Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
6,459 
6,688 
Land in farms acres 
604,791 
592,787 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
947 
1,072 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1,315 
1,670 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,449 
2,527 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,255 
2,290 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
599 
544 
180 to 499 acres 
669 
675 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
7 
50 
500 acres or more 
139 
124 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
263 
347 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
92 
80 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
284 
345 
Owned land in farms farms 
6,200 
6,370 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
435 
412 
acres 
498,969 
499,489 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,174 
1,235 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,177 
2,161 
acres 
105,822 
93,298 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
5,285 
5,453 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
373,356 
386,642 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
915 
917 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
210,222 
189,563 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
6,263 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
259 
318 
acres 
21,213 
16,582 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
526 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
5,361 
5,729 
Total farms 
6,459 
6,688 
Partnerships 
452 
433 
$1,000 
220,301 
208,746 
Corporations 
544 
465 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
102 
61 
sold farms 
6,459 
6,688 
$1,000 
215,896 
205,671 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
2,903 
3,231 
and greenhouse crops farms 
2,724 
2,420 
2 operators 
2,982 
2,984 
$1,000 
89,821 
81,576 
3 operators 
454 
346 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
76 
85 
their products farms 
3,058 
3,003 
5 or more operators 
44 
42 
$1,000 
126,075 
124,096 
Government payments farms 
863 
934 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
4,405 
3,075 
1 operator 
5,752 
6,010 
2 operators 
606 
580 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
77 
81 
4 operators 
14 
15 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,351 
2,816 
5 or more operators 
10 
2 
$1,000 to $2,499 
746 
793 
$2,500 to $4,999 
666 
638 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
717 
754 
Internet access 
5,307 
4,653 
$10,000 to $24,999 
878 
691 
Dial-up service 
516 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
398 
363 
DSL service 
1,736 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
703 
633 
Cable modem service 
1,812 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
164 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
938 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
592 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
1 
8 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
157 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
179 
Other Internet service 
58 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
219 
138 
Programs payments farms 
226 
342 
acres 
34,005 
35,384 
$1,000 
426 
572 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
742 
739 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
3,979 
2,503 
1 household 
5,768 
5,886 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
538 
614 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
90 
99 
4 households 
34 
56 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
139 
100 
5 or more households 
29 
33 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
434 
292 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
300 
282 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
414 
405 
Less than 25 percent 
5,044 
5,330 
25 to 49 percent 
409 
394 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,315 
1,670 
50 to 74 percent 
360 
352 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
263 
264 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
383 
348 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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