Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Contra Costa 
Del Norte 
El Dorado 
Fresno 
Glenn 
Humboldt 
Imperial 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
602 
121 
1,358 
5,683 
1,311 
930 
421 
2007 
634 
85 
1,268 
6,081 
1,242 
852 
452 
acres, 2012 
127,670 
(D) 
128,365 
1,721,202 
668,784 
593,597 
515,783 
2007 
146,993 
18,168 
107,080 
1,636,224 
489,186 
597,477 
427,349 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
330 
53 
769 
4,480 
999 
547 
337 
2007 
289 
29 
645 
4,736 
924 
389 
365 
acres, 2012 
33,420 
6,321 
5,898 
992,479 
244,761 
12,253 
466,877 
TENURE 
2007 
23,876 
3,244 
5,930 
978,948 
228,533 
13,358 
375,904 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
401 
97 
1,242 
4,205 
873 
639 
169 
2007 
454 
68 
1,167 
4,643 
810 
579 
188 
acres, 2012 
23,004 
6,286 
68,649 
651,317 
109,289 
307,342 
70,616 
2007 
58,562 
(D) 
49,005 
615,320 
183,293 
230,393 
48,135 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
210 
34 
726 
3,246 
631 
359 
103 
2007 
213 
20 
605 
3,525 
566 
251 
125 
acres, 2012 
4,855 
257 
5,093 
421,190 
60,725 
3,310 
55,164 
2007 
5,252 
(D) 
4,619 
395,665 
80,211 
2,987 
36,092 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
96 
20 
75 
924 
241 
157 
134 
2007 
92 
15 
66 
907 
271 
162 
145 
acres, 2012 
73,166 
13,728 
46,349 
885,037 
414,518 
170,013 
301,999 
2007 
59,474 
10,577 
54,166 
794,439 
202,873 
215,990 
279,608 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
14,131 
9,375 
8,852 
471,956 
112,471 
39,146 
79,230 
2007 
13,544 
6,912 
18,832 
375,092 
89,417 
95,242 
81,690 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
59,035 
4,353 
37,497 
413,081 
302,047 
130,867 
222,769 
2007 
45,930 
3,665 
35,334 
419,347 
113,456 
120,748 
197,918 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
59 
15 
22 
785 
204 
101 
123 
2007 
42 
8 
24 
754 
225 
83 
133 
acres, 2012 
21,213 
5,837 
602 
449,057 
112,594 
6,688 
283,015 
2007 
15,098 
2,222 
1,110 
440,868 
91,016 
8,361 
252,356 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
105 
4 
41 
554 
197 
134 
118 
2007 
88 
2 
35 
531 
161 
111 
119 
acres, 2012 
31,500 
(D) 
13,367 
184,848 
144,977 
116,242 
143,168 
2007 
28,957 
(D) 
3,909 
226,465 
103,020 
151,094 
99,606 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
61 
4 
21 
449 
164 
87 
111 
2007 
34 
1 
16 
457 
133 
55 
107 
acres, 2012 
7,352 
227 
203 
122,232 
71,442 
2,255 
128,698 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
3,526 
(D) 
201 
142,415 
57,306 
2,010 
87,456 
Total operators 
number 
901 
221 
2,289 
9,000 
2,122 
1,531 
676 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
347 
37 
562 
3,128 
691 
489 
253 
2 operators 
214 
72 
692 
2,031 
502 
353 
117 
3 operators 
38 
10 
82 
396 
81 
64 
36 
4 operators 
3 
1 
14 
74 
23 
18 
10 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
8 
54 
14 
6 
5 
Total women operators 
number 
322 
86 
990 
2,409 
636 
616 
133 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
298 
84 
859 
2,119 
538 
503 
113 
2 operators 
9 
1 
49 
114 
43 
46 
7 
3 operators 
2 
- 
11 
15 
4 
3 
- 
4 operators 
" 
- 
- 
3 
- 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
" 
1 
" 
1 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
1,005 
174 
2,077 
9,535 
2,024 
1,347 
734 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
331 
20 
550 
3,440 
614 
441 
253 
2 operators 
252 
48 
637 
2,081 
506 
351 
134 
3 operators 
42 
11 
73 
410 
96 
41 
53 
4 operators 
6 
5 
6 
101 
21 
15 
6 
5 or more operators 
3 
1 
2 
49 
5 
4 
6 
Total women operators 
number 
400 
68 
903 
2,598 
604 
491 
121 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
311 
62 
817 
2,275 
536 
432 
109 
2 operators 
34 
3 
40 
120 
28 
25 
6 
3 operators 
1 
- 
2 
19 
4 
3 
- 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
4 
- 
" 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
2 
2 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
433 
92 
1,017 
5,042 
1,149 
702 
371 
2007 
431 
65 
903 
5,359 
1,085 
675 
424 
acres, 2012 
121,476 
(D) 
109,665 
1,623,223 
637,344 
463,295 
504,638 
2007 
130,602 
(D) 
93,976 
1,500,766 
458,852 
536,725 
424,100 
Female 
farms, 2012 
169 
29 
341 
641 
162 
228 
50 
2007 
203 
20 
365 
722 
157 
177 
28 
acres, 2012 
6,194 
(D) 
18,700 
97,979 
31,440 
130,302 
11,145 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
16,391 
(D) 
13,104 
135,458 
30,334 
60,752 
3,249 
Farming 
2012 
313 
70 
707 
3,389 
824 
522 
292 
2007 
265 
37 
543 
3,471 
730 
466 
321 
Other 
2012 
289 
51 
651 
2,294 
487 
408 
129 
Place of residence: 
2007 
369 
48 
725 
2,610 
512 
386 
131 
On farm operated 
2012 
440 
106 
1,215 
3,593 
933 
734 
139 
2007 
452 
67 
1,104 
4,121 
942 
665 
165 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
162 
15 
143 
2,090 
378 
196 
282 
2007 
182 
18 
164 
1,960 
300 
187 
287 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data California 525 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
