Table 46. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Land in farms 
Harvested cropland 
Market 
value of 
agricultural 
products 
sold 
($1,000) 
Farms by economic class and primary occupation 
Farming 
Other than farming 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
State Total 
Michigan 
7,409 
518,091 
3,760 
209,130 
232,237 
1,637 
682 
1,070 
2,461 
942 
617 
Counties 
Alcona 
29 
2,112 
22 
980 
392 
4 
4 
7 
14 
_ 
_ 
Alger 
24 
1,896 
11 
684 
255 
4 
1 
5 
6 
7 
1 
Allegan 
170 
5,189 
78 
1,148 
2,284 
25 
21 
22 
69 
27 
6 
Alpena 
58 
3,463 
31 
1,114 
274 
18 
4 
1 
28 
5 
2 
Antrim 
90 
6,596 
40 
1,282 
770 
25 
8 
15 
32 
10 
- 
Arenac 
76 
6,735 
22 
1,497 
1,760 
6 
8 
2 
33 
17 
10 
Baraga 
5 
(D) 
2 
(□) 
19 
1 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
Barry 
166 
11,000 
77 
3,634 
4,126 
39 
23 
28 
50 
17 
9 
Bay 
68 
3,280 
33 
1,209 
2,208 
12 
9 
11 
23 
10 
3 
Benzie 
31 
1,175 
9 
353 
812 
8 
1 
2 
12 
7 
1 
Berrien 
180 
7,516 
109 
3,187 
4,689 
32 
15 
29 
65 
20 
19 
Branch 
104 
8,797 
62 
3,325 
5,776 
9 
9 
14 
46 
15 
11 
Calhoun 
133 
11,718 
85 
5,590 
3,014 
33 
6 
19 
42 
18 
15 
Cass 
119 
11,690 
64 
7,656 
8,376 
31 
17 
14 
36 
10 
11 
Charlevoix 
63 
4,397 
28 
868 
604 
21 
2 
13 
16 
1 
10 
Cheboygan 
35 
2,606 
17 
342 
227 
13 
2 
5 
6 
6 
3 
Chippewa 
51 
5,342 
30 
1,206 
286 
6 
8 
5 
19 
6 
7 
Clare 
50 
6,866 
24 
1,044 
424 
17 
5 
7 
18 
2 
1 
Clinton 
115 
6,131 
58 
2,579 
2,281 
29 
2 
13 
39 
17 
15 
Crawford 
11 
729 
1 
(D) 
73 
- 
" 
3 
2 
6 
- 
Delta 
33 
4,158 
17 
1,536 
348 
14 
4 
3 
5 
3 
4 
Dickinson 
16 
1 ,566 
13 
624 
95 
5 
2 
1 
3 
4 
1 
Eaton 
188 
13,816 
85 
6,385 
5,669 
44 
10 
30 
57 
32 
15 
Emmet 
37 
2,159 
15 
463 
131 
5 
- 
3 
20 
6 
3 
Genesee 
155 
7,381 
81 
3,791 
3,251 
30 
16 
36 
55 
8 
10 
Gladwin 
77 
6,945 
36 
1,643 
1,049 
16 
9 
14 
28 
8 
2 
Gogebic 
10 
558 
8 
253 
141 
2 
- 
1 
2 
- 
5 
Grand Traverse 
85 
3,922 
57 
1,595 
822 
30 
9 
19 
12 
10 
5 
Gratiot 
55 
3,677 
23 
1,893 
2,850 
6 
5 
8 
17 
11 
8 
Hillsdale 
195 
13,288 
64 
3,780 
2,845 
37 
15 
12 
66 
42 
23 
Houghton 
42 
5,389 
23 
1,861 
436 
10 
4 
4 
15 
3 
6 
Huron 
107 
15,895 
53 
9,721 
13,946 
5 
7 
19 
33 
24 
19 
Ingham 
176 
4,885 
96 
1,190 
1,401 
48 
17 
32 
55 
20 
4 
Ionia 
144 
1 1 ,385 
75 
5,039 
4,286 
26 
8 
27 
53 
19 
11 
Iosco 
52 
2,995 
29 
961 
144 
9 
8 
1 
25 
6 
3 
Iron 
16 
1,480 
11 
493 
58 
3 
7 
1 
4 
1 
- 
Isabella 
116 
7,588 
43 
2,497 
1,675 
19 
12 
4 
59 
14 
8 
Jackson 
181 
8,872 
79 
3,941 
3,003 
33 
10 
25 
81 
25 
7 
Kalamazoo 
136 
7,157 
62 
2,719 
(D) 
33 
10 
16 
55 
8 
14 
Kalkaska 
68 
4,393 
23 
570 
