Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Cass 
Charlevoix 
Cheboygan 
Chippewa 
Clare 
Clinton 
Crawford 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
798 
297 
313 
409 
460 
1,128 
49 
2007 
811 
336 
347 
401 
450 
1,231 
39 
acres, 2012 
188,690 
37,540 
45,567 
93,032 
62,506 
243,815 
2,755 
2007 
190,330 
41,418 
47,562 
98,967 
68,356 
271,558 
2,524 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
574 
208 
235 
312 
319 
803 
22 
2007 
562 
243 
251 
311 
293 
855 
17 
acres, 2012 
139,408 
16,911 
17,909 
46,604 
25,356 
194,099 
659 
TENURE 
2007 
135,797 
17,292 
17,288 
50,857 
27,380 
217,655 
374 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
539 
232 
246 
259 
328 
749 
36 
2007 
553 
250 
270 
250 
328 
860 
32 
acres, 2012 
62,344 
(D) 
25,632 
32,323 
35,540 
48,770 
2,023 
2007 
47,333 
22,550 
24,525 
34,749 
34,978 
61,846 
2,193 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
325 
147 
176 
181 
197 
455 
15 
2007 
319 
168 
180 
178 
187 
512 
16 
acres, 2012 
34,577 
(D) 
6,275 
(D) 
7,627 
21,916 
237 
2007 
16,805 
5,349 
6,215 
13,920 
7,872 
30,869 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
230 
60 
58 
146 
126 
340 
10 
2007 
232 
80 
72 
141 
113 
332 
2 
acres, 2012 
121,208 
15,986 
19,511 
59,685 
26,731 
188,116 
497 
2007 
135,789 
18,718 
21,334 
63,139 
32,313 
193,155 
(D) 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
59,860 
8,379 
10,631 
31,326 
14,649 
80,400 
265 
2007 
60,035 
9,820 
12,521 
36,242 
18,901 
77,231 
(D) 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
lit 
7,607 
8,880 
28,359 
12,082 
107,716 
232 
2007 
8,898 
8,813 
26,897 
13,412 
115,924 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
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57 
51 
127 
117 
314 
4 
2007 
221 
72 
66 
126 
100 
309 
- 
acres, 2012 
99,975 
10,258 
1 1 ,344 
34,633 
17,564 
166,369 
187 
2007 
112,356 
11,848 
10,327 
36,367 
19,008 
171,293 
- 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
29 
5 
9 
4 
6 
39 
3 
2007 
26 
6 
5 
10 
9 
39 
5 
acres, 2012 
5,138 
(D) 
424 
1,024 
235 
6,929 
235 
2007 
7,208 
150 
1,703 
1,079 
1,065 
16,557 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
26 
4 
8 
4 
5 
34 
3 
2007 
22 
3 
5 
7 
6 
34 
1 
acres, 2012 
4,856 
(D) 
290 
(D) 
165 
5,814 
235 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
6,636 
95 
746 
570 
500 
15,493 
(D) 
Total operators 
number 
1,209 
458 
469 
663 
717 
1,676 
74 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
423 
156 
174 
209 
253 
653 
26 
2 operators 
344 
121 
127 
170 
181 
423 
21 
3 operators 
26 
20 
9 
22 
19 
37 
2 
4 operators 
5 
- 
1 
4 
6 
11 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
2 
4 
1 
4 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
384 
161 
159 
207 
223 
450 
27 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
364 
149 
141 
181 
205 
416 
23 
2 operators 
7 
6 
6 
4 
9 
14 
2 
3 operators 
2 
- 
2 
3 
- 
2 
- 
4 operators 
" 
- 
" 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
- 
" 
1 
- 
" 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
1,236 
526 
535 
644 
669 
1,862 
68 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
453 
170 
190 
197 
267 
693 
14 
2 operators 
305 
146 
138 
168 
155 
475 
21 
3 operators 
43 
17 
12 
33 
22 
49 
4 
4 operators 
8 
2 
5 
3 
5 
9 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
2 
" 
1 
5 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
394 
210 
188 
206 
206 
535 
30 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
355 
175 
156 
184 
172 
477 
26 
2 operators 
12 
16 
13 
11 
17 
24 
2 
3 operators 
5 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
2 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
679 
234 
278 
358 
410 
1,013 
38 
2007 
688 
254 
300 
352 
394 
1,091 
23 
acres, 2012 
177,000 
33,143 
42,961 
87,690 
55,640 
237,684 
2,026 
2007 
182,054 
35,220 
43,809 
91,936 
59,580 
262,656 
1,886 
Female 
farms, 2012 
119 
63 
35 
51 
50 
115 
11 
2007 
123 
82 
47 
49 
56 
140 
16 
acres, 2012 
11,690 
4,397 
2,606 
5,342 
6,866 
6,131 
729 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
8,276 
6,198 
3,753 
7,031 
8,776 
8,902 
638 
Farming 
2012 
391 
113 
127 
160 
231 
522 
24 
2007 
343 
118 
134 
169 
192 
537 
18 
Other 
2012 
407 
184 
186 
249 
229 
606 
25 
Place of residence: 
2007 
468 
218 
213 
232 
258 
694 
21 
On farm operated 
2012 
701 
267 
273 
358 
421 
940 
40 
2007 
689 
302 
283 
345 
384 
1,079 
34 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
97 
30 
40 
51 
39 
188 
9 
2007 
122 
34 
64 
56 
66 
152 
5 
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2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Michigan 585 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
