Table 2. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Alabama: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems ■ 
■ Con. 
Ethanol 
farms 
42 
17 
14 
5 
3 
2 
1 
_ 
_ 
Other 
farms 
17 
8 
7 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
15 
8 
5 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
30,909 
12,589 
12,806 
3,931 
558 
247 
62 
22 
694 
Part owners 
farms 
10,180 
2,795 
3,972 
1,801 
568 
559 
237 
10 
238 
Tenants 
farms 
2,134 
399 
1,012 
452 
57 
92 
30 
4 
88 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
41,146 
15,395 
16,807 
5,743 
1,126 
809 
300 
32 
934 
acres 
7,020,166 
2,259,153 
2,186,488 
846,206 
364,469 
479,921 
310,279 
28,745 
544,905 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
41,089 
15,384 
16,778 
5,732 
1,126 
806 
299 
32 
932 
acres 
6,496,764 
2,071,685 
2,029,617 
766,307 
341,889 
458,342 
299,938 
28,363 
500,623 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
12,410 
3,227 
5,022 
2,269 
632 
652 
268 
14 
326 
acres 
2,428,815 
305,473 
511,175 
313,732 
197,470 
416,549 
452,861 
37,217 
194,338 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
12,314 
3,194 
4,984 
2,253 
625 
651 
267 
14 
326 
acres 
2,405,890 
299,650 
504,724 
309,221 
194,763 
416,244 
451,634 
37,217 
192,437 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
4,137 
1,805 
1,469 
510 
113 
71 
36 
1 
132 
acres 
546,327 
193,291 
163,322 
84,410 
25,287 
21,884 
(D) 
(D) 
46,183 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
...number 
64,054 
22,103 
26,906 
9,301 
1,752 
1,379 
635 
90 
1,888 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
25,712 
10,319 
9,940 
3,599 
699 
539 
134 
17 
465 
2 operators 
14,976 
4,752 
6,849 
2,203 
416 
263 
124 
4 
365 
3 operators 
2,076 
635 
809 
307 
53 
80 
47 
9 
136 
4 operators 
333 
58 
142 
60 
13 
11 
17 
1 
31 
5 or more operators 
126 
19 
50 
15 
2 
5 
7 
5 
23 
Total women operators 
...number 
18,615 
6,360 
8,312 
2,759 
439 
243 
102 
11 
389 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
16,739 
5,830 
7,439 
2,504 
396 
217 
83 
9 
261 
2 operators 
804 
221 
367 
126 
20 
13 
8 
1 
48 
3 operators 
75 
28 
38 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
6 
4 operators 
4 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
5 
- 
3 
" 
" 
" 
2 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
37,809 
13,570 
15,795 
5,213 
1,115 
862 
325 
33 
896 
Female 
5,414 
2,213 
1,995 
971 
68 
36 
4 
3 
124 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
19,114 
10,126 
- 
6,184 
1,183 
809 
308 
29 
475 
Other 
24,109 
5,657 
17,790 
- 
- 
89 
21 
7 
545 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
33,570 
12,624 
13,432 
4,933 
1,013 
723 
250 
18 
577 
Not on farm operated 
9,653 
3,159 
4,358 
1,251 
170 
175 
79 
18 
443 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
16,775 
11,078 
847 
2,663 
828 
651 
241 
25 
442 
Any 
26,448 
4,705 
16,943 
3,521 
355 
247 
88 
11 
578 
1 to 49 days 
3,033 
1,424 
883 
509 
82 
31 
11 
2 
91 
50 to 99 days 
1,523 
584 
520 
332 
31 
18 
8 
- 
30 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
4,200 
1,108 
2,099 
766 
71 
51 
11 
1 
93 
200 days or more 
17,692 
1,589 
13,441 
1,914 
171 
147 
58 
8 
364 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,425 
270 
793 
301 
18 
11 
2 
- 
30 
3 or 4 years 
2,205 
422 
1,231 
410 
38 
38 
4 
1 
61 
5 to 9 years 
6,195 
1,371 
3,398 
994 
187 
92 
13 
2 
138 
1 0 years or more 
33,398 
13,720 
12,368 
4,479 
940 
757 
310 
33 
791 
Average years on present farm 
22.6 
28.4 
17.9 
20.4 
23.2 
26.1 
31.6 
25.3 
22.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,056 
191 
629 
200 
14 
5 
1 
- 
16 
3 or 4 years 
1,790 
344 
1,016 
339 
24 
23 
4 
1 
39 
5 to 9 years 
5,473 
1,198 
3,059 
883 
146 
58 
9 
2 
118 
1 0 years or more 
34,904 
14,050 
13,086 
4,762 
999 
812 
315 
33 
847 
Average years operating any farm ... 
24.4 
30.3 
19.4 
22.2 
25.3 
28.6 
33.6 
26.0 
25.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
231 
- 
130 
72 
7 
11 
- 
- 
11 
25 to 34 years 
1,814 
- 
1,180 
457 
72 
54 
10 
1 
40 
35 to 44 years 
4,289 
134 
2,742 
911 
240 
143 
29 
5 
85 
45 to 49 years 
3,572 
220 
2,394 
617 
139 
93 
31 
4 
74 
50 to 54 years 
5,111 
605 
3,024 
985 
195 
117 
49 
6 
130 
55 to 59 years 
5,991 
1,101 
3,317 
1,022 
174 
164 
63 
6 
144 
60 to 64 years 
6,388 
2,699 
2,356 
842 
156 
105 
57 
6 
167 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 23 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
