Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms with a woman operator 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Colorado 
20,252 
21,443 
13,031,774 
6,860 
2,773,515 
Counties 
Adams 
435 
472 
342,018 
149 
23,447 
Alamosa 
137 
145 
47,258 
35 
7,862 
Arapahoe 
503 
530 
122,526 
173 
17,883 
Archuleta 
201 
207 
83,103 
75 
1 1 ,202 
Baca 
386 
424 
742,408 
147 
157,534 
Bent 
130 
136 
247,935 
51 
31,680 
Boulder 
512 
558 
32,867 
243 
13,143 
Broomfield 
10 
10 
(D) 
8 
144 
Chaffee 
131 
141 
27,621 
56 
1 1 ,473 
Cheyenne 
161 
174 
437,253 
58 
103,091 
Clear Creek 
15 
15 
1,547 
3 
56 
Conejos 
183 
203 
70,394 
42 
5,911 
Costilla 
90 
96 
24,577 
30 
3,976 
Crowley 
101 
105 
142,956 
22 
19,555 
Custer 
119 
129 
106,765 
49 
60,177 
Delta 
731 
754 
97,355 
210 
18,934 
Denver 
8 
10 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
Dolores 
163 
167 
88,699 
42 
14,833 
Douglas 
793 
850 
116,614 
373 
50,903 
Eagle 
97 
107 
61,993 
26 
40,639 
Elbert 
902 
949 
420,082 
282 
141,211 
El Paso 
797 
833 
271,548 
353 
60,817 
Fremont 
537 
558 
158,406 
169 
37,448 
Garfield 
386 
410 
166,549 
143 
63,719 
Gilpin 
16 
25 
4,850 
11 
1,278 
Grand 
122 
133 
85,125 
42 
26,464 
Gunnison 
134 
150 
87,560 
48 
16,052 
Hinsdale 
17 
19 
6,614 
7 
1,964 
Huerfano 
244 
259 
367,818 
93 
117,792 
Jackson 
48 
50 
77,484 
15 
5,324 
Jefferson 
348 
363 
39,825 
179 
7,823 
Kiowa 
182 
193 
509,325 
67 
104,222 
Kit Carson 
328 
341 
534,219 
84 
49,138 
Lake 
6 
8 
1,355 
2 
(D) 
La Plata 
658 
698 
119,003 
227 
37,512 
Larimer 
1,040 
1,102 
194,470 
379 
88,379 
Las Animas 
314 
326 
951,317 
78 
158,268 
Lincoln 
231 
239 
748,859 
66 
157,881 
Logan 
369 
395 
375,519 
104 
57,675 
Mesa 
1,331 
1,427 
197,741 
422 
59,210 
Mineral 
7 
7 
1,056 
3 
(D) 
Moffat 
276 
293 
296,071 
70 
57,882 
Montezuma 
676 
713 
108,036 
243 
25,680 
Montrose 
608 
634 
159,031 
193 
22,397 
Morgan 
363 
390 
298,014 
98 
61,531 
250 
256 
242,398 
67 
87,395 
73 
81 
18,618 
35 
8,300 
' 
144 
157 
93,538 
59 
16,362 
Phillips 
mm i wtikmmmmM 
131 
136 
170,044 
38 
20,568 
Pitkin 
41 
43 
8,721 
19 
3,483 
Prowers 
227 
239 
325,657 
77 
61,057 
Pueblo 
499 
517 
270,222 
126 
79,036 
Rio Blanco 
182 
196 
239,297 
52 
35,428 
Rio Grande 
174 
183 
55,610 
41 
7,322 
Routt 
527 
544 
213,060 
162 
75,044 
Saguache 
143 
148 
121,132 
49 
28,902 
San Miguel 
86 
87 
55,977 
33 
7,456 
Sedgwick 
93 
100 
127,503 
20 
12,208 
Summit 
24 
30 
11,652 
6 
1,470 
Teller 
90 
94 
32,817 
42 
8,381 
Washington 
382 
405 
562,514 
128 
127,709 
Weld 
1,888 
2,015 
764,506 
620 
134,613 
Yuma 
452 
464 
744,439 
108 
106,106 
Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
508 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
