Table 54. White Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with 
a White operator 1 
Farms with a White 
principal operator 
Farms 
White 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Montana 
26,779 
42,092 
55,486,243 
26,494 
54,805,651 
Counties 
Beaverhead 
428 
743 
1,380,058 
426 
1,380,006 
Big Horn 
338 
551 
1,874,322 
326 
1,843,550 
Blaine 
446 
710 
1,791,122 
432 
1,564,592 
Broadwater 
285 
478 
476,397 
284 
(D) 
Carbon 
721 
1,162 
790,310 
718 
783,800 
Carter 
326 
560 
1,775,811 
324 
1,760,911 
Cascade 
1,089 
1,776 
1,242,590 
1,087 
1,242,418 
Chouteau 
761 
1,227 
2,040,604 
759 
2,033,392 
Custer 
417 
675 
2,185,470 
417 
2,185,470 
Daniels 
337 
488 
(D) 
337 
(D) 
Dawson 
485 
753 
1,258,119 
483 
(D) 
Deer Lodge 
92 
134 
64,567 
91 
(D) 
Fallon 
292 
453 
977,766 
292 
977,766 
Fergus 
784 
1,210 
1,953,372 
784 
1,953,372 
Flathead 
1,021 
1,594 
166,314 
1,015 
165,649 
Gallatin 
1,163 
1,845 
702,713 
1,162 
(D) 
Garfield 
295 
488 
2,190,559 
293 
2,187,239 
Glacier 
288 
419 
740,016 
261 
704,646 
Golden Valley 
156 
260 
(D) 
156 
(D) 
Granite 
163 
265 
285,419 
163 
285,419 
Hill 
725 
1,061 
1,536,988 
721 
1,521,028 
Jefferson 
399 
692 
369,970 
393 
(D) 
Judith Basin 
324 
517 
1,034,416 
324 
1,034,416 
Lake 
1,086 
1 ,665 
277,231 
1,027 
(D) 
Lewis and Clark 
701 
1,107 
843,135 
694 
842,671 
Liberty 
304 
483 
897,946 
304 
897,946 
Lincoln 
324 
511 
46,994 
322 
(D) 
McCone 
479 
702 
1,364,612 
479 
1,364,612 
Madison 
568 
910 
1,084,291 
566 
1,083,914 
Meagher 
136 
240 
812,325 
136 
812,325 
Mineral 
92 
148 
(D) 
90 
15,539 
Missoula 
622 
933 
215,918 
616 
215,231 
Musselshell 
349 
582 
1,017,349 
349 
1,017,349 
Park 
562 
857 
773,897 
556 
772,677 
Petroleum 
100 
169 
689,752 
100 
689,752 
Phillips 
468 
714 
1,971,429 
461 
1,893,949 
Pondera 
460 
733 
870,874 
452 
857,627 
Powder River 
322 
578 
1,586,569 
318 
1,583,769 
Powell 
262 
420 
(D) 
262 
(D) 
Prairie 
184 
297 
(D) 
184 
(D) 
Ravalli 
1,428 
2,258 
234,668 
1,423 
234,575 
Richland 
539 
828 
1,291,472 
538 
1,290,597 
Roosevelt 
502 
735 
983,887 
476 
914,275 
Rosebud 
379 
623 
2,825,087 
373 
2,823,272 
Sanders 
474 
700 
203,550 
458 
191,159 
Sheridan 
523 
729 
1,029,786 
518 
1,028,562 
Silver Bow 
136 
211 
69,420 
136 
69,420 
Stillwater 
590 
909 
801,593 
589 
(D) 
Sweet Grass 
332 
550 
855,709 
329 
853,189 
Teton 
740 
1,125 
974,853 
735 
973,168 
Toole 
420 
642 
1,123,501 
420 
1,123,501 
Treasure 
104 
183 
612,623 
104 
612,623 
Valley 
633 
923 
1,460,491 
629 
1,452,552 
Wheatland 
154 
267 
873,959 
154 
873,959 
Wibaux 
172 
252 
545,433 
172 
545,433 
Yellowstone 
1,299 
2,047 
1,481,531 
1,276 
1,392,570 
1 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
480 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
