Table 46. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Land in farms 
Harvested cropland 
Market 
value of 
agricultural 
products 
sold 
($1,000) 
Farms by economic class and primary occupation 
Farming 
Other than farming 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
State Total 
Montana 
4,243 
4,396,640 
1,705 
448,667 
199,912 
526 
341 
924 
1,145 
609 
698 
Counties 
Beaverhead 
52 
77,107 
20 
8,407 
7,985 
11 
1 
15 
10 
5 
10 
Big Horn 
97 
163,344 
36 
7,628 
4,005 
13 
5 
21 
22 
14 
22 
Blaine 
86 
351,244 
41 
12,791 
6,966 
2 
6 
25 
22 
6 
25 
Broadwater 
36 
40,714 
23 
3,484 
1,720 
3 
5 
5 
7 
10 
6 
Carbon 
127 
71,035 
55 
5,095 
3,681 
20 
12 
36 
34 
16 
9 
Carter 
27 
47,220 
6 
529 
1,734 
2 
- 
13 
9 
- 
3 
Cascade 
190 
66,958 
81 
6,256 
3,814 
14 
27 
37 
47 
36 
29 
Chouteau 
86 
140,569 
33 
36,232 
9,558 
5 
4 
34 
2 
14 
27 
Custer 
56 
273,804 
18 
1,819 
3,259 
3 
4 
13 
25 
4 
7 
Daniels 
60 
58,427 
18 
5,708 
1,200 
2 
3 
6 
10 
13 
26 
Dawson 
44 
48,077 
18 
8,756 
3,294 
2 
2 
8 
10 
7 
15 
Deer Lodge 
18 
7,746 
7 
284 
424 
- 
- 
1 
12 
1 
4 
Fallon 
34 
65,536 
10 
8,172 
2,601 
5 
1 
8 
9 
8 
3 
Fergus 
98 
130,092 
33 
7,148 
3,251 
12 
10 
19 
31 
16 
10 
Flathead 
176 
15,443 
88 
4,157 
2,241 
55 
19 
20 
51 
16 
15 
Gallatin 
192 
22,846 
93 
6,841 
6,661 
31 
15 
32 
79 
23 
12 
Garfield 
35 
206,955 
18 
30,346 
6,694 
1 
1 
17 
5 
4 
7 
Glacier 
106 
149,914 
33 
20,175 
6,890 
7 
4 
24 
24 
21 
26 
Golden Valley 
16 
1 1 ,463 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
1 
2 
6 
4 
2 
Granite 
17 
20,860 
7 
2,338 
1,726 
3 
3 
3 
5 
1 
2 
Hill 
105 
102,302 
32 
33,535 
9,952 
2 
_ 
25 
17 
20 
41 
Jefferson 
80 
17,232 
25 
1,845 
1,048 
12 
2 
15 
35 
10 
6 
Judith Basin 
43 
134,788 
22 
14,364 
6,476 
2 
- 
21 
7 
10 
3 
Lake 
220 
24,131 
125 
4,988 
3,901 
27 
14 
49 
59 
43 
28 
Lewis and Clark 
103 
37,160 
52 
4,234 
1,893 
20 
9 
11 
39 
16 
8 
Liberty 
52 
51,624 
21 
14,397 
3,940 
- 
4 
22 
2 
4 
20 
Lincoln 
54 
5,705 
28 
814 
164 
10 
10 
5 
21 
7 
1 
McCone 
60 
85,451 
13 
14,140 
3,452 
3 
3 
19 
5 
11 
19 
Madison 
78 
93,883 
28 
7,393 
7,573 
10 
4 
19 
23 
10 
12 
Meagher 
10 
35,894 
7 
1,492 
1,318 
- 
1 
5 
1 
" 
3 
Mineral 
10 
1,361 
5 
(D) 
11 
3 
- 
- 
4 
3 
- 
Missoula 
125 
47,423 
55 
1,190 
794 
29 
13 
10 
51 
18 
4 
Musselshell 
57 
52,753 
15 
1,610 
2,804 
9 
7 
10 
20 
6 
5 
Park 
126 
84,578 
33 
5,569 
3,669 
17 
6 
31 
41 
11 
20 
Petroleum 
12 
16,326 
4 
149 
296 
1 
- 
2 
1 
6 
2 
Phillips 
51 
57,080 
26 
5,758 
2,161 
3 
2 
18 
1 
11 
16 
Pondera 
50 
48,353 
23 
12,136 
3,455 
5 
1 
18 
10 
12 
4 
Powder River 
37 
78,680 
18 
2,783 
3,413 
- 
4 
12 
10 
1 
10 
Powell 
36 
10,572 
10 
1,239 
909 
2 
2 
10 
16 
5 
1 
Prairie 
24 
35,104 
6 
1,666 
998 
5 
3 
7 
2 
2 
5 
Ravalli 
309 
14,102 
167 
3,081 
2,919 
56 
39 
36 
110 
50 
18 
Richland 
75 
90,220 
28 
9,691 
10,173 
6 
7 
28 
13 
6 
15 
Roosevelt 
128 
284,918 
46 
54,169 
15,828 
21 
14 
27 
12 
18 
36 
Rosebud 
43 
157,667 
2,900 
3,074 
4 
6 
13 
15 
2 
3 
Sanders 
68 
53,747 
2,117 
1,594 
7 
11 
14 
18 
12 
6 
Sheridan 
79 
80,299 
19,119 
4,044 
1 
12 
11 
9 
20 
26 
Silver Bow 
24 
4,777 
(D) 
378 
6 
4 
1 
7 
3 
3 
Stillwater 
88 
105,124 
19 
4,128 
4,823 
18 
9 
23 
16 
8 
14 
Sweet Grass 
40 
21,488 
10 
325 
745 
8 
3 
7 
9 
7 
6 
Teton 
86 
50,827 
40 
9,721 
3,865 
6 
8 
28 
26 
3 
15 
Toole 
57 
56,722 
19 
7,209 
2,362 
2 
_ 
12 
12 
9 
22 
Treasure 
5 
382 
5 
218 
(D) 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 
Valley 
95 
226,000 
33 
15,166 
4,255 
3 
4 
32 
13 
20 
23 
Wheatland 
24 
196,689 
10 
10,103 
5,794 
2 
1 
13 
4 
- 
4 
Wibaux 
29 
31,791 
11 
3,742 
1,653 
2 
- 
11 
6 
2 
8 
Yellowstone 
207 
32,133 
59 
1,050 
2,194 
32 
15 
18 
88 
24 
30 
474 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
