Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Jefferson 
Kings 
Lewis 
Livingston 
Madison 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Nassau 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
876 
10 
634 
661 
838 
475 
659 
55 
2007 
885 
1 
616 
792 
744 
585 
604 
59 
acres, 2012 
290,811 
(D) 
181,741 
194,945 
187,496 
98,676 
131,386 
2,682 
2007 
262,331 
(D) 
167,249 
222,415 
188,320 
133,041 
124,556 
1,288 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
697 
10 
482 
469 
617 
347 
554 
25 
2007 
715 
1 
456 
534 
561 
421 
473 
22 
acres, 2012 
158,317 
(D) 
88,248 
138,110 
99,211 
72,795 
76,159 
(D) 
TENURE 
2007 
147,726 
(D) 
82,977 
146,753 
98,579 
93,282 
70,982 
218 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
603 
1 
413 
424 
522 
333 
421 
42 
2007 
598 
- 
406 
525 
474 
396 
413 
45 
acres, 2012 
120,678 
(D) 
76,997 
48,324 
72,567 
21,589 
48,082 
(D) 
2007 
114,831 
71,152 
61,905 
64,357 
38,074 
53,789 
1,013 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
446 
1 
286 
253 
332 
218 
334 
14 
2007 
447 
- 
272 
293 
307 
264 
298 
14 
acres, 2012 
45,029 
(D) 
23,036 
21,148 
25,041 
6,771 
21,084 
48 
2007 
47,426 
22,549 
20,547 
19,534 
13,819 
23,433 
59 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
256 
_ 
199 
204 
285 
124 
217 
5 
2007 
263 
- 
190 
243 
250 
164 
168 
5 
acres, 2012 
164,697 
- 
93,927 
137,716 
107,669 
73,505 
80,560 
(D) 
2007 
142,304 
- 
86,911 
155,794 
115,945 
92,958 
67,485 
110 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
98,163 
- 
63,210 
82,734 
67,376 
39,966 
46,701 
146 
2007 
89,733 
- 
57,311 
93,246 
77,698 
40,012 
40,776 
(D) 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
66,534 
- 
30,717 
54,982 
40,293 
33,539 
33,859 
(D) 
2007 
52,571 
- 
29,600 
62,548 
38,247 
52,946 
26,709 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
241 
- 
176 
189 
264 
115 
206 
5 
2007 
249 
- 
172 
220 
238 
140 
162 
4 
acres, 2012 
109,558 
- 
61,095 
110,043 
69,707 
62,848 
54,129 
208 
2007 
96,254 
- 
58,018 
122,486 
73,840 
77,782 
45,583 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
17 
9 
22 
33 
31 
18 
21 
8 
2007 
24 
1 
20 
24 
20 
25 
23 
9 
acres, 2012 
5,436 
(D) 
10,817 
8,905 
7,260 
3,582 
2,744 
(D) 
2007 
5,196 
(D) 
9,186 
4,716 
8,018 
2,009 
3,282 
165 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
10 
9 
20 
27 
21 
14 
14 
6 
2007 
19 
1 
12 
21 
16 
17 
13 
4 
acres, 2012 
3,730 
11 
4,117 
6,919 
4,463 
3,176 
946 
(D) 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
4,046 
(D) 
2,410 
3,720 
5,205 
1,681 
1,966 
(D) 
Total operators 
number 
1,411 
22 
1,012 
1,048 
1,372 
792 
1,095 
128 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
419 
2 
307 
339 
408 
224 
314 
19 
2 operators 
394 
4 
285 
278 
345 
198 
278 
28 
3 operators 
53 
4 
35 
33 
71 
43 
56 
5 
4 operators 
8 
- 
6 
3 
10 
7 
6 
2 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
1 
8 
4 
3 
5 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
465 
7 
332 
341 
461 
297 
357 
48 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
436 
3 
308 
287 
394 
225 
323 
24 
2 operators 
10 
2 
12 
23 
32 
36 
17 
7 
3 operators 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
1 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
1,391 
2 
1,014 
1,254 
1,284 
943 
954 
97 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
465 
- 
271 
434 
319 
316 
307 
29 
2 operators 
366 
1 
297 
281 
351 
203 
256 
24 
3 operators 
34 
- 
43 
61 
51 
52 
33 
4 
4 operators 
15 
- 
5 
8 
13 
9 
4 
2 
5 or more operators 
5 
" 
8 
10 
5 
4 
" 
Total women operators 
number 
431 
1 
334 
366 
428 
318 
318 
33 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
402 
1 
296 
311 
380 
233 
276 
29 
2 operators 
10 
- 
19 
18 
19 
32 
18 
2 
3 operators 
3 
- 
- 
5 
2 
7 
2 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
738 
10 
564 
532 
687 
331 
538 
37 
2007 
753 
1 
562 
677 
612 
453 
480 
39 
acres, 2012 
271,888 
(D) 
173,516 
185,083 
169,163 
92,907 
115,685 
(D) 
2007 
242,325 
(D) 
160,835 
211,521 
171,987 
127,676 
110,956 
1,046 
Female 
farms, 2012 
138 
_ 
70 
129 
151 
144 
121 
18 
2007 
132 
- 
54 
115 
132 
132 
124 
20 
acres, 2012 
18,923 
- 
8,225 
9,862 
18,333 
5,769 
15,701 
(D) 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
20,006 
6,414 
10,894 
16,333 
5,365 
13,600 
242 
Farming 
2012 
503 
6 
383 
369 
488 
317 
443 
26 
2007 
482 
1 
393 
417 
414 
324 
393 
24 
Other 
2012 
373 
4 
251 
292 
350 
158 
216 
29 
Place of residence: 
2007 
403 
" 
223 
375 
330 
261 
211 
35 
On farm operated 
2012 
783 
1 
563 
534 
737 
398 
604 
26 
2007 
782 
1 
530 
674 
667 
456 
560 
20 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
93 
9 
71 
127 
101 
77 
55 
29 
2007 
103 
- 
86 
118 
77 
129 
44 
39 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data New York 505 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
