Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
- 
9 
7 
- 
- 
_ 
2 
- 
6 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
4 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
2 
4 
- 
" 
- 
- 
1 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
207 
8,392 
9,052 
_ 
85 
223 
3,182 
1,712 
3,497 
Part owners 
.... farms 
784 
1,867 
3,167 
- 
118 
20 
896 
130 
400 
Tenants 
.... farms 
184 
394 
639 
29 
4 
80 
70 
130 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
995 
10,267 
12,227 
_ 
203 
243 
4,082 
1,842 
3,897 
acres 
552,383 
3,015,446 
1,566,161 
- 
102,409 
27,306 
435,666 
94,242 
419,808 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
991 
10,259 
12,219 
- 
203 
243 
4,078 
1,842 
3,897 
acres 
534,279 
2,750,992 
1,462,915 
- 
101,391 
24,179 
412,085 
86,076 
356,143 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
971 
2,284 
3,822 
_ 
150 
24 
981 
204 
532 
acres 
666,625 
1,035,317 
408,494 
- 
37,761 
2,237 
131,082 
12,357 
48,906 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
968 
2,261 
3,806 
- 
147 
24 
976 
200 
530 
acres 
664,659 
1,026,326 
405,414 
- 
37,491 
2,237 
130,843 
11,312 
47,656 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
112 
1,735 
1,006 
_ 
15 
20 
312 
128 
240 
acres 
20,070 
273,445 
106,326 
- 
1,288 
3,127 
23,820 
9,211 
64,915 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
1,604 
14,843 
18,417 
- 
396 
355 
6,655 
3,069 
6,341 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
839 
7,319 
8,164 
- 
116 
160 
2,084 
941 
2,051 
2 operators 
255 
2,686 
4,000 
- 
73 
67 
1,747 
833 
1,707 
3 operators 
71 
535 
577 
- 
38 
19 
264 
101 
221 
4 operators 
8 
79 
86 
- 
5 
1 
44 
26 
34 
5 or more operators 
2 
34 
31 
" 
- 
- 
19 
11 
14 
Total women operators 
. number 
166 
4,138 
4,774 
- 
80 
79 
2,088 
1,215 
2,819 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
152 
3,592 
4,311 
- 
55 
73 
1,922 
1,030 
2,429 
2 operators 
7 
195 
188 
- 
11 
3 
63 
76 
148 
3 operators 
- 
41 
23 
- 
1 
- 
12 
11 
30 
4 operators 
- 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
1 
3 
" 
" 
" 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,127 
8,799 
11,559 
- 
222 
231 
3,588 
1,475 
2,728 
Female 
48 
1,854 
1,299 
- 
10 
16 
570 
437 
1,299 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
992 
3,990 
5,948 
- 
202 
91 
3,010 
616 
1,657 
Other 
183 
6,663 
6,910 
- 
30 
156 
1,148 
1,296 
2,370 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
925 
6,877 
10,637 
- 
199 
200 
3,660 
1,660 
3,370 
Not on farm operated 
250 
3,776 
2,221 
- 
33 
47 
498 
252 
657 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
766 
4,553 
5,144 
- 
163 
90 
2,301 
613 
1,363 
Any 
409 
6,100 
7,714 
- 
69 
157 
1,857 
1,299 
2,664 
1 to 49 days 
57 
941 
830 
- 
12 
16 
154 
111 
315 
50 to 99 days 
28 
490 
527 
- 
1 
7 
111 
77 
159 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
44 
740 
1,095 
- 
12 
16 
270 
180 
371 
200 days or more 
280 
3,929 
5,262 
- 
44 
118 
1,322 
931 
1,819 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
29 
299 
406 
- 
4 
11 
119 
81 
109 
3 or 4 years 
37 
512 
576 
- 
19 
31 
175 
174 
199 
5 to 9 years 
107 
1,489 
1,659 
- 
28 
38 
614 
407 
770 
1 0 years or more 
1,002 
8,353 
10,217 
- 
181 
167 
3,250 
1,250 
2,949 
Average years on present farm 
27.1 
22.6 
24.3 
- 
23.0 
20.1 
21.6 
16.4 
17.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
22 
214 
308 
- 
3 
11 
76 
60 
72 
3 or 4 years 
19 
410 
478 
- 
17 
26 
153 
128 
166 
5 to 9 years 
99 
1,279 
1,431 
- 
15 
35 
540 
371 
637 
1 0 years or more 
1,035 
8,750 
10,641 
- 
197 
175 
3,389 
1,353 
3,152 
Average years operating any farm 
28.7 
24.3 
26.1 
- 
25.6 
21.2 
23.2 
18.3 
19.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
3 
25 
57 
- 
7 
4 
10 
5 
8 
25 to 34 years 
112 
254 
505 
- 
3 
21 
208 
149 
117 
35 to 44 years 
121 
766 
941 
- 
38 
28 
514 
271 
381 
45 to 49 years 
133 
773 
926 
- 
12 
32 
513 
212 
390 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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