Table 51. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Wyoming: 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 
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 
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 
Ethanol 
Con. 
farms 
5 
1 
2 
2 
Other 
farms 
22 
1 
7 
9 
2 
3 
- 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
85 
15 
13 
16 
10 
13 
5 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
7,792 
2,130 
3,442 
1,337 
303 
259 
42 
12 
Part owners 
farms 
3,207 
492 
833 
650 
466 
462 
112 
12 
Tenants 
farms 
737 
84 
226 
214 
72 
59 
17 
" 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
11,034 
2,629 
4,293 
1,991 
774 
721 
155 
24 
acres 
21,209,981 
1,825,563 
2,825,174 
2,470,239 
2,716,147 
5,254,063 
2,451,928 
351,775 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
10,999 
2,622 
4,275 
1,987 
769 
721 
154 
24 
acres 
20,336,052 
1,679,013 
2,570,113 
2,315,129 
2,603,592 
5,137,203 
2,441,432 
344,671 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
4,004 
582 
1,093 
873 
542 
524 
129 
12 
acres 
10,170,919 
536,871 
1,098,169 
1,571,505 
1,654,945 
2,278,615 
1,120,783 
360,379 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
3,944 
576 
1,059 
864 
538 
521 
129 
12 
acres 
10,027,589 
529,231 
1,070,342 
1,546,030 
1,633,616 
2,263,306 
1,119,313 
360,379 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,186 
323 
464 
198 
62 
65 
16 
3 
acres 
1,017,259 
154,190 
282,888 
180,585 
133,884 
132,169 
11,966 
7,104 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
...number 
19,655 
4,193 
7,619 
3,590 
1,425 
1,437 
386 
69 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
5,301 
1,408 
1,855 
1,013 
387 
329 
59 
8 
2 operators 
5,441 
1,145 
2,361 
1,032 
357 
305 
57 
7 
3 operators 
707 
129 
188 
127 
75 
107 
27 
1 
4 operators 
178 
14 
53 
15 
16 
28 
19 
3 
5 or more operators 
109 
10 
44 
14 
6 
11 
9 
5 
Total women operators 
...number 
6,977 
1,516 
2,936 
1,340 
442 
391 
95 
10 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
6,042 
1,313 
2,608 
1,210 
372 
314 
51 
8 
2 operators 
350 
78 
118 
56 
25 
32 
7 
1 
3 operators 
56 
13 
22 
6 
4 
3 
6 
- 
4 operators 
13 
2 
4 
- 
2 
1 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
3 
- 
2 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
10,118 
2,318 
3,852 
1,800 
786 
721 
166 
24 
Female 
1,618 
388 
649 
401 
55 
59 
5 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
5,845 
1,615 
- 
2,201 
841 
697 
163 
21 
Other 
5,891 
1,091 
4,501 
- 
- 
83 
8 
3 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
9,765 
2,297 
3,524 
1,923 
802 
692 
139 
17 
Not on farm operated 
1,971 
409 
977 
278 
39 
88 
32 
7 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
4,430 
1,763 
204 
1,031 
528 
538 
132 
15 
Any 
7,306 
943 
4,297 
1,170 
313 
242 
39 
9 
1 to 49 days 
1,049 
291 
269 
240 
113 
64 
8 
2 
50 to 99 days 
608 
180 
176 
144 
41 
29 
4 
- 
100 to 199 days 
1,106 
186 
553 
234 
56 
34 
5 
3 
200 days or more 
4,543 
286 
3,299 
552 
103 
115 
22 
4 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
447 
71 
208 
115 
14 
13 
4 
- 
3 or 4 years 
639 
86 
307 
140 
33 
40 
6 
- 
5 to 9 years 
2,045 
324 
1,056 
387 
97 
77 
13 
- 
1 0 years or more 
8,605 
2,225 
2,930 
1,559 
697 
650 
148 
24 
Average years on present farm 
20.5 
24.3 
15.8 
20.0 
26.5 
26.7 
28.4 
27.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
275 
24 
144 
73 
11 
7 
1 
- 
3 or 4 years 
451 
52 
245 
84 
20 
25 
6 
- 
5 to 9 years 
1,640 
256 
877 
315 
71 
58 
6 
- 
1 0 years or more 
9,370 
2,374 
3,235 
1,729 
739 
690 
158 
24 
Average years operating any farm .. 
23.7 
28.1 
18.3 
23.9 
30.2 
30.1 
31.6 
28.2 
Age group: 
Linder 25 years 
59 
- 
30 
9 
7 
7 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
663 
- 
292 
236 
60 
44 
3 
- 
35 to 44 years 
1,098 
11 
635 
217 
75 
61 
20 
8 
45 to 49 years 
907 
33 
524 
196 
55 
51 
10 
1 
50 to 54 years 
1,476 
97 
781 
305 
116 
82 
27 
2 
55 to 59 years 
1,825 
182 
869 
363 
131 
160 
29 
5 
60 to 64 years 
2,077 
507 
812 
346 
164 
134 
26 
5 
Non-family 
farms 
12 
267 
180 
65 
447 
3,315,092 
447 
3,244,899 
249 
1,549,652 
245 
1,505,372 
114,473 
936 
242 
177 
53 
30 
10 
166 
33 
2 
1 
1 
451 
61 
307 
205 
371 
141 
219 
293 
62 
34 
35 
162 
22 
27 
91 
372 
20.5 
15 
19 
57 
421 
24.8 
6 
28 
71 
37 
66 
86 
83 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 705 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
