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 
feed lots 
(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 
- 
9 
6 
- 
_ 
_ 
- 
- 
6 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
3 
22 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
23 
39 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
7 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
- 
5,820 
5,001 
83 
43 
72 
188 
423 
4,382 
Part owners 
.... farms 
- 
1,212 
3,014 
62 
30 
13 
12 
105 
587 
Tenants 
.... farms 
- 
366 
688 
17 
2 
3 
6 
48 
292 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
_ 
7,069 
8,041 
145 
73 
85 
200 
528 
4,992 
acres 
- 
7,726,628 
21,794,883 
259,438 
59,380 
81,949 
17,502 
224,820 
6,510,711 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
7,032 
8,015 
145 
73 
85 
200 
528 
4,969 
acres 
- 
6,313,071 
20,938,879 
240,202 
58,250 
81,249 
10,726 
210,580 
4,790,726 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
_ 
1,607 
3,714 
79 
32 
16 
18 
153 
893 
acres 
- 
1,819,076 
9,540,767 
153,381 
11,435 
9,967 
2,391 
107,095 
939,320 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
1,578 
3,702 
79 
32 
16 
18 
153 
879 
acres 
- 
1,771,664 
9,479,654 
128,804 
11,435 
9,967 
2,391 
105,440 
917,097 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
_ 
1,382 
908 
16 
5 
6 
11 
50 
460 
acres 
- 
1,460,969 
917,117 
43,813 
1,130 
700 
6,776 
15,895 
1,742,208 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
- 
11,117 
14,815 
277 
138 
159 
382 
960 
8,463 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
4,386 
3,821 
75 
31 
26 
63 
248 
2,522 
2 operators 
- 
2,558 
3,962 
72 
29 
57 
121 
290 
2,467 
3 operators 
- 
323 
721 
2 
11 
4 
17 
28 
190 
4 operators 
- 
85 
139 
13 
4 
- 
3 
6 
40 
5 or more operators 
" 
46 
60 
- 
" 
1 
2 
4 
42 
Total women operators 
. number 
- 
3,753 
4,988 
96 
48 
65 
183 
443 
3,394 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
3,268 
4,392 
80 
42 
59 
148 
400 
2,992 
2 operators 
- 
179 
248 
5 
3 
3 
13 
12 
145 
3 operators 
- 
31 
26 
2 
- 
- 
3 
2 
27 
4 operators 
- 
6 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
" 
1 
3 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
- 
6,077 
7,713 
138 
60 
78 
140 
403 
4,137 
Female 
1,321 
990 
24 
15 
10 
66 
173 
1,124 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
3,007 
5,605 
118 
41 
26 
79 
286 
1,891 
Other 
- 
4,391 
3,098 
44 
34 
62 
127 
290 
3,370 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
- 
4,961 
7,409 
134 
71 
88 
199 
538 
4,365 
Not on farm operated 
- 
2,437 
1,294 
28 
4 
- 
7 
38 
896 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
- 
3,063 
3,931 
84 
31 
19 
77 
190 
1,675 
Any 
- 
4,335 
4,772 
78 
44 
69 
129 
386 
3,586 
1 to 49 days 
- 
767 
806 
15 
11 
7 
9 
67 
403 
50 to 99 days 
- 
307 
372 
7 
2 
1 
5 
31 
250 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
- 
578 
756 
8 
6 
10 
22 
57 
519 
200 days or more 
- 
2,683 
2,838 
48 
25 
51 
93 
231 
2,414 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
201 
326 
5 
4 
3 
3 
33 
166 
3 or 4 years 
- 
318 
381 
6 
5 
2 
11 
36 
164 
5 to 9 years 
- 
1,022 
1,149 
20 
6 
20 
52 
96 
882 
10 years or more 
~ 
5,857 
6,847 
131 
60 
63 
140 
411 
4,049 
Average years on present farm 
- 
24.3 
23.7 
24.4 
20.8 
17.6 
17.5 
19.9 
19.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
156 
213 
- 
4 
1 
3 
17 
122 
3 or 4 years 
- 
243 
284 
6 
2 
4 
11 
26 
122 
5 to 9 years 
- 
852 
907 
20 
2 
17 
44 
79 
708 
10 years or more 
- 
6,147 
7,299 
136 
67 
66 
148 
454 
4,309 
Average years operating any farm 
- 
27.1 
26.7 
26.2 
24.3 
19.5 
20.3 
23.5 
22.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
7 
55 
7 
- 
- 
3 
2 
6 
25 to 34 years 
- 
168 
496 
9 
- 
4 
5 
27 
162 
35 to 44 years 
- 
451 
943 
24 
8 
16 
25 
70 
579 
45 to 49 years 
- 
452 
768 
14 
5 
18 
19 
57 
466 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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