Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
- 
13 
8 
2 
_ 
1 
6 
2 
5 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
9 
17 
- 
" 
1 
- 
1 
6 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
69 
107 
2 
- 
1 
3 
2 
28 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
_ 
8,575 
6,575 
133 
121 
304 
545 
1,034 
6,044 
Part owners 
.... farms 
- 
1,343 
3,271 
107 
45 
24 
56 
126 
802 
Tenants 
.... farms 
- 
405 
682 
28 
17 
15 
10 
52 
307 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
_ 
9,948 
9,876 
242 
167 
328 
601 
1,160 
6,860 
acres 
- 
5,416,211 
9,719,665 
485,992 
83,796 
53,979 
49,900 
377,717 
2,251,619 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
9,918 
9,846 
240 
166 
328 
601 
1,160 
6,846 
acres 
- 
4,473,914 
9,234,126 
474,578 
81,025 
39,822 
45,968 
362,692 
1,855,291 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
_ 
1,768 
3,977 
136 
62 
39 
67 
178 
1,125 
acres 
- 
823,289 
5,327,754 
276,260 
20,972 
6,553 
9,401 
141,198 
449,820 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
1,748 
3,953 
135 
62 
39 
66 
178 
1,109 
acres 
- 
808,229 
5,287,241 
275,468 
20,972 
6,553 
9,341 
141,158 
431,647 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
_ 
1,472 
1,097 
27 
12 
32 
40 
84 
519 
acres 
- 
957,357 
526,052 
12,206 
2,771 
14,157 
3,992 
15,065 
414,501 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
- 
15,642 
17,950 
501 
375 
629 
1,079 
2,107 
11,899 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
5,801 
4,515 
119 
62 
103 
223 
450 
2,978 
2 operators 
- 
3,903 
4,993 
94 
71 
212 
334 
669 
3,736 
3 operators 
- 
499 
797 
40 
34 
16 
44 
70 
355 
4 operators 
- 
95 
159 
7 
14 
6 
5 
17 
62 
5 or more operators 
" 
25 
64 
8 
2 
6 
5 
6 
22 
Total women operators 
. number 
- 
5,457 
6,438 
106 
121 
277 
504 
988 
5,478 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
4,803 
5,592 
94 
89 
251 
431 
825 
4,701 
2 operators 
- 
286 
350 
6 
16 
7 
29 
73 
333 
3 operators 
- 
22 
39 
- 
- 
4 
2 
4 
34 
4 operators 
- 
4 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
" 
1 
- 
" 
1 
1 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
- 
8,408 
9,064 
248 
137 
260 
410 
835 
4,962 
Female 
1,915 
1,464 
20 
46 
83 
201 
377 
2,191 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
4,233 
5,477 
210 
134 
132 
226 
530 
3,084 
Other 
- 
6,090 
5,051 
58 
49 
211 
385 
682 
4,069 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
- 
7,486 
8,934 
192 
135 
308 
587 
1,103 
6,298 
Not on farm operated 
- 
2,837 
1,594 
76 
48 
35 
24 
109 
855 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
- 
3,998 
3,776 
150 
96 
56 
158 
399 
2,260 
Any 
- 
6,325 
6,752 
118 
87 
287 
453 
813 
4,893 
1 to 49 days 
- 
1,023 
855 
20 
11 
18 
33 
70 
647 
50 to 99 days 
- 
587 
456 
4 
9 
21 
23 
60 
349 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
- 
960 
1,189 
15 
8 
41 
84 
140 
866 
200 days or more 
- 
3,755 
4,252 
79 
59 
207 
313 
543 
3,031 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
270 
338 
6 
5 
11 
40 
40 
172 
3 or 4 years 
- 
463 
553 
5 
7 
31 
62 
84 
360 
5 to 9 years 
- 
1,565 
1,649 
41 
32 
98 
151 
247 
1,376 
1 0 years or more 
- 
8,025 
7,988 
216 
139 
203 
358 
841 
5,245 
Average years on present farm 
- 
21.7 
21.3 
24.5 
23.6 
14.8 
14.3 
17.4 
17.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
198 
225 
6 
3 
9 
27 
18 
112 
3 or 4 years 
- 
364 
424 
2 
1 
22 
57 
75 
285 
5 to 9 years 
- 
1,315 
1,351 
23 
19 
94 
137 
185 
1,064 
1 0 years or more 
- 
8,446 
8,528 
237 
160 
218 
390 
934 
5,692 
Average years operating any farm 
- 
24.3 
24.1 
27.7 
28.1 
17.0 
16.5 
20.0 
20.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
21 
55 
- 
3 
4 
2 
6 
19 
25 to 34 years 
- 
341 
671 
10 
8 
19 
25 
58 
244 
35 to 44 years 
- 
673 
1,031 
30 
21 
86 
80 
118 
635 
45 to 49 years 
- 
604 
830 
27 
13 
60 
76 
153 
583 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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