Table 42. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - South Dakota: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems 
Con. 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
11 
- 
2 
1 
1 
3 
3 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
262 
34 
52 
36 
45 
57 
29 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
16,413 
3,747 
7,059 
3,087 
784 
716 
317 
34 
Part owners 
farms 
12,802 
677 
1,970 
1,740 
2,406 
3,901 
1,680 
112 
Tenants 
farms 
2,774 
207 
898 
739 
323 
385 
122 
7 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
29,445 
4,465 
9,099 
4,874 
3,227 
4,635 
2,004 
147 
acres 
32,536,437 
2,311,026 
3,471,749 
3,141,799 
4,011,100 
7,736,734 
7,863,325 
2,055,599 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
29,215 
4,424 
9,029 
4,827 
3,190 
4,617 
1,997 
146 
acres 
26,207,242 
1,530,432 
2,509,394 
2,654,691 
3,698,810 
7,234,866 
5,597,996 
1,384,548 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
15,696 
912 
2,902 
2,505 
2,736 
4,303 
1,803 
120 
acres 
17,286,252 
456,548 
1,062,088 
1,621,922 
2,414,814 
5,804,274 
4,393,215 
793,407 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
15,576 
884 
2,868 
2,479 
2,729 
4,286 
1,802 
119 
acres 
17,049,837 
444,338 
988,074 
1,591,426 
2,385,816 
5,754,319 
4,369,150 
790,301 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
8,474 
1,958 
2,873 
1,331 
698 
833 
371 
34 
acres 
6,565,610 
792,804 
1,036,369 
517,604 
(D) 
551,823 
2,289,394 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
...number 
48,987 
6,460 
15,002 
8,214 
5,214 
7,727 
3,727 
506 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
18,540 
3,071 
5,622 
3,336 
2,150 
2,865 
992 
36 
2 operators 
11,017 
1,346 
3,795 
1,899 
1,088 
1,664 
797 
43 
3 operators 
1,865 
176 
380 
276 
230 
377 
233 
30 
4 operators 
385 
30 
76 
41 
37 
85 
67 
19 
5 or more operators 
182 
8 
54 
14 
8 
11 
30 
25 
Total women operators 
...number 
12,640 
1,885 
4,685 
2,215 
1,211 
1,531 
688 
72 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
11,106 
1,719 
4,123 
1,958 
1,075 
1,350 
593 
36 
2 operators 
555 
72 
150 
121 
57 
89 
37 
11 
3 operators 
35 
5 
14 
5 
6 
1 
3 
- 
4 operators 
11 
- 
7 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
41 
1 
32 
" 
" 
- 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29,656 
3,948 
8,968 
5,151 
3,443 
4,897 
2,094 
151 
Female 
2,333 
683 
959 
415 
70 
105 
25 
2 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
18,844 
2,283 
- 
5,566 
3,513 
4,696 
2,057 
141 
Other 
13,145 
2,348 
9,927 
- 
- 
306 
62 
12 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
24,334 
3,087 
6,769 
4,407 
3,097 
4,419 
1,835 
108 
Not on farm operated 
7,655 
1,544 
3,158 
1,159 
416 
583 
284 
45 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,049 
2,841 
444 
2,638 
2,340 
3,500 
1,687 
111 
Any 
17,940 
1,790 
9,483 
2,928 
1,173 
1,502 
432 
42 
1 to 49 days 
2,991 
677 
486 
725 
360 
496 
120 
8 
50 to 99 days 
1,190 
284 
263 
343 
148 
92 
37 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,208 
301 
831 
551 
187 
218 
42 
4 
200 days or more 
11,551 
528 
7,903 
1,309 
478 
696 
233 
30 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
787 
47 
430 
206 
41 
30 
2 
2 
3 or 4 years 
1,268 
69 
626 
327 
97 
69 
24 
1 
5 to 9 years 
3,569 
360 
1,718 
629 
326 
319 
73 
6 
1 0 years or more 
26,365 
4,155 
7,153 
4,404 
3,049 
4,584 
2,020 
144 
Average years on present farm 
25.5 
31.4 
18.5 
24.7 
29.3 
30.1 
31.3 
29.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
535 
39 
319 
116 
24 
16 
1 
- 
3 or 4 years 
949 
48 
488 
235 
87 
38 
13 
1 
5 to 9 years 
3,000 
266 
1,471 
558 
286 
261 
46 
3 
1 0 years or more 
27,505 
4,278 
7,649 
4,657 
3,116 
4,687 
2,059 
149 
Average years operating any farm .. 
27.4 
34.0 
20.2 
27.0 
30.9 
31.4 
32.5 
31.7 
Age group: 
Linder 25 years 
258 
- 
76 
95 
46 
35 
2 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2,631 
5 
1,103 
613 
427 
314 
105 
4 
35 to 44 years 
3,922 
56 
1,680 
684 
356 
716 
285 
20 
45 to 49 years 
3,034 
70 
1,234 
558 
285 
556 
221 
16 
50 to 54 years 
4,411 
181 
1,609 
720 
530 
801 
419 
23 
55 to 59 years 
4,639 
315 
1,526 
789 
529 
878 
389 
37 
60 to 64 years 
4,543 
690 
1,397 
688 
544 
741 
297 
26 
Non-family 
farms 
1 
1 
9 
669 
316 
93 
994 
1,945,105 
985 
1,596,505 
415 
739,984 
409 
726,413 
376 
362,171 
2,137 
468 
385 
163 
30 
32 
353 
252 
18 
1 
7 
1,004 
74 
588 
490 
612 
466 
488 
590 
119 
23 
74 
374 
29 
55 
138 
856 
23.9 
20 
39 
109 
910 
26.1 
4 
60 
125 
94 
128 
176 
160 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 579 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
