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 
4,243 
4,586 
Land in farms acres 
4,396,640 
3,867,449 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
536 
445 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1,321 
1,519 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,137 
1,159 
50 to 1 79 acres 
775 
893 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
990 
1,032 
180 to 499 acres 
674 
807 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
24 
26 
500 acres or more 
1,121 
1,282 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
15 
18 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
10 
13 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
66 
111 
Owned land in farms farms 
4,012 
4,319 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
173 
186 
acres 
3,232,569 
2,908,239 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
822 
945 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,124 
1,207 
acres 
1,164,071 
959,210 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
3,421 
3,641 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
1,966,531 
1,807,148 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
591 
678 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
1,907,192 
1,813,165 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
4,097 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
231 
267 
acres 
522,917 
247,136 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
273 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
3,471 
3,677 
Total farms 
4,243 
4,586 
Partnerships 
294 
423 
$1,000 
218,716 
146,605 
Corporations 
337 
346 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
141 
140 
sold farms 
4,243 
4,586 
$1,000 
199,912 
124,893 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
2,302 
2,776 
and greenhouse crops farms 
1,392 
1,167 
2 operators 
1,593 
1,492 
$1,000 
99,446 
53,443 
3 operators 
227 
246 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
66 
32 
their products farms 
1,781 
1,803 
5 or more operators 
55 
40 
$1,000 
100,466 
71,450 
Government payments farms 
1,479 
1,656 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
18,804 
21,713 
1 operator 
3,825 
4,207 
2 operators 
352 
312 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
58 
50 
4 operators 
6 
11 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,206 
1,526 
5 or more operators 
2 
6 
$1,000 to $2,499 
465 
448 
$2,500 to $4,999 
455 
469 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
495 
518 
Internet access 
3,067 
2,596 
$10,000 to $24,999 
576 
680 
Dial-up service 
289 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
358 
325 
DSL service 
1,385 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
688 
620 
Cable modem service 
287 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
258 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
514 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
589 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
15 
30 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
65 
(NA) 
$1,000 
625 
1,606 
Other Internet service 
77 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
108 
37 
Programs payments farms 
767 
1,037 
acres 
1,073,066 
196,287 
$1,000 
11,517 
15,594 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,124 
1,080 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
7,287 
6,119 
1 household 
3,572 
3,814 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
471 
527 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
132 
134 
4 households 
43 
56 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
284 
259 
5 or more households 
25 
55 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
68 
38 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
59 
71 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
109 
106 
Less than 25 percent 
3,099 
3,314 
25 to 49 percent 
304 
389 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,321 
1,519 
50 to 74 percent 
394 
433 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
309 
307 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
" 
1 00 percent 
137 
143 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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