Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
18 
_ 
6 
_ 
_ 
6 
_ 
Ethanol farms 
7 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
3,227 
16 
50 
76 
49 
698 
_ 
Part owners farms 
631 
3 
10 
1 
13 
227 
- 
Tenants farms 
279 
1 
22 
2 
9 
69 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
3,867 
19 
60 
77 
62 
933 
_ 
acres 
5,410,194 
3,196 
30,595 
2,613 
2,730 
1 ,279,672 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
3,858 
19 
60 
77 
62 
925 
- 
acres 
5,216,886 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,513 
1,255,721 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
913 
5 
32 
3 
22 
298 
_ 
acres 
803,364 
1,103 
4,495 
(D) 
1,463 
227,999 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
910 
4 
32 
3 
22 
296 
- 
acres 
696,875 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,463 
121,832 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
238 
8 
2 
9 
5 
51 
_ 
acres 
299,797 
1,533 
(D) 
(D) 
217 
130,118 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operaters number 
6,880 
28 
152 
178 
129 
1,660 
_ 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,877 
13 
16 
29 
26 
449 
- 
2 operators 
1,930 
6 
62 
43 
32 
459 
- 
3 operators 
266 
1 
4 
1 
13 
67 
- 
4 operators 
34 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
5 or more operators 
30 
- 
- 
6 
- 
15 
- 
Total women operators number 
2,701 
7 
66 
82 
51 
532 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2,360 
7 
54 
52 
33 
479 
- 
2 operators 
135 
- 
6 
- 
9 
25 
- 
3 operators 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
7 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
3,243 
20 
62 
63 
55 
876 
- 
Female 
894 
- 
20 
16 
16 
118 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,194 
6 
54 
42 
42 
662 
- 
Other 
1,943 
14 
28 
37 
29 
332 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,588 
16 
61 
71 
53 
804 
- 
Not on farm operated 
549 
4 
21 
8 
18 
190 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,590 
7 
30 
18 
28 
427 
- 
Any 
2,547 
13 
52 
61 
43 
567 
- 
1 to 49 days 
308 
2 
7 
2 
8 
122 
- 
50 to 99 days 
196 
- 
10 
7 
1 
58 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
418 
3 
4 
14 
8 
87 
- 
200 days or more 
1,625 
8 
31 
38 
26 
300 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
120 
1 
5 
4 
- 
27 
- 
3 or 4 years 
231 
1 
22 
3 
12 
43 
- 
5 to 9 years 
664 
5 
14 
12 
15 
145 
- 
1 0 years or more 
3,122 
13 
41 
60 
44 
779 
- 
Average years on present farm 
20.4 
20.9 
13.8 
21.0 
14.1 
21.8 
- 
Years eperating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
79 
- 
5 
3 
- 
19 
- 
3 or 4 years 
162 
1 
21 
1 
6 
27 
- 
5 te 9 years 
493 
3 
4 
11 
8 
94 
- 
1 0 years or more 
3,403 
16 
52 
64 
57 
854 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
23.9 
22.6 
15.9 
24.1 
17.7 
26.5 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
25 to 34 years 
160 
- 
- 
- 
2 
43 
- 
35 to 44 years 
281 
1 
19 
1 
10 
69 
- 
45 to 49 years 
327 
1 
4 
- 
14 
58 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
162 Nevada 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
