Table 46. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Land in farms 
Flarvested cropland 
Market 
value of 
agricultural 
products 
sold 
($1,000) 
Farms by economic class and primary occupation 
Farming 
Other than farming 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
State Total 
Delaware 
445 
26,101 
159 
13,124 
99,770 
77 
37 
151 
80 
23 
77 
Counties 
Kent 
151 
13,286 
81 
8,739 
12,916 
20 
21 
43 
39 
15 
13 
New Castle 
91 
3,537 
27 
618 
1,635 
15 
14 
28 
7 
4 
23 
Sussex 
203 
9,278 
51 
3,767 
85,218 
42 
2 
80 
34 
4 
41 
Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with a woman operator ' 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Delaware 
1,127 
1,207 
129,300 
445 
26,101 
Counties 
Kent 
394 
423 
41,926 
151 
13,286 
New Castle 
179 
204 
13,375 
91 
3,537 
Sussex 
554 
580 
73,999 
203 
9,278 
' Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
Table 48. Women Principal Operators - Tenure: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
Geographic area 
Total 
farms 
Farms 
Land in 
farms 
(acres) 
Flarvested 
cropland 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in 
farms 
(acres) 
Flarvested 
cropland 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in 
farms 
(acres) 
Flarvested 
cropland 
(acres) 
State Total 
Delaware 
445 
394 
16,591 
4,785 
24 
7,528 
6,768 
27 
1,982 
1,571 
Counties 
Kent 
151 
137 
6,584 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
New Castle 
91 
73 
2,650 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
Sussex 
203 
184 
7,357 
2,089 
7 
1,825 
1,678 
12 
96 
Table 49. Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with a Spanish, 
Flispanic, or Latino operator ^ 
Farms with a Spanish, Flispanic, 
or Latino principal operator 
Farms 
Spanish, Flispanic, 
or Latino operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Delaware 
36 
40 
2,409 
23 
1,852 
Counties 
Kent 
17 
19 
722 
8 
(D) 
New Castle 
11 
12 
(D) 
10 
450 
Sussex 
8 
9 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
' Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
268 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
