Table 46. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Land in farms 
Harvested cropland 
Market 
value of 
agricultural 
products 
sold 
($1,000) 
Farms by economic class and primary occupation 
Farming 
Other than farming 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
State Total 
California 
13,984 
2,276,877 
7,276 
311,279 
1,577,249 
2,445 
1,416 
3,078 
2,914 
1,689 
2,442 
Counties 
Alameda 
118 
19,623 
52 
4,195 
28,786 
30 
11 
20 
33 
5 
19 
Alpine 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Amador 
98 
10,293 
37 
495 
3,746 
15 
15 
19 
26 
8 
15 
Butte 
374 
18,412 
209 
10,510 
31,006 
90 
16 
93 
72 
37 
66 
Calaveras 
141 
19,911 
39 
758 
2,457 
33 
11 
21 
42 
18 
16 
Colusa 
74 
19,347 
64 
9,270 
15,621 
7 
4 
28 
1 
9 
25 
Contra Costa 
169 
6,194 
58 
635 
2,110 
46 
13 
35 
49 
16 
10 
Del Norte 
29 
(D) 
17 
205 
87 
14 
3 
1 
6 
5 
- 
El Dorado 
341 
18,700 
141 
719 
5,349 
105 
45 
51 
73 
23 
44 
Fresno 
641 
97,979 
431 
31,230 
120,720 
74 
36 
197 
115 
64 
155 
Glenn 
162 
31,440 
90 
9,089 
30,152 
18 
15 
47 
22 
16 
44 
Humboldt 
228 
130,302 
150 
1,516 
6,684 
32 
37 
41 
66 
25 
27 
imperial 
50 
11,145 
27 
10,506 
61,405 
6 
- 
12 
11 
2 
19 
Inyo 
38 
905 
6 
(D) 
147 
10 
8 
1 
14 
5 
- 
Kern 
349 
145,936 
115 
13,814 
78,353 
60 
28 
89 
123 
25 
24 
Kings 
88 
15,480 
51 
12,686 
43,371 
9 
12 
27 
10 
12 
18 
Lake 
172 
59,913 
110 
1,964 
12,263 
39 
7 
31 
28 
21 
46 
Lassen 
99 
40,391 
24 
1,919 
2,750 
14 
13 
11 
37 
19 
5 
Los Angeles 
377 
6,322 
151 
642 
24,259 
120 
60 
46 
71 
47 
33 
Madera 
189 
21,855 
94 
9,935 
50,851 
22 
18 
44 
41 
11 
53 
Marin 
91 
29,206 
43 
1,116 
18,336 
17 
8 
28 
12 
12 
14 
Mariposa 
83 
53,032 
15 
126 
2,877 
15 
10 
16 
18 
20 
4 
Mendocino 
319 
117,228 
163 
2,778 
13,769 
68 
20 
69 
69 
34 
59 
Merced 
199 
71,042 
121 
19,037 
131,874 
26 
14 
79 
19 
14 
47 
Modoc 
102 
56,728 
28 
6,320 
5,331 
4 
3 
33 
31 
15 
16 
Mono 
11 
700 
3 
(D) 
97 
1 
3 
1 
3 
3 
- 
Monterey 
173 
126,610 
58 
11,047 
121,921 
47 
14 
32 
31 
30 
19 
Napa 
292 
36,799 
221 
3,677 
41,158 
17 
17 
70 
42 
38 
108 
Nevada 
217 
10,000 
66 
262 
1,480 
48 
24 
19 
62 
39 
25 
Orange 
82 
933 
28 
45 
1,786 
24 
10 
14 
11 
11 
12 
Placer 
376 
1 1 ,325 
113 
1,377 
8,586 
63 
52 
64 
125 
48 
24 
Plumas 
19 
1,033 
5 
8 
(D) 
6 
4 
- 
6 
3 
- 
Riverside 
675 
21,623 
301 
5,742 
27,831 
188 
51 
97 
112 
77 
150 
Sacramento 
286 
24,923 
77 
4,694 
26,594 
69 
20 
42 
94 
29 
32 
San Benito 
94 
95,175 
48 
4,032 
22,263 
21 
10 
25 
13 
11 
14 
San Bernardino 
312 
17,952 
117 
1,105 
6,440 
73 
42 
39 
81 
43 
34 
San Diego 
1,075 
19,415 
782 
5,729 
100,721 
136 
183 
196 
187 
202 
171 
San Francisco 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
San Joaquin 
433 
32,259 
284 
13,520 
74,837 
43 
35 
152 
39 
54 
110 
San Luis Obispo 
516 
193,913 
263 
5,705 
48,360 
92 
46 
111 
121 
61 
85 
San Mateo 
99 
6,425 
43 
452 
3,355 
28 
3 
33 
23 
1 
11 
Santa Barbara 
328 
46,857 
200 
4,484 
27,812 
53 
29 
85 
58 
53 
50 
Santa Clara 
200 
28,552 
118 
1,003 
3,428 
35 
35 
51 
38 
23 
18 
Santa Cruz 
130 
3,909 
87 
957 
13,279 
15 
24 
29 
28 
10 
24 
Shasta 
422 
106,286 
116 
3,068 
19,031 
98 
51 
33 
165 
46 
29 
Sierra 
10 
2,182 
5 
215 
(D) 
- 
- 
2 
2 
2 
4 
Siskiyou 
156 
50,581 
51 
3,812 
3,452 
35 
17 
37 
39 
16 
12 
Solano 
207 
54,786 
80 
9,128 
10,188 
40 
11 
56 
50 
10 
40 
Sonoma 
739 
62,722 
429 
5,587 
55,183 
115 
90 
173 
138 
86 
137 
Stanislaus 
501 
53,663 
282 
14,105 
84,878 
79 
37 
151 
75 
49 
110 
Sutter 
214 
38,140 
145 
26,121 
56,151 
6 
15 
94 
22 
27 
50 
Tehama 
360 
75,993 
149 
4,756 
12,895 
69 
34 
74 
79 
40 
64 
Trinity 
69 
12,481 
35 
283 
560 
16 
14 
15 
13 
11 
- 
Tulare 
579 
66,908 
420 
17,877 
71,233 
45 
60 
163 
84 
76 
151 
Tuolumne 
96 
16,364 
25 
110 
1,068 
21 
10 
10 
36 
11 
8 
Ventura 
412 
28,189 
328 
4,949 
26,357 
40 
29 
103 
52 
70 
118 
Yolo 
190 
14,569 
95 
4,580 
7,408 
21 
18 
41 
46 
27 
37 
Yuba 
179 
12,519 
65 
3,073 
5,897 
27 
20 
27 
50 
19 
36 
540 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
