Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
- 
17 
16 
- 
1 
6 
4 
7 
20 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
7 
- 
6 
- 
- 
2 
4 
5 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
5 
6 
- 
- 
3 
- 
2 
7 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
24 
27 
3 
- 
- 
2 
9 
4 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
54 
3,998 
8,318 
106 
787 
377 
1,059 
2,650 
6,512 
Part owners 
.... farms 
93 
996 
2,274 
38 
507 
37 
68 
296 
615 
Tenants 
.... farms 
47 
627 
1,175 
12 
300 
32 
75 
300 
682 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
147 
5,031 
10,637 
145 
1,302 
414 
1,131 
2,953 
7,137 
acres 
267,190 
1,927,415 
5,375,938 
145,346 
722,636 
11,820 
67,210 
203,060 
946,225 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
147 
4,994 
10,592 
144 
1,294 
414 
1,127 
2,946 
7,127 
acres 
260,017 
1,684,121 
4,848,242 
123,348 
681,351 
1 1 ,572 
62,219 
165,332 
803,590 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
141 
1,637 
3,473 
50 
813 
69 
144 
596 
1,301 
acres 
105,037 
1,347,740 
5,806,092 
84,421 
304,952 
2,639 
8,380 
374,722 
532,045 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
140 
1,623 
3,449 
50 
807 
69 
143 
596 
1,297 
acres 
104,430 
1,321,864 
5,624,012 
84,421 
302,903 
2,639 
8,193 
374,722 
531,766 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
22 
729 
1,158 
15 
137 
13 
87 
214 
368 
acres 
7,780 
269,170 
709,776 
21,998 
43,334 
248 
5,178 
37,728 
142,914 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
334 
8,922 
19,203 
232 
2,959 
798 
2,119 
5,453 
12,891 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
104 
3,130 
5,584 
97 
671 
172 
453 
1,374 
3,453 
2 operators 
58 
1,966 
5,363 
44 
606 
214 
635 
1,624 
3,878 
3 operators 
18 
358 
568 
13 
233 
43 
85 
179 
386 
4 operators 
11 
116 
170 
2 
58 
16 
21 
55 
60 
5 or more operators 
3 
51 
82 
" 
26 
1 
8 
14 
32 
Total women operators 
. number 
60 
2,521 
7,131 
67 
674 
364 
883 
2,570 
6,234 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
36 
2,102 
6,229 
56 
583 
288 
745 
2,206 
5,411 
2 operators 
12 
167 
350 
4 
29 
29 
56 
158 
355 
3 operators 
- 
25 
46 
1 
11 
6 
7 
10 
29 
4 operators 
- 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 
5 or more operators 
2 
4 
" 
1 
2 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
185 
4,922 
9,685 
133 
1,470 
312 
847 
2,070 
4,755 
Female 
9 
699 
2,082 
23 
124 
134 
355 
1,176 
3,054 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
164 
3,008 
5,715 
102 
1,439 
185 
683 
1,502 
3,809 
Other 
30 
2,613 
6,052 
54 
155 
261 
519 
1,744 
4,000 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
82 
3,622 
9,544 
95 
1,174 
391 
1,016 
2,846 
6,603 
Not on farm operated 
112 
1,999 
2,223 
61 
420 
55 
186 
400 
1,206 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
113 
2,347 
4,705 
78 
1,091 
117 
518 
1,174 
3,256 
Any 
81 
3,274 
7,062 
78 
503 
329 
684 
2,072 
4,553 
1 to 49 days 
12 
504 
980 
13 
71 
23 
92 
301 
660 
50 to 99 days 
6 
278 
631 
11 
34 
37 
52 
146 
304 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
8 
431 
1,162 
24 
43 
36 
121 
307 
651 
200 days or more 
55 
2,061 
4,289 
30 
355 
233 
419 
1,318 
2,938 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
5 
252 
429 
2 
57 
34 
76 
129 
193 
3 or 4 years 
6 
296 
602 
15 
61 
53 
120 
241 
337 
5 to 9 years 
21 
862 
1,493 
20 
160 
98 
201 
626 
1,313 
1 0 years or more 
162 
4,211 
9,243 
119 
1,316 
261 
805 
2,250 
5,966 
Average years on present farm 
24.9 
21.6 
22.3 
22.1 
24.8 
15.3 
17.3 
18.6 
19.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1 
169 
312 
2 
19 
30 
54 
86 
125 
3 or 4 years 
5 
235 
464 
12 
56 
46 
91 
199 
233 
5 to 9 years 
16 
698 
1,244 
16 
120 
81 
182 
538 
1,104 
1 0 years or more 
172 
4,519 
9,747 
126 
1,399 
289 
875 
2,423 
6,347 
Average years operating any farm 
28.6 
24.4 
24.8 
25.6 
27.6 
17.2 
19.3 
20.9 
21.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
25 
38 
- 
5 
6 
3 
29 
18 
25 to 34 years 
12 
267 
389 
2 
75 
31 
38 
201 
199 
35 to 44 years 
15 
444 
822 
10 
191 
69 
94 
291 
591 
45 to 49 years 
13 
431 
885 
4 
205 
65 
125 
296 
575 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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