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 
2 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Ethanol farms 
3 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
1,666 
207 
31 
17 
52 
255 
_ 
Part owners farms 
589 
308 
19 
2 
9 
51 
- 
Tenants farms 
196 
91 
11 
- 
12 
3 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
2,267 
520 
50 
19 
61 
307 
_ 
acres 
268,627 
136,285 
13,636 
1,432 
(D) 
34,436 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
2,255 
515 
50 
19 
61 
306 
- 
acres 
236,723 
130,245 
13,405 
(D) 
1,356 
24,395 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
789 
400 
30 
2 
21 
57 
_ 
acres 
272,208 
205,401 
18,558 
(D) 
901 
6,874 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
785 
399 
30 
2 
21 
54 
- 
acres 
271,929 
205,393 
18,558 
(D) 
901 
6,804 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
390 
82 
5 
5 
10 
64 
_ 
acres 
32,183 
6,048 
231 
247 
714 
10,111 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operaters number 
3,855 
915 
106 
37 
128 
451 
_ 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,346 
391 
33 
7 
31 
191 
- 
2 operators 
872 
135 
18 
8 
32 
99 
- 
3 operators 
193 
68 
8 
3 
8 
16 
- 
4 operators 
27 
10 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
5 or more operators 
13 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
- 
Total women operators number 
1,232 
153 
29 
13 
40 
154 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1,046 
145 
25 
6 
33 
126 
- 
2 operators 
75 
4 
2 
2 
2 
12 
- 
3 operators 
8 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
4 operators 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,006 
567 
55 
18 
64 
249 
- 
Female 
445 
39 
6 
1 
9 
60 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,565 
456 
46 
12 
39 
138 
- 
Other 
886 
150 
15 
7 
34 
171 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,954 
440 
40 
15 
48 
238 
- 
Not on farm operated 
497 
166 
21 
4 
25 
71 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,366 
385 
38 
11 
37 
180 
- 
Any 
1,085 
221 
23 
8 
36 
129 
- 
1 to 49 days 
143 
23 
4 
2 
4 
20 
- 
50 to 99 days 
50 
12 
1 
- 
5 
6 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
136 
27 
5 
- 
6 
19 
- 
200 days or more 
756 
159 
13 
6 
21 
84 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
54 
7 
2 
- 
3 
6 
- 
3 or 4 years 
88 
11 
1 
1 
7 
12 
- 
5 to 9 years 
302 
53 
9 
3 
10 
39 
- 
1 0 years or more 
2,007 
535 
49 
15 
53 
252 
- 
Average years on present farm 
23.8 
30.0 
26.2 
20.2 
21.0 
20.9 
- 
Years eperating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
37 
5 
1 
- 
3 
1 
- 
3 or 4 years 
66 
6 
- 
1 
6 
12 
- 
5 te 9 years 
247 
31 
9 
3 
9 
36 
- 
1 0 years or more 
2,101 
564 
51 
15 
55 
260 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
32.6 
28.6 
22.1 
22.4 
22.6 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
5 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
105 
24 
4 
1 
7 
1 
- 
35 to 44 years 
233 
42 
3 
1 
8 
18 
- 
45 to 49 years 
214 
58 
4 
1 
2 
19 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
170 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
