Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
45 
13 
- 
_ 
2 
9 
- 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
21 
7 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
4 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
11 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
8,576 
1,110 
266 
228 
397 
2,469 
18 
Part owners 
.... farms 
2,671 
1,068 
92 
23 
43 
357 
2 
Tenants 
.... farms 
1,009 
383 
59 
19 
50 
106 
3 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
11,269 
2,184 
358 
251 
440 
2,832 
20 
acres 
1,327,239 
516,048 
27,524 
12,252 
32,428 
331,304 
2,139 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
11,247 
2,178 
358 
251 
440 
2,826 
20 
acres 
1,180,233 
494,967 
23,403 
10,793 
28,579 
255,959 
2,026 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
3,696 
1,453 
154 
42 
93 
472 
5 
acres 
855,244 
593,154 
13,626 
1,189 
10,307 
49,532 
344 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
3,680 
1,451 
151 
42 
93 
463 
5 
acres 
850,512 
590,920 
12,977 
1,155 
9,712 
48,666 
344 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
1,988 
297 
55 
46 
78 
762 
3 
acres 
151,738 
23,315 
4,770 
1,493 
4,444 
76,211 
113 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
19,469 
3,812 
672 
480 
850 
4,327 
38 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
6,563 
1,608 
212 
114 
250 
1,819 
10 
2 operators 
4,587 
725 
167 
124 
180 
909 
11 
3 operators 
861 
186 
33 
19 
43 
157 
2 
4 operators 
170 
29 
2 
7 
6 
33 
- 
5 or more operators 
75 
13 
3 
6 
11 
14 
" 
Total women operators 
. number 
6,296 
608 
213 
189 
257 
1,312 
12 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
5,264 
549 
179 
152 
194 
1,125 
12 
2 operators 
405 
23 
17 
11 
15 
72 
- 
3 operators 
51 
3 
- 
2 
6 
13 
- 
4 operators 
8 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
5 
“ 
" 
1 
1 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
9,960 
2,410 
356 
205 
419 
2,434 
19 
Female 
2,296 
151 
61 
65 
71 
498 
4 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
5,996 
1,591 
270 
115 
259 
1,031 
16 
Other 
6,260 
970 
147 
155 
231 
1,901 
7 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
9,898 
1,931 
347 
214 
365 
2,193 
22 
Not on farm operated 
2,358 
630 
70 
56 
125 
739 
1 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
4,860 
1,212 
176 
102 
228 
1,094 
8 
Any 
7,396 
1,349 
241 
168 
262 
1,838 
15 
1 to 49 days 
1,082 
240 
40 
31 
41 
331 
2 
50 to 99 days 
426 
104 
17 
14 
28 
87 
1 
100 to 199 days 
971 
159 
49 
27 
42 
244 
3 
200 days or more 
4,917 
846 
135 
96 
151 
1,176 
9 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
371 
82 
25 
13 
7 
87 
- 
3 or 4 years 
480 
81 
30 
13 
19 
103 
1 
5 to 9 years 
1,606 
193 
58 
63 
60 
333 
5 
1 0 years or more 
9,799 
2,205 
304 
181 
404 
2,409 
17 
Average years on present farm 
23.4 
28.5 
22.5 
19.1 
22.6 
23.7 
24.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
279 
62 
11 
12 
4 
72 
- 
3 or 4 years 
378 
63 
18 
9 
13 
90 
- 
5 to 9 years 
1,331 
154 
60 
58 
53 
281 
6 
10 years or more 
10,268 
2,282 
328 
191 
420 
2,489 
17 
Average years operating any farm 
25.7 
31.2 
25.1 
20.5 
25.1 
25.5 
25.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
75 
19 
3 
3 
3 
17 
- 
25 to 34 years 
528 
107 
33 
8 
27 
74 
3 
35 to 44 years 
1,037 
188 
44 
15 
35 
179 
1 
45 to 49 years 
1,112 
209 
35 
36 
41 
215 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
