Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification 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 
98 
3 
3 
4 
_ 
23 
_ 
Ethanol farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
251 
13 
4 
7 
2 
34 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
1,217 
106 
1 
6 
2 
614 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
179,783 
2,679 
1,141 
4,270 
1,443 
42,420 
_ 
Part owners farms 
54,297 
3,741 
316 
394 
150 
10,697 
- 
Tenants farms 
14,729 
1,518 
121 
72 
157 
3,056 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
234,807 
6,498 
1,459 
4,672 
1,600 
53,324 
_ 
acres 
84,340,215 
4,984,474 
248,894 
791,689 
228,556 
17,138,152 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
234,080 
6,420 
1,457 
4,664 
1,593 
53,117 
- 
acres 
76,985,100 
4,573,842 
226,859 
629,998 
199,415 
14,076,643 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
69,426 
5,284 
440 
478 
311 
13,861 
_ 
acres 
53,928,046 
6,850,298 
209,703 
104,400 
39,613 
8,902,359 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
69,026 
5,259 
437 
466 
307 
13,753 
- 
acres 
53,168,338 
6,806,018 
191,800 
94,187 
38,843 
8,779,815 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
20,876 
1,220 
135 
536 
123 
7,055 
_ 
acres 
8,114,823 
454,912 
39,938 
171,904 
29,911 
3,184,053 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
375,888 
11,490 
2,431 
7,406 
3,045 
80,927 
_ 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
141,340 
5,129 
879 
2,439 
856 
35,422 
- 
2 operators 
92,683 
2,283 
592 
2,006 
683 
17,759 
- 
3 operators 
11,694 
394 
79 
231 
135 
2,356 
- 
4 operators 
2,127 
82 
23 
43 
42 
439 
- 
5 or more operators 
965 
50 
5 
17 
34 
197 
- 
Total women operators number 
122,748 
2,341 
753 
2,511 
1,020 
25,326 
_ 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
108,481 
1,982 
679 
2,251 
818 
22,142 
- 
2 operators 
5,789 
130 
24 
118 
78 
1,222 
- 
3 operators 
726 
29 
6 
8 
12 
193 
- 
4 operators 
91 
3 
- 
- 
- 
23 
- 
5 or more operators 
27 
- 
1 
- 
2 
12 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
210,357 
7,487 
1,368 
4,110 
1,394 
47,005 
- 
Female 
38,452 
451 
210 
626 
356 
9,168 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
104,769 
5,721 
954 
2,000 
973 
21,791 
- 
Other 
144,040 
2,217 
624 
2,736 
777 
34,382 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
172,899 
4,639 
1,186 
3,505 
1,035 
34,612 
- 
Not on farm operated 
75,910 
3,299 
392 
1,231 
715 
21,561 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
88,616 
4,156 
672 
1,672 
777 
21,540 
- 
Any 
160,193 
3,782 
906 
3,064 
973 
34,633 
- 
1 to 49 days 
20,437 
603 
116 
463 
152 
5,179 
- 
50 to 99 days 
13,494 
369 
109 
309 
122 
2,833 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
23,315 
554 
145 
509 
146 
4,693 
- 
200 days or more 
102,947 
2,256 
536 
1,783 
553 
21,928 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
8,601 
228 
123 
173 
59 
2,223 
- 
3 or 4 years 
14,089 
430 
119 
283 
92 
3,268 
- 
5 to 9 years 
42,857 
921 
297 
848 
334 
9,100 
- 
1 0 years or more 
183,262 
6,359 
1,039 
3,432 
1,265 
41,582 
- 
Average years on present farm 
20.3 
26.3 
18.5 
19.7 
18.7 
21.0 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
5,765 
153 
86 
131 
37 
1,544 
- 
3 or 4 years 
11,217 
310 
91 
230 
76 
2,626 
- 
5 to 9 years 
36,320 
737 
268 
736 
283 
7,773 
- 
1 0 years or more 
195,507 
6,738 
1,133 
3,639 
1,354 
44,230 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
22.6 
29.2 
21.3 
21.7 
20.6 
23.3 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
793 
66 
2 
7 
- 
188 
- 
25 to 34 years 
9,298 
669 
25 
87 
68 
2,143 
- 
35 to 44 years 
21,103 
723 
136 
247 
119 
4,216 
- 
45 to 49 years 
20,987 
658 
154 
301 
153 
4,136 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
178 Texas 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
