Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with a woman operator 1 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
New York 
17,645 
18,750 
2,635,328 
6,459 
604,791 
Counties 
Albany 
276 
288 
21,966 
144 
9,633 
Allegany 
379 
407 
57,142 
106 
16,475 
Broome 
309 
322 
36,619 
116 
9,152 
Cattaraugus 
469 
485 
68,541 
163 
16,917 
Cayuga 
378 
417 
55,947 
135 
10,135 
Chautauqua 
663 
690 
86,236 
182 
13,559 
Chemung 
185 
195 
25,948 
65 
8,259 
Chenango 
407 
421 
65,761 
155 
19,990 
Clinton 
294 
305 
51,636 
80 
9,796 
Columbia 
263 
284 
35,161 
112 
9,693 
Cortland 
275 
295 
44,963 
98 
13,193 
Delaware 
371 
395 
63,997 
131 
15,121 
Dutchess 
363 
392 
41,195 
222 
20,109 
Erie 
544 
581 
48,687 
238 
11,513 
Essex 
148 
165 
26,774 
55 
5,848 
Franklin 
347 
356 
60,435 
94 
16,648 
Fulton 
95 
102 
7,970 
44 
2,676 
Genesee 
255 
268 
66,969 
82 
8,332 
Greene 
136 
141 
18,652 
45 
4,149 
Hamilton 
20 
20 
1,388 
6 
205 
Herkimer 
331 
341 
58,096 
91 
13,824 
Jefferson 
447 
460 
121,946 
138 
18,923 
Kings 
5 
7 
7 
- 
- 
Lewis 
320 
329 
92,951 
70 
8,225 
Livingston 
310 
333 
39,940 
129 
9,862 
Madison 
426 
457 
75,799 
151 
18,333 
Monroe 
261 
292 
27,991 
144 
5,769 
Montgomery 
334 
347 
48,970 
121 
15,701 
Nassau 
32 
40 
2,060 
18 
(D) 
New York 
4 
5 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
Niagara 
400 
423 
41,091 
134 
7,923 
Oneida 
519 
560 
74,581 
193 
16,833 
Onondaga 
350 
382 
45,067 
173 
10,487 
Ontario 
412 
438 
59,769 
155 
12,374 
Orange 
357 
414 
34,597 
194 
12,042 
Orleans 
216 
227 
20,857 
69 
4,542 
Oswego 
338 
355 
37,840 
133 
9,281 
Otsego 
538 
567 
80,417 
180 
18,630 
Putnam 
51 
54 
3,473 
29 
1,012 
Queens 
3 
7 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
Rensselaer 
240 
265 
28,798 
97 
7,541 
Richmond 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
Rockland 
20 
20 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
St. Lawrence 
555 
569 
154,586 
185 
34,442 
Saratoga 
329 
354 
37,261 
137 
8,378 
Schenectady 
82 
93 
8,189 
37 
3,157 
Schoharie 
263 
278 
43,739 
85 
10,226 
Schuyler 
208 
226 
23,635 
77 
6,279 
Seneca 
307 
318 
48,483 
68 
4,498 
Steuben 
754 
794 
142,986 
231 
31,599 
Suffolk 
317 
363 
16,459 
133 
6,297 
Sullivan 
174 
182 
24,803 
85 
6,968 
Tioga 
306 
316 
51,208 
112 
12,595 
Tompkins 
311 
331 
33,163 
144 
8,530 
Ulster 
241 
270 
24,173 
103 
11,043 
Warren 
52 
54 
3,360 
22 
1,396 
Washington 
465 
488 
72,256 
149 
13,085 
Wayne 
378 
395 
53,609 
160 
9,804 
Westchester 
86 
110 
5,156 
54 
3,337 
Wyoming 
296 
315 
59,173 
100 
11,966 
Yates 
427 
439 
52,297 
69 
6,417 
Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
New York 519 
