Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
36 
2 
4 
5 
1 
9 
- 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
16 
1 
2 
- 
4 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
8 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
31,544 
912 
832 
2,600 
843 
8,606 
7 
Part owners 
.... farms 
8,660 
745 
182 
263 
69 
2,670 
19 
Tenants 
.... farms 
2,053 
283 
67 
68 
103 
580 
2 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
40,244 
1,661 
1,015 
2,873 
913 
11,288 
26 
acres 
7,507,808 
546,008 
156,330 
510,448 
74,763 
3,574,667 
6,838 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
40,204 
1,657 
1,014 
2,863 
912 
11,276 
26 
acres 
6,924,984 
517,651 
148,679 
453,862 
70,263 
3,291,740 
6,469 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
10,784 
1,034 
250 
334 
175 
3,278 
23 
acres 
2,716,249 
249,049 
54,847 
50,014 
11,818 
1,709,684 
7,742 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
10,713 
1,028 
249 
331 
172 
3,250 
21 
acres 
2,695,852 
247,894 
54,227 
49,323 
11,428 
1,698,027 
7,042 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
4,595 
270 
96 
577 
76 
1,855 
8 
acres 
603,221 
29,512 
8,271 
57,277 
4,890 
294,584 
1,069 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
61,859 
2,494 
1,677 
4,339 
1,623 
16,493 
46 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
26,061 
1,469 
621 
1,726 
552 
8,177 
19 
2 operators 
13,596 
398 
386 
1,066 
378 
2,941 
- 
3 operators 
2,120 
66 
52 
110 
57 
615 
9 
4 operators 
329 
4 
8 
19 
15 
87 
- 
5 or more operators 
151 
3 
14 
10 
13 
36 
- 
Total women operators 
. number 
18,065 
347 
490 
1,329 
535 
4,309 
5 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
15,988 
335 
414 
1,197 
473 
3,749 
5 
2 operators 
794 
3 
20 
58 
22 
202 
- 
3 operators 
136 
2 
8 
2 
6 
41 
- 
4 operators 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
5 or more operators 
8 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
35,853 
1,851 
949 
2,505 
791 
9,954 
28 
Female 
6,404 
89 
132 
426 
224 
1,902 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
19,858 
1,085 
515 
1,214 
513 
5,007 
25 
Other 
22,399 
855 
566 
1,717 
502 
6,849 
3 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
32,751 
1,386 
866 
2,277 
671 
7,825 
23 
Not on farm operated 
9,506 
554 
215 
654 
344 
4,031 
5 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
17,798 
845 
388 
1,108 
439 
5,344 
25 
Any 
24,459 
1,095 
693 
1,823 
576 
6,512 
3 
1 to 49 days 
3,017 
127 
94 
264 
95 
999 
1 
50 to 99 days 
1,804 
92 
90 
168 
54 
518 
- 
100 to 199 days 
3,439 
185 
133 
272 
121 
784 
- 
200 days or more 
16,199 
691 
376 
1,119 
306 
4,211 
2 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,397 
111 
49 
139 
40 
328 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,255 
121 
135 
202 
72 
551 
2 
5 to 9 years 
6,331 
282 
230 
539 
166 
1,598 
2 
10 years or more 
32,274 
1,426 
667 
2,051 
737 
9,379 
24 
Average years on present farm 
22.0 
23.4 
17.5 
19.7 
18.1 
23.1 
23.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,032 
95 
35 
107 
29 
236 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,836 
95 
105 
177 
62 
429 
- 
5 to 9 years 
5,504 
233 
216 
495 
151 
1,380 
2 
10 years or more 
33,885 
1,517 
725 
2,152 
773 
9,811 
26 
Average years operating any farm 
23.7 
25.6 
19.7 
21.3 
19.8 
24.8 
24.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
153 
20 
3 
7 
4 
28 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,689 
143 
65 
66 
40 
372 
6 
35 to 44 years 
3,649 
162 
108 
227 
88 
891 
4 
45 to 49 years 
3,535 
153 
81 
210 
97 
909 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Georgia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
