Table 46. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Land in farms 
Flarvested 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 
Nevada 
894 
314,174 
255 
26,145 
84,729 
180 
109 
172 
237 
140 
56 
Counties 
Churchill 
114 
7,982 
62 
2,206 
10,104 
12 
32 
32 
16 
16 
6 
Clark 
87 
2,940 
17 
116 
1,003 
14 
2 
27 
34 
8 
2 
Douglas 
79 
3,282 
30 
638 
(D) 
11 
19 
22 
7 
9 
11 
Elko 
84 
123,590 
13 
1,853 
1,161 
19 
5 
8 
30 
19 
3 
Esmeralda 
6 
2,472 
- 
- 
51 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
Eureka 
14 
26,331 
9 
7,902 
(D) 
1 
2 
9 
2 
- 
- 
Flumboldt 
65 
88,619 
11 
1,291 
656 
19 
1 
5 
32 
7 
1 
Lander 
17 
21,830 
3 
(D) 
1,765 
5 
1 
3 
6 
1 
1 
Lincoln 
32 
2,423 
11 
860 
(D) 
11 
5 
3 
5 
7 
1 
Lyon 
117 
9,257 
29 
3,311 
2,478 
19 
21 
21 
31 
18 
7 
Mineral 
44 
(D) 
31 
1,111 
233 
7 
_ 
6 
19 
6 
6 
Nye 
41 
9,058 
11 
3,559 
(D) 
15 
2 
8 
6 
9 
1 
Pershing 
16 
3,299 
9 
1,860 
808 
- 
- 
6 
6 
1 
3 
Storey 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Washoe 
153 
8,969 
15 
322 
1,108 
42 
19 
19 
38 
24 
11 
White Pine 
14 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
127 
- 
- 
2 
1 
8 
3 
Carson City 
11 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
- 
1 
4 
1 
- 
Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with a woman operator ' 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Nevada 
2,502 
2,637 
1 ,723,540 
894 
314,174 
Counties 
Churchill 
374 
383 
55,920 
114 
7,982 
Clark 
165 
169 
10,743 
87 
2,940 
Douglas 
181 
194 
14,716 
79 
3,282 
Elko 
339 
348 
493,104 
84 
123,590 
Esmeralda 
21 
21 
13,118 
6 
2,472 
Eureka 
54 
61 
126,267 
14 
26,331 
Flumboldt 
217 
223 
235,160 
65 
88,619 
Lander 
63 
65 
141,418 
17 
21,830 
Lincoln 
88 
90 
16,736 
32 
2,423 
Lyon 
300 
315 
89,221 
117 
9,257 
Mineral 
73 
74 
(D) 
44 
(D) 
Nye 
128 
136 
(D) 
41 
9,058 
Pershing 
78 
91 
184,448 
16 
3,299 
Storey 
5 
5 
85 
- 
- 
Washoe 
326 
366 
42,603 
153 
8,969 
White Pine 
76 
82 
(D) 
14 
(D) 
Carson City 
14 
14 
(D) 
11 
(D) 
' 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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