Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with a woman operator 1 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
California 
37,960 
40,072 
9,555,184 
13,984 
2,276,877 
Counties 
Alameda 
271 
290 
109,222 
118 
19,623 
Alpine 
3 
3 
(D) 
- 
- 
Amador 
283 
313 
42,318 
98 
10,293 
Butte 
1,011 
1,064 
135,664 
374 
18,412 
Calaveras 
390 
416 
104,257 
141 
19,911 
Colusa 
361 
374 
158,732 
74 
19,347 
Contra Costa 
309 
321 
42,632 
169 
6,194 
Del Norte 
85 
86 
15,370 
29 
(D) 
El Dorado 
919 
980 
89,989 
341 
18,700 
Fresno 
2,230 
2,330 
594,771 
641 
97,979 
Glenn 
576 
605 
296,253 
162 
31,440 
Humboldt 
555 
605 
388,068 
228 
130,302 
Imperial 
117 
118 
99,448 
50 
11,145 
Inyo 
58 
58 
110,927 
38 
905 
Kern 
918 
973 
825,729 
349 
145,936 
Kings 
378 
404 
82,166 
88 
15,480 
Lake 
432 
453 
85,810 
172 
59,913 
Lassen 
294 
310 
264,797 
99 
40,391 
Los Angeles 
790 
857 
25,200 
377 
6,322 
Madera 
633 
673 
217,122 
189 
21,855 
Marin 
192 
206 
77,095 
91 
29,206 
Mariposa 
225 
239 
200,850 
83 
53,032 
Mendocino 
702 
738 
330,130 
319 
117,228 
Merced 
885 
934 
278,984 
199 
71,042 
Modoc 
282 
290 
210,438 
102 
56,728 
Mono 
32 
35 
16,378 
11 
700 
Monterey 
499 
541 
484,975 
173 
126,610 
Napa 
748 
794 
99,431 
292 
36,799 
Nevada 
544 
571 
27,604 
217 
10,000 
Orange 
141 
156 
45,604 
82 
933 
Placer 
948 
1,004 
44,846 
376 
1 1 ,325 
Plumas 
74 
85 
50,988 
19 
1,033 
Riverside 
1,615 
1,728 
60,500 
675 
21,623 
Sacramento 
787 
835 
96,670 
286 
24,923 
San Benito 
317 
338 
250,681 
94 
95,175 
San Bernardino 
690 
732 
40,144 
312 
17,952 
San Diego 
2,734 
2,829 
61,587 
1,075 
19,415 
San Francisco 
1 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
San Joaquin 
1,387 
1,445 
166,813 
433 
32,259 
San Luis Obispo 
1,377 
1,446 
576,797 
516 
193,913 
San Mateo 
181 
209 
14,801 
99 
6,425 
Santa Barbara 
725 
768 
165,412 
328 
46,857 
Santa Clara 
468 
491 
75,185 
200 
28,552 
Santa Cruz 
321 
334 
53,120 
130 
3,909 
Shasta 
1,019 
1,069 
197,833 
422 
106,286 
Sierra 
23 
23 
23,941 
10 
2,182 
Siskiyou 
578 
604 
362,083 
156 
50,581 
Solano 
471 
499 
125,037 
207 
54,786 
Sonoma 
1,773 
1,929 
230,550 
739 
62,722 
Stanislaus 
1,770 
1,834 
271,901 
501 
53,663 
Sutter 
589 
621 
143,902 
214 
38,140 
Tehama 
1,042 
1,088 
336,604 
360 
75,993 
Trinity 
148 
158 
25,989 
69 
12,481 
Tulare 
1,905 
1,978 
326,219 
579 
66,908 
Tuolumne 
243 
259 
37,401 
96 
16,364 
Ventura 
977 
1,039 
105,885 
412 
28,189 
Yolo 
474 
508 
169,752 
190 
14,569 
Yuba 
460 
481 
79,315 
179 
12,519 
1 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
California 541 
