Table 48. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Washington: 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 
14 
5 
3 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
20 
7 
7 
5 
- 
" 
" 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
94 
19 
17 
11 
10 
21 
6 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
29,070 
9,908 
12,213 
4,377 
570 
532 
299 
79 
Part owners 
farms 
5,927 
1,063 
1,443 
1,036 
542 
841 
565 
119 
Tenants 
farms 
2,252 
226 
514 
517 
204 
335 
211 
26 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
35,098 
10,990 
13,691 
5,423 
1,120 
1,383 
873 
200 
acres 
10,316,870 
1,410,959 
1,070,664 
754,143 
670,149 
1,227,626 
948,339 
576,179 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
34,997 
10,971 
13,656 
5,413 
1,112 
1,373 
864 
198 
acres 
9,160,193 
1,119,837 
885,302 
615,730 
567,982 
1,109,184 
877,497 
544,824 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
8,222 
1,300 
1,975 
1,558 
751 
1,178 
777 
145 
acres 
5,667,806 
249,224 
327,675 
364,216 
683,646 
1,731,368 
1,426,868 
321,323 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
8,179 
1,289 
1,957 
1,553 
746 
1,176 
776 
145 
acres 
5,587,914 
244,304 
310,642 
360,690 
672,757 
1,720,552 
1,411,712 
316,362 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
3,838 
1,257 
1,104 
567 
196 
269 
179 
56 
acres 
1,236,569 
296,042 
202,395 
141,939 
113,056 
129,258 
85,998 
36,316 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
...number 
60,912 
17,113 
23,349 
9,658 
2,095 
2,980 
2,086 
663 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
17,360 
5,948 
5,967 
2,792 
662 
753 
389 
63 
2 operators 
17,243 
4,754 
7,452 
2,690 
552 
704 
456 
61 
3 operators 
2,025 
387 
586 
364 
82 
202 
167 
52 
4 operators 
404 
71 
120 
57 
18 
40 
43 
13 
5 or more operators 
217 
37 
45 
27 
2 
9 
20 
35 
Total women operators 
...number 
22,840 
6,752 
9,601 
3,914 
560 
731 
445 
110 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
20,043 
6,030 
8,549 
3,374 
504 
633 
373 
60 
2 operators 
1,118 
285 
448 
213 
20 
43 
30 
10 
3 operators 
122 
38 
48 
14 
4 
4 
4 
3 
4 operators 
29 
7 
3 
13 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
14 
2 
- 
4 
" 
" 
3 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29,730 
8,763 
1 1 ,287 
4,088 
1,264 
1,632 
1,057 
218 
Female 
7,519 
2,434 
2,883 
1,842 
52 
76 
18 
6 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
17,650 
6,643 
- 
5,930 
1,316 
1,556 
1,001 
205 
Other 
19,599 
4,554 
14,170 
- 
" 
152 
74 
19 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
30,701 
9,636 
12,106 
4,863 
955 
1,330 
782 
128 
Not on farm operated 
6,548 
1,561 
2,064 
1,067 
361 
378 
293 
96 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,862 
7,825 
589 
2,626 
887 
1,182 
802 
165 
Any 
22,387 
3,372 
13,581 
3,304 
429 
526 
273 
59 
1 to 49 days 
3,247 
1,125 
997 
697 
93 
105 
38 
13 
50 to 99 days 
1,596 
498 
550 
385 
45 
34 
16 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,364 
633 
1,809 
636 
72 
75 
31 
4 
200 days or more 
14,180 
1,116 
10,225 
1,586 
219 
312 
188 
40 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,449 
236 
750 
316 
29 
28 
11 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,200 
388 
1,147 
448 
57 
50 
19 
1 
5 to 9 years 
6,451 
1,329 
3,288 
1,234 
161 
135 
68 
18 
1 0 years or more 
27,149 
9,244 
8,985 
3,932 
1,069 
1,495 
977 
205 
Average years on present farm 
20.9 
26.7 
15.9 
17.8 
24.4 
27.1 
26.8 
27.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,086 
177 
591 
222 
18 
13 
6 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,769 
320 
960 
352 
40 
22 
11 
1 
5 to 9 years 
5,500 
1,055 
2,952 
1,023 
122 
100 
49 
14 
1 0 years or more 
28,894 
9,645 
9,667 
4,333 
1,136 
1,573 
1,009 
209 
Average years operating any farm .. 
23.2 
29.3 
17.7 
20.6 
27.2 
29.8 
29.1 
29.7 
Age group: 
Linder 25 years 
181 
- 
58 
94 
13 
3 
2 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,526 
2 
778 
495 
92 
71 
26 
2 
35 to 44 years 
3,502 
50 
1,977 
848 
139 
199 
100 
27 
45 to 49 years 
3,026 
153 
1,735 
579 
136 
149 
113 
21 
50 to 54 years 
4,861 
374 
2,740 
890 
164 
240 
211 
36 
55 to 59 years 
5,836 
745 
2,874 
989 
255 
350 
236 
46 
60 to 64 years 
5,928 
1,831 
2,220 
886 
234 
302 
167 
40 
Non-family 
farms 
1 
1 
10 
1,092 
318 
219 
1,418 
3,658,811 
1,410 
3,439,837 
538 
563,486 
537 
550,895 
210 
231,565 
2,968 
786 
574 
185 
42 
42 
520 
69 
7 
5 
5 
1,421 
208 
999 
630 
901 
728 
786 
843 
179 
66 
104 
494 
79 
90 
218 
1,242 
20.8 
59 
63 
185 
1,322 
23.7 
11 
60 
162 
140 
206 
341 
248 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 663 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
