Table 6. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - California: 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 
56 
14 
20 
13 
- 
4 
1 
_ 
4 
Other 
farms 
49 
14 
19 
10 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
113 
21 
38 
27 
8 
2 
8 
- 
9 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
60,492 
20,015 
19,854 
10,426 
2,055 
2,527 
1,574 
535 
3,506 
Part owners 
farms 
9,490 
1,385 
1,749 
1,474 
733 
1,335 
1,406 
566 
842 
Tenants 
farms 
7,875 
805 
1,836 
2,122 
519 
761 
708 
256 
868 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
70,216 
21,438 
21,661 
11,939 
2,805 
3,906 
2,999 
1,110 
4,358 
acres 
16,064,215 
2,222,323 
1,731,416 
1,319,085 
1,182,107 
1,883,908 
2,338,001 
2,240,666 
3,146,709 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
69,982 
21,400 
21,603 
11,900 
2,788 
3,862 
2,980 
1,101 
4,348 
acres 
14,281,177 
1,861,226 
1,514,044 
1,188,519 
1,082,530 
1,627,125 
2,104,027 
2,023,881 
2,879,825 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
17,477 
2,215 
3,607 
3,603 
1,268 
2,118 
2,124 
826 
1,716 
acres 
11,608,764 
844,465 
1,122,972 
1,321,730 
1,084,812 
1,498,303 
2,509,973 
1,428,074 
1,798,435 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
17,365 
2,190 
3,585 
3,596 
1,252 
2,096 
2,114 
822 
1,710 
acres 
11,287,824 
826,455 
1,114,519 
1,294,679 
1,080,851 
1,405,758 
2,429,676 
1,398,315 
1,737,571 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
6,066 
1,607 
1,374 
893 
346 
555 
458 
248 
585 
acres 
2,103,978 
379,107 
225,825 
157,617 
103,538 
349,328 
314,271 
246,544 
327,748 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
... number 
126,099 
33,695 
37,252 
21,713 
5,132 
7,754 
7,070 
3,177 
10,306 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
40,197 
12,187 
11,540 
7,770 
1,922 
2,441 
1,585 
509 
2,243 
2 operators 
30,790 
8,922 
10,492 
5,207 
1,043 
1,548 
1,320 
402 
1,856 
3 operators 
5,058 
858 
1,082 
841 
266 
471 
556 
266 
718 
4 operators 
1,137 
168 
238 
136 
65 
112 
130 
83 
205 
5 or more operators 
675 
70 
87 
68 
11 
51 
97 
97 
194 
Total women operators 
... number 
41,256 
12,719 
13,725 
7,775 
1,291 
1,684 
1,446 
451 
2,165 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
35,652 
11,341 
12,252 
6,711 
1,132 
1,409 
1,065 
321 
1,421 
2 operators 
2,226 
579 
626 
427 
72 
95 
134 
45 
248 
3 operators 
253 
51 
63 
34 
5 
24 
21 
7 
48 
4 operators 
44 
13 
8 
7 
- 
2 
5 
2 
7 
5 or more operators 
37 
3 
- 
15 
" 
1 
4 
2 
12 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
63,873 
17,391 
18,984 
10,732 
2,994 
4,309 
3,493 
1,318 
4,652 
Female 
13,984 
4,814 
4,455 
3,290 
313 
314 
195 
39 
564 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
42,469 
13,712 
- 
14,022 
3,307 
3,654 
3,188 
1,208 
3,378 
Other 
35,388 
8,493 
23,439 
" 
969 
500 
149 
1,838 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
54,775 
18,715 
17,454 
9,500 
1,993 
2,436 
1,935 
597 
2,145 
Not on farm operated 
23,082 
3,490 
5,985 
4,522 
1,314 
2,187 
1,753 
760 
3,071 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
31,311 
14,505 
1,396 
5,752 
1,772 
2,441 
2,287 
890 
2,268 
Any 
46,546 
7,700 
22,043 
8,270 
1,535 
2,182 
1,401 
467 
2,948 
1 to 49 days 
7,304 
2,191 
2,224 
1,561 
234 
300 
228 
65 
501 
50 to 99 days 
4,230 
1,256 
1,262 
974 
174 
206 
88 
24 
246 
100 to 199 days 
7,065 
1,408 
2,989 
1,513 
272 
297 
130 
43 
413 
200 days or more 
27,947 
2,845 
15,568 
4,222 
855 
1,379 
955 
335 
1,788 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
3,151 
409 
1,337 
835 
84 
89 
76 
27 
294 
3 or 4 years 
4,634 
707 
1,995 
1,117 
155 
142 
121 
19 
378 
5 to 9 years 
12,863 
2,557 
5,003 
2,898 
448 
588 
328 
105 
936 
1 0 years or more 
57,209 
18,532 
15,104 
9,172 
2,620 
3,804 
3,163 
1,206 
3,608 
Average years on present farm 
20.2 
24.4 
15.6 
17.4 
23.4 
24.7 
26.3 
26.6 
19.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2,182 
277 
1,012 
569 
47 
45 
29 
12 
191 
3 or 4 years 
3,648 
558 
1,688 
869 
114 
98 
84 
10 
227 
5 to 9 years 
10,663 
2,127 
4,447 
2,426 
313 
352 
233 
71 
694 
10 years or more 
61,364 
19,243 
16,292 
10,158 
2,833 
4,128 
3,342 
1,264 
4,104 
Average years operating any farm ... 
22.7 
26.7 
17.3 
20.1 
26.8 
28.0 
29.5 
29.1 
23.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
253 
- 
96 
110 
18 
3 
1 
3 
22 
25 to 34 years 
2,968 
- 
1,121 
954 
176 
259 
149 
24 
285 
35 to 44 years 
6,255 
159 
2,751 
1,663 
269 
360 
362 
141 
550 
45 to 49 years 
6,107 
320 
2,710 
1,419 
314 
371 
342 
170 
461 
50 to 54 years 
9,839 
917 
4,284 
2,151 
480 
585 
479 
220 
723 
55 to 59 years 
11,513 
1,722 
4,310 
2,412 
620 
783 
604 
198 
864 
60 to 64 years 
11,869 
3,324 
3,621 
2,045 
512 
719 
611 
208 
829 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
78 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
