Table 4. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Arizona: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
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 
Non-family 
farms 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems ■ 
Ethanol 
■ Con. 
farms 
3 
1 
2 
Other 
farms 
38 
15 
12 
8 
2 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
18 
7 
1 
1 
5 
2 
2 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
8,298 
2,756 
2,808 
1,976 
128 
148 
57 
44 
381 
Part owners 
farms 
2,653 
697 
496 
1,104 
71 
105 
63 
28 
89 
Tenants 
farms 
9,054 
2,991 
1,683 
3,814 
62 
119 
99 
39 
247 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
10,968 
3,456 
3,306 
3,088 
199 
254 
121 
73 
471 
acres 
23,726,356 
751,813 
1,904,799 
1,066,642 
615,044 
759,516 
791,518 
84,402 
17,752,622 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
19,072 
6,315 
4,808 
6,705 
199 
265 
123 
72 
585 
acres 
24,478,736 
1,071,229 
2,027,073 
1,476,121 
610,172 
736,439 
789,635 
71,456 
17,696,611 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,109 
419 
453 
456 
133 
212 
159 
69 
208 
acres 
1,810,849 
245,024 
171,368 
377,645 
125,913 
116,636 
260,488 
180,002 
333,773 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,089 
415 
444 
452 
133 
212 
159 
67 
207 
acres 
1,770,459 
243,174 
169,363 
374,045 
121,913 
116,296 
257,704 
176,039 
311,925 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
464 
151 
107 
90 
15 
24 
18 
18 
41 
acres 
385,187 
142,071 
33,336 
9,959 
8,872 
24,383 
7,157 
16,909 
142,500 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
... number 
33,613 
10,558 
8,297 
11,590 
421 
645 
469 
249 
1,384 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
9,701 
3,330 
2,278 
3,359 
135 
171 
81 
42 
305 
2 operators 
8,021 
2,412 
2,287 
2,708 
94 
143 
64 
32 
281 
3 operators 
1,769 
541 
320 
670 
30 
44 
51 
23 
90 
4 operators 
270 
81 
63 
78 
2 
14 
14 
7 
11 
5 or more operators 
244 
80 
39 
79 
- 
" 
9 
7 
30 
Total women operators 
... number 
15,044 
4,811 
3,759 
5,618 
124 
184 
122 
46 
380 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
11,561 
3,691 
3,037 
4,221 
107 
145 
70 
25 
265 
2 operators 
1,320 
410 
300 
528 
7 
18 
21 
6 
30 
3 operators 
190 
75 
26 
76 
1 
1 
2 
3 
6 
4 operators 
31 
11 
7 
11 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
28 
6 
3 
13 
" 
" 
- 
" 
6 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
12,170 
4,025 
3,118 
3,570 
228 
326 
213 
107 
583 
Female 
7,835 
2,419 
1,869 
3,324 
33 
46 
6 
4 
134 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
13,219 
4,984 
- 
6,894 
261 
333 
202 
102 
443 
Other 
6,786 
1,460 
4,987 
- 
- 
39 
17 
9 
274 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
16,512 
5,536 
4,010 
6,065 
177 
223 
95 
38 
368 
Not on farm operated 
3,493 
908 
977 
829 
84 
149 
124 
73 
349 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
9,186 
3,834 
612 
3,783 
162 
255 
159 
73 
308 
Any 
10,819 
2,610 
4,375 
3,111 
99 
117 
60 
38 
409 
1 to 49 days 
1,435 
539 
307 
478 
30 
20 
10 
12 
39 
50 to 99 days 
1,191 
323 
405 
394 
13 
17 
4 
- 
35 
100 to 199 days 
1,894 
558 
760 
470 
19 
10 
4 
3 
70 
200 days or more 
6,299 
1,190 
2,903 
1,769 
37 
70 
42 
23 
265 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
612 
143 
224 
182 
10 
11 
5 
5 
32 
3 or 4 years 
882 
192 
304 
322 
7 
13 
9 
5 
30 
5 to 9 years 
2,350 
523 
759 
819 
42 
48 
33 
13 
113 
1 0 years or more 
16,161 
5,586 
3,700 
5,571 
202 
300 
172 
88 
542 
Average years on present farm 
24.7 
29.8 
19.4 
24.3 
22.4 
23.3 
21.9 
21.1 
22.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
460 
105 
174 
134 
6 
9 
3 
4 
25 
3 or 4 years 
775 
179 
253 
294 
3 
11 
7 
3 
25 
5 to 9 years 
1,958 
417 
653 
693 
31 
38 
22 
10 
94 
10 years or more 
16,812 
5,743 
3,907 
5,773 
221 
314 
187 
94 
573 
Average years operating any farm ... 
26.5 
31.9 
21.0 
25.8 
25.8 
25.3 
26.8 
24.9 
25.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
136 
- 
43 
93 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
425 
- 
163 
183 
22 
21 
9 
8 
19 
35 to 44 years 
1,472 
58 
604 
639 
26 
33 
36 
15 
61 
45 to 49 years 
1,565 
148 
565 
734 
17 
19 
15 
11 
56 
50 to 54 years 
2,432 
250 
924 
1,051 
30 
41 
27 
15 
94 
55 to 59 years 
3,054 
542 
960 
1,215 
50 
107 
38 
24 
118 
60 to 64 years 
2,863 
1,003 
770 
860 
32 
41 
42 
15 
100 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
50 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
