Table 25. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Mississippi: 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 
14 
3 
1 
6 
- 
2 
1 
1 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
4 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
27,734 
11,624 
11,039 
3,176 
622 
255 
69 
19 
930 
Part owners 
farms 
7,963 
2,032 
2,883 
1,285 
386 
670 
394 
30 
283 
Tenants 
farms 
2,379 
354 
834 
369 
108 
258 
259 
45 
152 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
35,763 
13,675 
13,943 
4,473 
1,008 
932 
467 
49 
1,216 
acres 
7,716,572 
2,508,696 
2,241,886 
681,977 
262,818 
595,867 
596,469 
134,818 
694,041 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
35,697 
13,656 
13,922 
4,461 
1,008 
925 
463 
49 
1,213 
acres 
6,957,468 
2,261,757 
2,048,175 
628,956 
244,542 
520,846 
557,833 
110,606 
584,753 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
10,397 
2,408 
3,735 
1,666 
494 
931 
653 
75 
435 
acres 
4,020,008 
245,415 
411,280 
222,268 
150,600 
665,509 
1,368,129 
448,997 
507,810 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
10,342 
2,386 
3,717 
1,654 
494 
928 
653 
75 
435 
acres 
3,973,612 
242,534 
403,549 
220,951 
149,380 
660,474 
1,346,987 
446,456 
503,281 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
3,900 
1,622 
1,347 
394 
94 
137 
83 
13 
210 
acres 
805,500 
249,820 
201,442 
54,338 
19,496 
80,056 
59,778 
26,753 
113,817 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
...number 
55,568 
19,290 
21,772 
7,254 
1,638 
1,677 
1,303 
245 
2,389 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
23,705 
9,579 
8,744 
2,877 
672 
781 
336 
34 
682 
2 operators 
12,040 
3,782 
5,203 
1,610 
379 
324 
246 
23 
473 
3 operators 
1,869 
533 
665 
277 
59 
71 
110 
17 
137 
4 operators 
284 
71 
106 
37 
3 
4 
21 
7 
35 
5 or more operators 
178 
45 
38 
29 
3 
3 
9 
13 
38 
Total women operators 
...number 
16,124 
5,867 
6,671 
2,135 
417 
268 
217 
16 
533 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
14,200 
5,231 
5,990 
1,830 
369 
244 
182 
8 
346 
2 operators 
753 
238 
289 
122 
19 
5 
10 
4 
66 
3 operators 
98 
36 
33 
7 
2 
3 
2 
- 
15 
4 operators 
12 
5 
1 
4 
1 
- 
1 
" 
- 
5 or more operators 
13 
6 
- 
3 
1 
1 
- 
2 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
32,794 
11,657 
12,859 
4,122 
1,023 
1,137 
710 
94 
1,192 
Female 
5,282 
2,353 
1,897 
708 
93 
46 
12 
- 
173 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
16,355 
8,005 
- 
4,830 
1,116 
1,017 
662 
85 
640 
Other 
21,721 
6,005 
14,756 
- 
- 
166 
60 
9 
725 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
27,054 
10,368 
10,083 
3,850 
883 
769 
403 
54 
644 
Not on farm operated 
11,022 
3,642 
4,673 
980 
233 
414 
319 
40 
721 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
15,119 
9,561 
959 
1,850 
791 
774 
529 
68 
587 
Any 
22,957 
4,449 
13,797 
2,980 
325 
409 
193 
26 
778 
1 to 49 days 
2,668 
1,238 
769 
388 
67 
51 
38 
2 
115 
50 to 99 days 
1,706 
666 
575 
303 
23 
45 
15 
1 
78 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,757 
946 
1,890 
679 
58 
54 
28 
3 
99 
200 days or more 
14,826 
1,599 
10,563 
1,610 
177 
259 
112 
20 
486 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,247 
200 
664 
273 
23 
29 
16 
1 
41 
3 or 4 years 
1,844 
333 
995 
322 
44 
38 
28 
5 
79 
5 to 9 years 
5,258 
1,124 
2,694 
837 
208 
158 
72 
5 
160 
1 0 years or more 
29,727 
12,353 
10,403 
3,398 
841 
958 
606 
83 
1,085 
Average years on present farm 
23.0 
29.0 
18.4 
19.4 
21.2 
24.1 
24.2 
27.4 
22.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
864 
151 
478 
173 
16 
10 
8 
- 
28 
3 or 4 years 
1,448 
260 
782 
284 
38 
18 
10 
3 
53 
5 to 9 years 
4,663 
975 
2,425 
782 
174 
124 
45 
2 
136 
1 0 years or more 
31,101 
12,624 
11,071 
3,591 
888 
1,031 
659 
89 
1,148 
Average years operating any farm ... 
24.8 
30.8 
19.9 
21.2 
23.2 
27.2 
28.3 
29.6 
24.7 
Age group: 
Linder 25 years 
159 
- 
54 
88 
12 
4 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,442 
- 
872 
311 
77 
99 
43 
3 
37 
35 to 44 years 
3,458 
16 
2,184 
702 
186 
158 
79 
15 
118 
45 to 49 years 
2,725 
41 
1,651 
607 
128 
124 
79 
5 
90 
50 to 54 years 
4,240 
382 
2,485 
745 
177 
157 
131 
15 
148 
55 to 59 years 
5,286 
1,012 
2,757 
818 
172 
206 
122 
15 
184 
60 to 64 years 
5,695 
2,199 
2,131 
617 
176 
188 
116 
13 
255 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 343 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
