Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
5,745 
6,377 
Land in farms acres 
541,991 
520,437 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
1,112 
1,629 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1,640 
1,740 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,610 
2,583 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,463 
1,562 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
630 
746 
1 80 to 499 acres 
380 
422 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
7 
60 
500 acres or more 
180 
181 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
45 
73 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
36 
147 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
177 
197 
Owned land in farms farms 
5,584 
6,147 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
323 
318 
acres 
386,524 
419,202 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
763 
733 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,428 
1,241 
acres 
155,467 
101,235 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
4,982 
5,644 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
(D) 
341,458 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
602 
503 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
(D) 
158,233 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
5,578 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
161 
230 
acres 
(D) 
20,746 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
281 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
4,953 
5,524 
Total farms 
5,745 
6,377 
Partnerships 
305 
400 
$1,000 
306,573 
195,021 
Corporations 
298 
274 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
189 
179 
sold farms 
5,745 
6,377 
$1,000 
294,585 
184,701 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
3,061 
3,826 
and greenhouse crops farms 
2,148 
2,487 
2 operators 
2,253 
2,080 
$1,000 
184,728 
110,409 
3 operators 
344 
373 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
60 
71 
their products farms 
1,822 
2,104 
5 or more operators 
27 
27 
$1,000 
109,858 
74,292 
Government payments farms 
2,630 
3,115 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
1 1 ,987 
10,320 
1 operator 
5,258 
5,843 
2 operators 
433 
461 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
45 
62 
4 operators 
4 
3 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,746 
2,007 
5 or more operators 
5 
8 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,062 
1,260 
$2,500 to $4,999 
772 
812 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
688 
771 
Internet access 
3,824 
3,406 
$10,000 to $24,999 
559 
623 
Dial-up service 
390 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
284 
327 
DSL service 
1,484 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
634 
577 
Cable modem service 
599 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
122 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
869 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
655 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
14 
61 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
113 
(NA) 
$1,000 
399 
3,383 
Other Internet service 
143 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
136 
122 
Programs payments farms 
1,399 
1,633 
acres 
33,816 
29,979 
$1,000 
3,410 
4,253 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
2,025 
2,188 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
8,577 
6,067 
1 household 
4,833 
5,098 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
656 
992 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
155 
178 
4 households 
53 
81 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,166 
1,508 
5 or more households 
48 
28 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
98 
94 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
55 
71 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
131 
175 
Less than 25 percent 
4,553 
5,091 
25 to 49 percent 
433 
506 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,649 
1,747 
50 to 74 percent 
383 
446 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
9 
7 
75 to 99 percent 
211 
213 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
165 
121 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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