Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
La Plata 
Larimer 
Las Animas 
Lincoln 
Logan 
Mesa 
Mineral 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
1,124 
1,625 
602 
464 
891 
2,264 
14 
2007 
1,076 
1,757 
585 
542 
1,035 
1,767 
15 
acres, 2012 
590,435 
450,389 
2,140,776 
1,473,387 
1,099,217 
386,932 
6,628 
2007 
570,189 
489,819 
2,179,242 
1,400,054 
1,132,299 
372,511 
8,866 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
654 
706 
195 
178 
522 
1,574 
3 
2007 
577 
822 
226 
216 
560 
1,212 
6 
acres, 2012 
39,908 
68,169 
16,143 
222,391 
266,884 
58,311 
540 
TENURE 
2007 
38,350 
82,425 
30,165 
(D) 
324,349 
47,438 
(D) 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
857 
1,268 
394 
255 
530 
1,850 
10 
2007 
840 
1,395 
372 
326 
615 
1,376 
12 
acres, 2012 
460,428 
262,910 
805,564 
436,684 
348,839 
174,473 
5,598 
2007 
457,286 
290,997 
1,090,902 
510,987 
312,231 
162,891 
8,004 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
459 
516 
120 
61 
223 
1,252 
3 
2007 
413 
606 
140 
84 
229 
937 
5 
acres, 2012 
21,372 
24,812 
5,720 
43,219 
51,380 
22,484 
540 
2007 
20,691 
35,973 
16,125 
81,410 
56,559 
17,779 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
221 
249 
182 
174 
285 
325 
4 
2007 
200 
259 
184 
177 
329 
307 
2 
acres, 2012 
111,958 
153,453 
1,261,919 
834,710 
660,591 
187,917 
1,030 
2007 
102,024 
165,520 
962,389 
808,134 
726,113 
199,433 
(D) 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
51,277 
64,076 
900,631 
532,271 
313,793 
70,745 
108 
2007 
43,060 
58,421 
721,802 
502,635 
365,900 
79,724 
(D) 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
60,681 
89,377 
361,288 
302,439 
346,798 
117,172 
922 
2007 
58,964 
107,099 
240,587 
305,499 
360,213 
119,709 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
162 
139 
67 
102 
244 
269 
2007 
145 
174 
80 
120 
277 
235 
- 
acres, 2012 
15,433 
35,292 
8,563 
133,962 
176,808 
28,828 
- 
2007 
14,940 
39,066 
13,800 
168,430 
236,596 
26,406 
- 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
46 
108 
26 
35 
76 
89 
_ 
2007 
36 
103 
29 
39 
91 
84 
1 
acres, 2012 
18,049 
34,026 
73,293 
201,993 
89,787 
24,542 
- 
2007 
10,879 
33,302 
125,951 
80,933 
93,955 
10,187 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
33 
51 
8 
15 
55 
53 
2007 
19 
42 
6 
12 
54 
40 
1 
acres, 2012 
3,103 
8,065 
1,860 
45,210 
38,696 
6,999 
- 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
2,719 
7,386 
240 
(D) 
31,194 
3,253 
(D) 
Total operators 
number 
1,890 
2,699 
991 
763 
1,392 
3,761 
22 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
503 
699 
276 
235 
491 
1,024 
8 
2 operators 
520 
821 
274 
181 
325 
1,044 
4 
3 operators 
71 
76 
44 
34 
57 
166 
2 
4 operators 
23 
21 
5 
13 
13 
22 
- 
5 or more operators 
7 
8 
3 
1 
5 
8 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
724 
1,123 
334 
242 
405 
1,445 
7 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
609 
968 
294 
221 
342 
1,227 
7 
2 operators 
36 
62 
20 
9 
25 
101 
- 
3 operators 
13 
9 
- 
1 
3 
4 
- 
4 operators 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
1,717 
2,958 
934 
900 
1,660 
2,891 
25 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
516 
750 
302 
263 
537 
791 
7 
2 operators 
492 
881 
233 
230 
413 
863 
7 
3 operators 
56 
95 
42 
36 
57 
88 
- 
4 operators 
11 
24 
5 
5 
22 
21 
1 
5 or more operators 
1 
7 
3 
8 
6 
4 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
669 
1,193 
301 
299 
502 
1,106 
6 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
599 
1,023 
255 
264 
412 
979 
4 
2 operators 
32 
76 
20 
13 
37 
53 
1 
3 operators 
2 
2 
2 
3 
3 
7 
- 
4 operators 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
1 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
897 
1,246 
524 
398 
787 
1,842 
11 
2007 
873 
1,383 
496 
451 
888 
1,455 
13 
acres, 2012 
552,923 
362,010 
1,982,508 
1,315,506 
1,041,542 
327,722 
(D) 
2007 
543,743 
383,309 
1,907,839 
1,222,001 
1,068,273 
310,951 
(D) 
Female 
farms, 2012 
227 
379 
78 
66 
104 
422 
3 
2007 
203 
374 
89 
91 
147 
312 
2 
acres, 2012 
37,512 
88,379 
158,268 
157,881 
57,675 
59,210 
(D) 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
26,446 
106,510 
271,403 
178,053 
64,026 
61,560 
(D) 
Farming 
2012 
514 
755 
285 
266 
478 
1,100 
8 
2007 
393 
599 
266 
267 
473 
646 
- 
Other 
2012 
610 
870 
317 
198 
413 
1,164 
6 
Place of residence: 
2007 
683 
1,158 
319 
275 
562 
1,121 
15 
On farm operated 
2012 
942 
1,395 
465 
327 
647 
2,037 
13 
2007 
874 
1,465 
428 
332 
703 
1,554 
11 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
182 
230 
137 
137 
244 
227 
1 
2007 
202 
292 
157 
210 
332 
213 
4 
-continued 
494 Colorado 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
