Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
- 
17 
7 
2 
3 
2 
- 
2 
7 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
2 
5 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
211 
57 
13 
56 
8 
9 
4 
31 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
- 
11,465 
4,181 
146 
408 
496 
996 
1,221 
5,439 
Part owners 
.... farms 
- 
1,972 
1,716 
180 
1,209 
155 
114 
169 
741 
Tenants 
.... farms 
- 
250 
145 
18 
55 
35 
36 
29 
167 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
_ 
13,470 
5,903 
327 
1,618 
652 
1,112 
1,390 
6,181 
acres 
- 
1,471,144 
531,604 
69,001 
520,366 
89,719 
53,791 
58,529 
303,944 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
13,437 
5,897 
326 
1,617 
651 
1,110 
1,390 
6,180 
acres 
- 
1,215,726 
466,225 
62,317 
508,720 
79,710 
45,986 
46,978 
263,411 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
_ 
2,256 
1,866 
200 
1,268 
192 
153 
200 
909 
acres 
- 
272,792 
156,669 
41,680 
375,841 
50,869 
14,197 
8,135 
44,647 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
2,222 
1,861 
198 
1,264 
190 
150 
198 
908 
acres 
- 
268,417 
155,227 
41,641 
373,098 
49,822 
13,971 
8,075 
44,632 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
_ 
3,420 
1,076 
65 
95 
94 
164 
239 
806 
acres 
- 
259,793 
66,821 
6,723 
14,389 
11,056 
8,031 
11,611 
40,548 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
- 
19,898 
9,343 
504 
3,099 
1,154 
2,017 
2,366 
10,540 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
8,381 
3,206 
206 
703 
312 
433 
574 
2,688 
2 operators 
- 
4,646 
2,494 
119 
640 
308 
610 
780 
3,260 
3 operators 
- 
523 
249 
16 
249 
49 
76 
45 
324 
4 operators 
- 
96 
72 
3 
50 
7 
17 
9 
52 
5 or more operators 
" 
41 
21 
- 
30 
10 
10 
11 
23 
Total women operators 
. number 
- 
6,090 
2,987 
94 
709 
391 
842 
1,100 
5,090 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
5,512 
2,634 
92 
624 
346 
710 
958 
4,220 
2 operators 
- 
242 
140 
1 
38 
15 
48 
59 
377 
3 operators 
- 
21 
19 
- 
3 
5 
12 
4 
24 
4 operators 
- 
5 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
6 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
- 
11,741 
5,431 
336 
1,601 
582 
869 
900 
4,068 
Female 
1,946 
611 
8 
71 
104 
277 
519 
2,279 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
4,565 
2,660 
229 
1,527 
303 
484 
495 
2,658 
Other 
- 
9,122 
3,382 
115 
145 
383 
662 
924 
3,689 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
- 
10,848 
5,556 
314 
1,532 
607 
1,063 
1,335 
5,692 
Not on farm operated 
- 
2,839 
486 
30 
140 
79 
83 
84 
655 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
- 
5,524 
2,038 
163 
1,220 
213 
378 
409 
2,213 
Any 
- 
8,163 
4,004 
181 
452 
473 
768 
1,010 
4,134 
1 to 49 days 
- 
1,260 
367 
21 
126 
34 
68 
78 
512 
50 to 99 days 
- 
532 
242 
14 
33 
19 
50 
60 
240 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
- 
1,003 
535 
18 
44 
51 
107 
134 
523 
200 days or more 
- 
5,368 
2,860 
128 
249 
369 
543 
738 
2,859 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
318 
209 
8 
32 
29 
80 
62 
160 
3 or 4 years 
- 
524 
306 
5 
66 
67 
100 
106 
239 
5 to 9 years 
- 
1,476 
893 
24 
176 
112 
204 
241 
953 
1 0 years or more 
- 
11,369 
4,634 
307 
1,398 
478 
762 
1,010 
4,995 
Average years on present farm 
- 
25.0 
22.3 
28.7 
26.0 
18.9 
16.6 
18.2 
19.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
242 
125 
5 
21 
24 
57 
41 
88 
3 or 4 years 
- 
424 
272 
1 
37 
63 
97 
92 
187 
5 to 9 years 
- 
1,302 
772 
21 
142 
97 
175 
210 
835 
1 0 years or more 
- 
11,719 
4,873 
317 
1,472 
502 
817 
1,076 
5,237 
Average years operating any farm 
- 
26.6 
24.5 
30.9 
28.5 
20.6 
18.2 
20.3 
21.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
24 
33 
2 
11 
4 
8 
5 
22 
25 to 34 years 
- 
462 
345 
24 
145 
64 
61 
102 
318 
35 to 44 years 
- 
1,060 
816 
42 
299 
141 
179 
200 
806 
45 to 49 years 
- 
1,027 
680 
28 
184 
113 
148 
180 
729 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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