Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
6,860 
6,942 
Land in farms acres 
2,773,515 
3,158,274 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
1,155 
1,172 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1,915 
2,086 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,350 
2,074 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,555 
1,644 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,464 
1,191 
180 to 499 acres 
863 
939 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
20 
53 
500 acres or more 
937 
1,113 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
46 
48 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
83 
84 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
201 
219 
Owned land in farms farms 
6,590 
6,598 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
377 
308 
acres 
2,214,802 
2,669,546 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,037 
1,129 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,191 
2,467 
acres 
558,713 
488,728 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
5,823 
5,813 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
1,621,949 
2,063,908 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
767 
785 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
1,023,614 
971,023 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
6,628 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
270 
344 
acres 
127,952 
123,343 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
766 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
5,523 
5,657 
Total farms 
6,860 
6,942 
Partnerships 
592 
642 
$1,000 
302,667 
425,370 
Corporations 
477 
427 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
268 
216 
sold farms 
6,860 
6,942 
$1,000 
284,764 
405,623 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
3,412 
3,682 
and greenhouse crops farms 
1,580 
1,415 
2 operators 
2,872 
2,760 
$1,000 
94,132 
73,274 
3 operators 
467 
405 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
73 
66 
their products farms 
2,950 
2,922 
5 or more operators 
36 
29 
$1,000 
190,632 
332,349 
Government payments farms 
1,568 
1,848 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
17,903 
19,747 
1 operator 
6,085 
6,128 
2 operators 
701 
762 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
63 
41 
4 operators 
7 
8 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,669 
2,592 
5 or more operators 
4 
3 
$1,000 to $2,499 
750 
909 
$2,500 to $4,999 
721 
833 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
856 
863 
Internet access 
5,425 
4,723 
$10,000 to $24,999 
768 
813 
Dial-up service 
428 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
478 
390 
DSL service 
1,886 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
618 
542 
Cable modem service 
634 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
151 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
888 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
1,701 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
3 
24 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
227 
(NA) 
$1,000 
147 
233 
Other Internet service 
177 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
294 
152 
Programs payments farms 
948 
1,385 
acres 
221,874 
285,456 
$1,000 
11,196 
14,710 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,095 
939 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
6,707 
5,037 
1 household 
5,926 
5,547 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
696 
1,121 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
163 
183 
4 households 
34 
55 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
250 
231 
5 or more households 
41 
36 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
99 
59 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
98 
103 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
116 
93 
Less than 25 percent 
5,616 
5,486 
25 to 49 percent 
453 
716 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,915 
2,086 
50 to 74 percent 
364 
351 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
230 
225 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
197 
164 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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