Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms with a woman operator 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Montana 
14,377 
15,065 
25,571,800 
4,243 
4,396,640 
Counties 
Beaverhead 
234 
245 
469,357 
52 
77,107 
Big Horn 
249 
264 
811,023 
97 
163,344 
Blaine 
284 
295 
1,122,566 
86 
351,244 
Broadwater 
153 
164 
212,161 
36 
40,714 
Carbon 
392 
414 
320,828 
127 
71,035 
Carter 
173 
177 
921,370 
27 
47,220 
Cascade 
630 
659 
560,276 
190 
66,958 
Chouteau 
351 
370 
1,011,931 
86 
140,569 
Custer 
233 
241 
1,350,886 
56 
273,804 
Daniels 
138 
148 
341,413 
60 
58,427 
Dawson 
217 
233 
540,669 
44 
48,077 
Deer Lodge 
41 
44 
26,653 
18 
7,746 
Fallon 
155 
163 
536,156 
34 
65,536 
Fergus 
387 
396 
801,454 
98 
130,092 
Flathead 
559 
582 
76,666 
176 
15,443 
Gallatin 
629 
662 
293,431 
192 
22,846 
Garfield 
151 
166 
1,005,548 
35 
206,955 
Glacier 
246 
265 
449,440 
106 
149,914 
Golden Valley 
75 
78 
274,350 
16 
11,463 
Granite 
84 
86 
113,656 
17 
20,860 
Hill 
327 
343 
612,330 
105 
102,302 
Jefferson 
266 
281 
252,489 
80 
17,232 
Judith Basin 
162 
172 
389,947 
43 
134,788 
Lake 
673 
701 
182,694 
220 
24,131 
Lewis and Clark 
426 
444 
347,312 
103 
37,160 
Liberty 
152 
155 
341,300 
52 
51,624 
Lincoln 
178 
186 
26,972 
54 
5,705 
McCone 
195 
209 
473,688 
60 
85,451 
Madison 
310 
325 
424,721 
78 
93,883 
Meagher 
76 
82 
512,490 
10 
35,894 
Mineral 
47 
48 
7,487 
10 
1,361 
Missoula 
361 
371 
97,107 
125 
47,423 
Musselshell 
228 
240 
459,958 
57 
52,753 
Park 
305 
319 
288,375 
126 
84,578 
Petroleum 
49 
51 
327,467 
12 
16,326 
Phillips 
201 
212 
638,960 
51 
57,080 
Pondera 
236 
242 
384,126 
50 
48,353 
Powder River 
199 
206 
810,023 
37 
78,680 
Powell 
143 
146 
311,001 
36 
10,572 
Prairie 
97 
102 
304,673 
24 
35,104 
Ravalli 
883 
924 
68,618 
309 
14,102 
Richland 
221 
238 
440,326 
75 
90,220 
Roosevelt 
288 
307 
650,641 
128 
284,918 
Rosebud 
206 
207 
1,542,679 
43 
157,667 
Sanders 
261 
270 
113,674 
68 
53,747 
Sheridan 
186 
198 
353,144 
79 
80,299 
Silver Bow 
73 
75 
22,428 
24 
4,777 
Stillwater 
308 
321 
431,470 
88 
105,124 
Sweet Grass 
198 
201 
384,744 
40 
21,488 
Teton 
352 
367 
427,995 
86 
50,827 
Toole 
190 
202 
509,928 
57 
56,722 
Treasure 
47 
52 
227,004 
5 
382 
Valley 
266 
281 
674,483 
95 
226,000 
Wheatland 
74 
88 
435,239 
24 
196,689 
Wibaux 
76 
77 
253,096 
29 
31,791 
Yellowstone 
736 
770 
603,377 
207 
32,133 
1 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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