Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
9,076 
10,849 
Land in farms acres 
2,469,437 
2,609,564 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
675 
683 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
2,382 
3,024 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,335 
2,716 
50 to 1 79 acres 
3,369 
4,152 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
3,652 
4,396 
180 to 499 acres 
1,697 
2,213 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
24 
86 
500 acres or more 
1,000 
1,085 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
25 
76 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
59 
85 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
255 
414 
Owned land in farms farms 
8,606 
10,287 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
397 
424 
acres 
1,782,608 
2,004,624 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,866 
2,292 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,562 
1,602 
acres 
686,829 
604,940 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
7,210 
8,557 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
1,268,335 
1,480,408 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
1,396 
1,730 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
1,060,426 
1,021,882 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
8,871 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
470 
562 
acres 
140,676 
107,274 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
345 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
8,182 
9,462 
Total farms 
9,076 
10,849 
Partnerships 
418 
819 
$1,000 
310,959 
277,654 
Corporations 
195 
221 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
281 
347 
sold farms 
9,076 
10,849 
$1,000 
292,966 
260,946 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
5,044 
6,536 
and greenhouse crops farms 
2,554 
2,647 
2 operators 
3,388 
3,590 
$1,000 
77,186 
48,391 
3 operators 
520 
553 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
84 
128 
their products farms 
4,798 
5,519 
5 or more operators 
40 
42 
$1,000 
215,780 
212,555 
Government payments farms 
3,122 
3,286 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
17,993 
16,709 
1 operator 
8,335 
10,047 
2 operators 
654 
718 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
75 
71 
4 operators 
11 
6 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,648 
3,356 
5 or more operators 
1 
7 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,151 
1,367 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,320 
1,628 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,252 
1,575 
Internet access 
5,849 
5,111 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,300 
1,496 
Dial-up service 
592 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
629 
625 
DSL service 
2,067 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
776 
802 
Cable modem service 
696 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
160 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
1,195 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
1,437 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
11 
34 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
134 
(NA) 
$1,000 
70 
468 
Other Internet service 
212 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
156 
128 
Programs payments farms 
1,029 
1,589 
acres 
121,801 
89,050 
$1,000 
5,010 
7,588 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
2,671 
2,455 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
12,983 
9,121 
1 household 
7,666 
8,827 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
1,093 
1,576 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
193 
257 
4 households 
65 
121 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
449 
368 
5 or more households 
59 
68 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
46 
103 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
153 
177 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
70 
83 
Less than 25 percent 
7,353 
8,689 
25 to 49 percent 
675 
813 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
2,384 
3,035 
50 to 74 percent 
603 
758 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
254 
359 
Cotton farming (11192) 
2 
11 
1 00 percent 
191 
230 
42 Oklahoma 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
