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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
2 
3 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
119 
32 
38 
7 
52 
4 
8 
13 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
_ 
19,628 
6,070 
751 
479 
1,356 
574 
1,309 
3,130 
Part owners 
.... farms 
- 
786 
2,714 
1,131 
649 
1,620 
120 
175 
629 
Tenants 
.... farms 
- 
305 
913 
247 
96 
334 
38 
137 
182 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
_ 
20,478 
8,837 
1,884 
1,130 
2,990 
696 
1,494 
3,764 
acres 
- 
3,777,109 
1,394,399 
553,481 
272,443 
610,637 
79,650 
80,473 
327,458 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
20,414 
8,784 
1,882 
1,128 
2,976 
694 
1,484 
3,759 
acres 
- 
1,757,773 
1,071,153 
493,928 
262,761 
558,225 
58,108 
47,900 
242,369 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
_ 
1,172 
3,652 
1,382 
745 
1,958 
158 
313 
814 
acres 
- 
146,061 
550,378 
452,215 
175,323 
847,220 
33,006 
8,117 
155,177 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
1,091 
3,627 
1,378 
745 
1,954 
158 
312 
811 
acres 
- 
128,638 
543,674 
440,844 
175,203 
846,735 
32,676 
7,807 
154,371 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
_ 
10,138 
2,382 
303 
79 
358 
152 
349 
851 
acres 
- 
2,036,759 
329,950 
70,924 
9,802 
52,897 
21,872 
32,883 
85,895 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
- 
29,702 
14,792 
3,280 
2,264 
5,337 
1,220 
2,501 
6,396 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
13,139 
5,357 
1,205 
478 
1,774 
333 
809 
1,737 
2 operators 
- 
6,584 
3,777 
746 
528 
1,191 
340 
762 
2,000 
3 operators 
- 
760 
458 
147 
166 
257 
49 
37 
166 
4 operators 
- 
160 
75 
23 
37 
58 
6 
10 
33 
5 or more operators 
" 
76 
30 
8 
15 
30 
4 
3 
5 
Total women operators 
. number 
- 
9,164 
4,121 
678 
579 
1,115 
379 
886 
2,468 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
8,400 
3,842 
655 
519 
1,022 
343 
821 
2,309 
2 operators 
- 
302 
98 
10 
24 
37 
11 
25 
67 
3 operators 
- 
38 
21 
1 
2 
2 
3 
5 
7 
4 operators 
- 
5 
5 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
5 
- 
1 
1 
1 
" 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
- 
17,273 
9,071 
2,079 
1,189 
3,244 
641 
1,428 
3,283 
Female 
3,446 
626 
50 
35 
66 
91 
193 
658 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
5,032 
4,269 
1,694 
1,139 
2,554 
355 
540 
1,433 
Other 
- 
15,687 
5,428 
435 
85 
756 
377 
1,081 
2,508 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
- 
11,421 
7,974 
1,798 
1,123 
2,523 
609 
1,447 
3,318 
Not on farm operated 
- 
9,298 
1,723 
331 
101 
787 
123 
174 
623 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
- 
7,571 
2,824 
1,157 
903 
1,762 
252 
316 
1,172 
Any 
- 
13,148 
6,873 
972 
321 
1,548 
480 
1,305 
2,769 
1 to 49 days 
- 
1,804 
597 
168 
104 
295 
52 
114 
299 
50 to 99 days 
- 
612 
340 
77 
46 
105 
34 
65 
133 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
- 
1,408 
769 
122 
45 
162 
62 
164 
305 
200 days or more 
- 
9,324 
5,167 
605 
126 
986 
332 
962 
2,032 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
590 
320 
44 
13 
55 
29 
62 
63 
3 or 4 years 
- 
832 
581 
101 
36 
86 
52 
110 
140 
5 to 9 years 
- 
2,796 
1,445 
214 
130 
468 
106 
270 
562 
1 0 years or more 
- 
16,501 
7,351 
1,770 
1,045 
2,701 
545 
1,179 
3,176 
Average years on present farm 
- 
23.8 
22.8 
25.3 
25.8 
23.5 
18.8 
19.3 
21.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
471 
216 
28 
6 
31 
13 
43 
45 
3 or 4 years 
- 
658 
446 
68 
22 
59 
46 
87 
103 
5 to 9 years 
- 
2,371 
1,161 
170 
97 
371 
90 
236 
475 
1 0 years or more 
- 
17,219 
7,874 
1,863 
1,099 
2,849 
583 
1,255 
3,318 
Average years operating any farm 
- 
26.1 
25.4 
27.7 
28.2 
25.8 
21.7 
21.8 
23.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
24 
130 
27 
7 
21 
1 
7 
14 
25 to 34 years 
- 
544 
975 
237 
108 
391 
62 
160 
189 
35 to 44 years 
- 
1,446 
1,422 
414 
223 
585 
126 
281 
509 
45 to 49 years 
- 
1,384 
1,010 
214 
160 
415 
80 
185 
383 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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