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 
- 
_ 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
44 
12 
- 
- 
- 
13 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
735 
383 
1 
- 
2 
192 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
35,465 
8,169 
167 
232 
305 
13,374 
_ 
Part owners farms 
21,564 
12,418 
27 
18 
23 
1,846 
- 
Tenants farms 
4,744 
2,685 
38 
15 
21 
391 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
57,382 
20,787 
195 
250 
328 
15,264 
_ 
acres 
27,583,446 
14,201,883 
8,717 
20,560 
26,326 
5,604,600 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
57,029 
20,587 
194 
250 
328 
15,220 
- 
acres 
22,683,533 
12,643,343 
5,691 
14,817 
19,314 
3,342,509 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
26,479 
15,159 
65 
34 
44 
2,296 
_ 
acres 
23,746,624 
16,584,156 
10,709 
1,630 
4,265 
1,383,364 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
26,308 
15,103 
65 
33 
44 
2,237 
- 
acres 
23,453,762 
16,421,593 
10,694 
1,588 
4,196 
1,352,957 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
15,042 
5,252 
35 
72 
61 
5,643 
_ 
acres 
5,192,775 
1,721,103 
3,041 
5,785 
7,081 
2,292,498 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
92,892 
34,032 
384 
437 
605 
22,863 
- 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
35,864 
14,645 
95 
113 
163 
9,517 
- 
2 operators 
21,935 
6,933 
126 
136 
156 
5,202 
- 
3 operators 
3,193 
1,411 
9 
12 
18 
713 
- 
4 operators 
543 
189 
- 
4 
4 
124 
- 
5 or more operators 
238 
94 
2 
“ 
8 
55 
- 
Total women operators number 
26,096 
6,890 
146 
165 
215 
7,515 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
23,630 
6,292 
134 
159 
183 
6,675 
- 
2 operators 
978 
250 
6 
3 
11 
297 
- 
3 operators 
121 
24 
- 
- 
2 
57 
- 
4 operators 
22 
2 
- 
- 
1 
11 
- 
5 or more operators 
11 
3 
" 
“ 
6 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
54,990 
22,041 
178 
220 
279 
12,695 
- 
Female 
6,783 
1,231 
54 
45 
70 
2,916 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
29,857 
15,737 
111 
77 
168 
4,181 
- 
Other 
31,916 
7,535 
121 
188 
181 
11,430 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
42,122 
15,908 
180 
178 
245 
8,105 
- 
Not on farm operated 
19,651 
7,364 
52 
87 
104 
7,506 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
24,010 
11,305 
78 
55 
143 
5,508 
- 
Any 
37,763 
11,967 
154 
210 
206 
10,103 
- 
1 to 49 days 
4,963 
2,030 
16 
30 
29 
1,300 
- 
50 to 99 days 
2,323 
851 
17 
19 
20 
609 
- 
100 to 199 days 
4,264 
1,560 
24 
18 
33 
962 
- 
200 days or more 
26,213 
7,526 
97 
143 
124 
7,232 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,845 
574 
11 
25 
9 
482 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,940 
980 
30 
24 
19 
760 
- 
5 to 9 years 
7,643 
2,140 
55 
66 
39 
2,003 
- 
10 years or more 
49,345 
19,578 
136 
150 
282 
12,366 
- 
Average years on present farm 
25.0 
28.6 
15.9 
15.4 
21.6 
23.7 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,220 
379 
8 
20 
8 
341 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,369 
745 
25 
18 
17 
642 
- 
5 to 9 years 
6,578 
1,848 
44 
52 
31 
1,793 
- 
10 years or more 
51,606 
20,300 
155 
175 
293 
12,835 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
27.1 
30.6 
19.4 
18.0 
23.8 
25.6 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
352 
167 
3 
- 
- 
33 
- 
25 to 34 years 
3,975 
1,716 
10 
18 
12 
443 
- 
35 to 44 years 
6,383 
2,461 
22 
20 
32 
1,171 
- 
45 to 49 years 
5,045 
1,841 
25 
18 
25 
1,018 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Kansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