487 
13 
10 
8 
20 
9 
8 
Kent 
188 
8,030 
82 
2,725 
(D) 
52 
12 
28 
65 
16 
15 
Keweenaw 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Lake 
48 
3,390 
24 
951 
198 
19 
9 
4 
9 
7 
- 
Lapeer 
220 
16,210 
111 
8,291 
4,977 
97 
16 
25 
36 
25 
21 
Leelanau 
70 
6,414 
52 
2,508 
1,873 
6 
7 
21 
16 
6 
14 
Lenawee 
160 
10,020 
66 
3,045 
2,461 
20 
15 
20 
53 
39 
13 
Livingston 
207 
8,767 
96 
3,263 
3,042 
63 
23 
18 
73 
19 
11 
Luce 
16 
1,394 
6 
569 
184 
2 
2 
1 
8 
- 
3 
Mackinac 
18 
1,285 
11 
482 
61 
4 
4 
2 
6 
2 
- 
Macomb 
99 
5,096 
59 
2,627 
3,951 
30 
9 
25 
21 
5 
9 
Manistee 
52 
4,964 
25 
401 
185 
14 
4 
4 
25 
2 
3 
Marquette 
50 
3,007 
14 
103 
211 
14 
6 
5 
19 
1 
5 
Mason 
66 
6,318 
38 
1,371 
636 
15 
2 
7 
28 
6 
8 
Mecosta 
102 
10,247 
52 
4,911 
4,111 
13 
8 
16 
44 
14 
7 
Menominee 
48 
4,963 
32 
2,140 
1,511 
11 
4 
10 
14 
6 
3 
Midland 
84 
3,237 
42 
1,029 
823 
15 
13 
12 
35 
4 
5 
Missaukee 
46 
4,221 
34 
1,703 
856 
7 
2 
9 
14 
12 
2 
Monroe 
109 
7,097 
69 
5,036 
3,216 
12 
10 
22 
40 
16 
9 
Montcalm 
113 
6,815 
60 
2,482 
2,211 
22 
12 
16 
45 
11 
7 
Montmorency 
20 
3,304 
11 
768 
829 
2 
2 
- 
8 
6 
2 
Muskegon 
75 
1,879 
30 
582 
537 
19 
13 
8 
19 
7 
9 
Newaygo 
145 
9,331 
82 
3,201 
2,794 
37 
13 
17 
47 
21 
10 
Oakland 
161 
5,115 
53 
600 
816 
54 
19 
15 
48 
17 
8 
Oceana 
85 
10,830 
54 
5,456 
3,766 
22 
7 
18 
18 
11 
9 
Ogemaw 
57 
5,436 
27 
1,478 
2,121 
14 
4 
7 
19 
9 
4 
Ontonagon 
12 
2,831 
10 
1,426 
4 
- 
- 
- 
9 
1 
2 
Osceola 
92 
10,645 
45 
3,419 
1,220 
11 
12 
8 
41 
11 
9 
Oscoda 
10 
704 
8 
330 
27 
2 
- 
- 
6 
- 
2 
Otsego 
38 
5,851 
20 
1,321 
865 
6 
1 
8 
13 
7 
3 
Ottawa 
153 
13,278 
95 
3,775 
19,061 
26 
8 
42 
45 
15 
17 
Presque Isle 
33 
4,860 
22 
2,763 
937 
8 
3 
4 
8 
8 
2 
Roscommon 
5 
218 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
Saginaw 
109 
10,835 
43 
6,373 
4,864 
12 
7 
26 
33 
22 
9 
St. Clair 
191 
15,318 
124 
10,018 
6,831 
49 
27 
34 
44 
28 
9 
St. Joseph 
112 
6,054 
43 
2,644 
2,524 
18 
3 
16 
52 
16 
7 
Sanilac 
111 
19,897 
62 
13,921 
14,285 
13 
8 
22 
38 
19 
11 
Schoolcraft 
8 
442 
8 
138 
52 
1 
2 
- 
- 
2 
3 
Shiawassee 
149 
9,243 
85 
5,245 
4,041 
25 
15 
19 
37 
23 
30 
Tuscola 
131 
7,848 
58 
2,623 
1,647 
24 
11 
11 
49 
22 
14 
Van Buren 
175 
10,769 
120 
4,338 
4,854 
49 
23 
29 
43 
13 
18 
Washtenaw 
240 
11,467 
121 
4,345 
4,138 
64 
22 
36 
74 
28 
16 
Wayne 
72 
1,161 
36 
531 
1,659 
32 
10 
19 
5 
4 
2 
Wexford 
60 
2,940 
32 
994 
232 
12 
5 
6 
28 
3 
6 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Michigan 605 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
