Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
51 
12 
2 
_ 
- 
13 
- 
Ethanol farms 
25 
18 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Other farms 
36 
- 
- 
- 
2 
9 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
353 
140 
- 
1 
- 
69 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
26,105 
1,478 
313 
501 
482 
8,575 
_ 
Part owners farms 
7,839 
1,871 
87 
62 
45 
1,343 
- 
Tenants farms 
2,236 
602 
55 
14 
49 
405 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
34,056 
3,383 
400 
564 
527 
9,948 
_ 
acres 
23,371,885 
4,708,235 
150,647 
21,662 
52,462 
5,416,211 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
33,944 
3,349 
400 
563 
527 
9,918 
- 
acres 
21,150,230 
4,368,930 
147,077 
19,281 
47,526 
4,473,914 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
10,143 
2,478 
142 
76 
95 
1,768 
_ 
acres 
10,828,657 
3,701,015 
61,753 
2,146 
8,496 
823,289 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
10,075 
2,473 
142 
76 
94 
1,748 
- 
acres 
10,736,446 
3,684,354 
60,955 
2,146 
8,382 
808,229 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
4,065 
628 
38 
61 
55 
1,472 
- 
acres 
2,313,866 
355,966 
4,368 
2,381 
5,050 
957,357 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
59,269 
6,294 
806 
944 
1,043 
15,642 
- 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
17,076 
2,119 
180 
256 
270 
5,801 
- 
2 operators 
16,199 
1,455 
221 
278 
233 
3,903 
- 
3 operators 
2,259 
280 
40 
40 
44 
499 
- 
4 operators 
468 
78 
8 
3 
14 
95 
- 
5 or more operators 
178 
19 
6 
" 
15 
25 
- 
Total women operators number 
21,879 
1,495 
290 
356 
369 
5,457 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
18,912 
1,293 
231 
324 
278 
4,803 
- 
2 operators 
1,252 
84 
28 
16 
24 
286 
- 
3 operators 
122 
10 
1 
- 
6 
22 
- 
4 operators 
14 
1 
- 
- 
1 
4 
- 
5 or more operators 
7 
" 
- 
" 
3 
" 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29,320 
3,701 
356 
479 
460 
8,408 
- 
Female 
6,860 
250 
99 
98 
116 
1,915 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
17,962 
3,042 
305 
296 
293 
4,233 
- 
Other 
18,218 
909 
150 
281 
283 
6,090 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
29,176 
2,855 
384 
500 
394 
7,486 
- 
Not on farm operated 
7,004 
1,096 
71 
77 
182 
2,837 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
13,721 
2,144 
220 
217 
247 
3,998 
- 
Any 
22,459 
1,807 
235 
360 
329 
6,325 
- 
1 to 49 days 
3,153 
348 
31 
49 
48 
1,023 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1,765 
133 
27 
51 
45 
587 
- 
100 to 199 days 
3,819 
346 
51 
65 
54 
960 
- 
200 days or more 
13,722 
980 
126 
195 
182 
3,755 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
982 
63 
15 
15 
7 
270 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,828 
161 
53 
30 
19 
463 
- 
5 to 9 years 
5,834 
406 
83 
103 
83 
1,565 
- 
10 years or more 
27,536 
3,321 
304 
429 
467 
8,025 
- 
Average years on present farm 
21.0 
26.9 
18.5 
18.3 
20.3 
21.7 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
669 
45 
9 
11 
6 
198 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,427 
112 
43 
26 
16 
364 
- 
5 to 9 years 
4,737 
326 
72 
86 
65 
1,315 
- 
10 years or more 
29,347 
3,468 
331 
454 
489 
8,446 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
23.6 
29.7 
21.1 
20.2 
22.5 
24.3 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
147 
32 
5 
- 
- 
21 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,762 
328 
22 
19 
17 
341 
- 
35 to 44 years 
3,182 
379 
60 
27 
42 
673 
- 
45 to 49 years 
2,838 
366 
42 
39 
45 
604 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
