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 
38,452 
35,011 
Land in farms acres 
12,168,978 
12,275,184 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
4,322 
4,166 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
8,953 
7,921 
1 0 to 49 acres 
12,828 
11,156 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1 1 ,448 
10,031 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
16,937 
14,796 
1 80 to 499 acres 
5,863 
5,693 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
67 
202 
500 acres or more 
3,991 
3,965 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
35 
97 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
148 
213 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
792 
1,048 
Owned land in farms farms 
37,065 
33,464 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
3,020 
2,252 
acres 
9,377,569 
9,091,380 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
5,728 
5,798 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,642 
6,407 
acres 
2,791,409 
3,183,804 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
32,724 
29,213 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
7,587,150 
7,322,137 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
4,341 
4,251 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
3,602,015 
3,578,904 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
37,424 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
1,387 
1,547 
acres 
979,813 
1,374,143 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
1,463 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
34,207 
30,541 
Total farms 
38,452 
35,011 
Partnerships 
2,523 
2,959 
$1,000 
882,394 
815,667 
Corporations 
988 
784 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
734 
727 
sold farms 
38,452 
35,011 
$1,000 
817,840 
753,464 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
21,172 
20,578 
and greenhouse crops farms 
8,693 
7,053 
2 operators 
14,008 
11,613 
$1,000 
302,882 
245,966 
3 operators 
2,600 
2,254 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
415 
384 
their products farms 
20,541 
18,401 
5 or more operators 
257 
182 
$1,000 
514,959 
507,499 
Government payments farms 
7,521 
6,851 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
64,553 
62,203 
1 operator 
34,814 
32,036 
2 operators 
3,135 
2,574 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
435 
324 
4 operators 
44 
62 
Less than $1 ,000 
12,576 
12,305 
5 or more operators 
24 
15 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
5,937 
4,959 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,248 
4,490 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,628 
4,826 
Internet access 
25,928 
17,523 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,767 
4,645 
Dial-up service 
2,838 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,173 
1,922 
DSL service 
8,652 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
2,123 
1,864 
Cable modem service 
3,275 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
942 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
5,555 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
6,419 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
11 
102 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
831 
(NA) 
$1,000 
133 
6,283 
Other Internet service 
1,017 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
738 
562 
Programs payments farms 
3,474 
3,808 
acres 
676,973 
697,179 
$1,000 
27,678 
34,236 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
5,711 
4,538 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
36,875 
27,967 
1 household 
32,954 
28,992 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
3,959 
4,473 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
974 
951 
4 households 
341 
406 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
451 
475 
5 or more households 
224 
189 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
210 
164 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
626 
765 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
356 
431 
Less than 25 percent 
33,272 
29,849 
25 to 49 percent 
2,029 
2,139 
Other crop farming (1119) 
9,168 
8,161 
50 to 74 percent 
1,744 
1,726 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
775 
846 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
215 
240 
1 00 percent 
632 
451 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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