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 
_ 
58 
72 
21 
23 
10 
1 
3 
17 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
32 
44 
12 
19 
6 
1 
1 
8 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
87 
22 
7 
1 
15 
2 
- 
16 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
_ 
17,958 
4,606 
227 
220 
434 
527 
942 
3,592 
Part owners 
.... farms 
- 
902 
1,496 
359 
426 
369 
51 
95 
370 
Tenants 
.... farms 
- 
324 
498 
76 
96 
68 
25 
53 
188 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
_ 
18,909 
6,125 
587 
650 
805 
580 
1,037 
3,968 
acres 
- 
2,906,250 
677,667 
168,017 
153,215 
153,501 
33,369 
41,022 
258,438 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
18,860 
6,102 
586 
646 
803 
578 
1,037 
3,962 
acres 
- 
1,506,212 
481,333 
148,786 
146,551 
139,011 
23,247 
24,988 
174,692 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
_ 
1,250 
2,006 
435 
522 
437 
76 
148 
566 
acres 
- 
165,961 
214,892 
140,169 
140,375 
261,434 
6,376 
4,316 
38,324 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
1,226 
1,994 
435 
522 
437 
76 
148 
558 
acres 
- 
151,401 
210,921 
140,016 
140,111 
260,935 
5,504 
4,251 
36,723 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
_ 
7,584 
1,688 
99 
58 
135 
150 
234 
833 
acres 
- 
(D) 
200,305 
19,384 
6,928 
14,989 
10,994 
16,099 
85,347 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
_ 
27,010 
9,756 
1,032 
1,363 
1,445 
1,053 
1,721 
6,692 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
12,936 
3,907 
366 
324 
464 
249 
549 
1,923 
2 operators 
- 
5,228 
2,311 
237 
261 
289 
299 
465 
1,986 
3 operators 
- 
738 
320 
49 
128 
90 
40 
64 
185 
4 operators 
- 
160 
49 
7 
20 
20 
10 
10 
39 
5 or more operators 
- 
122 
13 
3 
9 
8 
5 
2 
17 
Total women operators 
. number 
_ 
7,582 
2,593 
182 
297 
232 
410 
642 
2,775 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
6,750 
2,335 
168 
249 
198 
332 
559 
2,384 
2 operators 
- 
314 
103 
4 
24 
17 
30 
34 
171 
3 operators 
- 
52 
16 
2 
- 
- 
3 
5 
11 
4 operators 
- 
9 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 
5 or more operators 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
- 
16,321 
6,085 
647 
715 
841 
490 
895 
3,139 
Female 
- 
2,863 
515 
15 
27 
30 
113 
195 
1,011 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
4,851 
2,572 
489 
680 
634 
238 
362 
1,550 
Other 
- 
14,333 
4,028 
173 
62 
237 
365 
728 
2,600 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
- 
11,103 
5,361 
531 
649 
665 
545 
974 
3,382 
Not on farm operated 
- 
8,081 
1,239 
131 
93 
206 
58 
116 
768 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
- 
7,370 
2,026 
364 
545 
464 
193 
307 
1,314 
Any 
- 
11,814 
4,574 
298 
197 
407 
410 
783 
2,836 
1 to 49 days 
- 
2,051 
411 
50 
57 
61 
51 
67 
322 
50 to 99 days 
- 
597 
266 
33 
7 
29 
23 
36 
197 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
- 
1,206 
564 
21 
24 
39 
47 
71 
340 
200 days or more 
- 
7,960 
3,333 
194 
109 
278 
289 
609 
1,977 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
553 
232 
28 
11 
14 
49 
62 
104 
3 or 4 years 
- 
770 
359 
30 
27 
37 
45 
81 
153 
5 to 9 years 
- 
2,532 
909 
56 
69 
74 
100 
204 
592 
1 0 years or more 
- 
15,329 
5,100 
548 
635 
746 
409 
743 
3,301 
Average years on present farm 
- 
23.4 
22.8 
26.6 
26.5 
24.9 
18.1 
18.4 
20.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
388 
154 
11 
8 
10 
31 
43 
71 
3 or 4 years 
- 
694 
309 
18 
22 
27 
41 
62 
126 
5 to 9 years 
- 
2,251 
822 
59 
50 
61 
89 
177 
502 
1 0 years or more 
- 
15,851 
5,315 
574 
662 
773 
442 
808 
3,451 
Average years operating any farm 
- 
25.0 
24.7 
28.8 
29.3 
27.2 
20.3 
20.5 
22.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
54 
99 
3 
8 
7 
2 
17 
22 
25 to 34 years 
- 
492 
511 
98 
31 
63 
36 
100 
161 
35 to 44 years 
- 
1,409 
905 
89 
125 
150 
92 
182 
433 
45 to 49 years 
- 
1,471 
614 
50 
92 
116 
77 
114 
336 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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