 44 years 
6,255 
267 
569 
2,612 
280 
459 
- 
45 to 49 years 
6,107 
162 
329 
2,736 
281 
444 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
184 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
