Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
103 
59 
2 
1 
1 
17 
- 
Ethanol farms 
34 
28 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
24 
9 
3 
1 
1 
2 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
824 
385 
19 
19 
12 
211 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
35,234 
5,617 
1,147 
1,873 
2,245 
11,465 
_ 
Part owners farms 
14,861 
7,581 
449 
340 
235 
1,972 
- 
Tenants farms 
2,099 
973 
141 
98 
152 
250 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
50,195 
13,247 
1,598 
2,213 
2,484 
13,470 
_ 
acres 
6,591,630 
2,925,078 
190,019 
217,872 
160,563 
1,471,144 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
50,095 
13,198 
1,596 
2,213 
2,480 
13,437 
- 
acres 
5,953,033 
2,750,857 
172,487 
196,127 
144,489 
1,215,726 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
17,058 
8,582 
596 
448 
388 
2,256 
_ 
acres 
4,028,753 
2,869,193 
122,416 
39,841 
32,473 
272,792 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
16,960 
8,554 
590 
438 
387 
2,222 
- 
acres 
3,995,531 
2,851,848 
117,779 
39,330 
31,691 
268,417 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
9,371 
2,300 
322 
413 
377 
3,420 
_ 
acres 
671,819 
191,566 
22,169 
22,256 
16,856 
259,793 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
80,304 
20,353 
2,948 
3,708 
4,374 
19,898 
- 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
28,911 
9,149 
778 
1,187 
1,294 
8,381 
- 
2 operators 
19,812 
4,113 
812 
933 
1,097 
4,646 
- 
3 operators 
2,689 
734 
103 
145 
176 
523 
- 
4 operators 
515 
133 
21 
26 
29 
96 
- 
5 or more operators 
267 
42 
23 
20 
36 
41 
- 
Total women operators number 
24,605 
3,723 
1,014 
1,133 
1,432 
6,090 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
21,665 
3,486 
865 
997 
1,221 
5,512 
- 
2 operators 
1,222 
111 
63 
61 
67 
242 
- 
3 operators 
109 
5 
5 
2 
9 
21 
- 
4 operators 
21 
- 
2 
2 
3 
5 
- 
5 or more operators 
13 
“ 
" 
5 
2 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
44,785 
13,578 
1,434 
2,047 
2,198 
11,741 
- 
Female 
7,409 
593 
303 
264 
434 
1,946 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
25,285 
8,637 
1,052 
1,331 
1,344 
4,565 
- 
Other 
26,909 
5,534 
685 
980 
1,288 
9,122 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
43,740 
11,863 
1,405 
1,698 
1,827 
10,848 
- 
Not on farm operated 
8,454 
2,308 
332 
613 
805 
2,839 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
21,550 
6,544 
748 
938 
1,162 
5,524 
- 
Any 
30,644 
7,627 
989 
1,373 
1,470 
8,163 
- 
1 to 49 days 
4,147 
1,031 
133 
251 
266 
1,260 
- 
50 to 99 days 
2,069 
484 
91 
141 
163 
532 
- 
100 to 199 days 
4,223 
1,082 
197 
254 
275 
1,003 
- 
200 days or more 
20,205 
5,030 
568 
727 
766 
5,368 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,512 
372 
112 
75 
55 
318 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,350 
515 
171 
123 
128 
524 
- 
5 to 9 years 
6,318 
1,294 
268 
352 
325 
1,476 
- 
10 years or more 
42,014 
11,990 
1,186 
1,761 
2,124 
11,369 
- 
Average years on present farm 
24.1 
28.2 
20.1 
22.7 
22.5 
25.0 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,047 
265 
84 
56 
39 
242 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,948 
416 
137 
106 
116 
424 
- 
5 to 9 years 
5,456 
1,061 
230 
323 
288 
1,302 
- 
10 years or more 
43,743 
12,429 
1,286 
1,826 
2,189 
11,719 
" 
Average years operating any farm 
26.0 
30.3 
22.4 
24.6 
23.9 
26.6 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
244 
107 
16 
8 
4 
24 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2,736 
886 
120 
91 
118 
462 
- 
35 to 44 years 
5,761 
1,593 
222 
179 
224 
1,060 
- 
45 to 49 years 
4,997 
1,285 
163 
196 
264 
1,027 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
