Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
- 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
65 
50 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
_ 
9,297 
2,111 
69 
29 
61 
87 
177 
1,594 
Part owners 
.... farms 
- 
1,212 
2,283 
81 
57 
3 
9 
43 
356 
Tenants 
.... farms 
- 
298 
555 
7 
4 
2 
9 
31 
135 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
_ 
10,548 
4,442 
150 
86 
64 
96 
228 
1,956 
acres 
- 
6,462,290 
4,208,101 
154,464 
90,919 
7,542 
11,551 
54,319 
689,869 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
10,509 
4,394 
150 
86 
64 
96 
220 
1,950 
acres 
- 
3,728,429 
3,510,430 
132,160 
75,035 
5,440 
4,431 
24,343 
419,908 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
_ 
1,553 
2,852 
88 
61 
5 
20 
74 
503 
acres 
- 
1 ,243,454 
2,616,683 
71,588 
39,640 
4,479 
2,376 
16,318 
694,476 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
1,510 
2,838 
88 
61 
5 
18 
74 
491 
acres 
- 
1,193,967 
2,597,843 
71,588 
39,640 
4,479 
2,160 
15,848 
692,164 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
_ 
5,305 
1,404 
41 
16 
13 
25 
73 
525 
acres 
- 
2,783,348 
716,511 
22,304 
15,884 
2,102 
7,336 
30,446 
272,273 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
_ 
14,884 
7,589 
274 
158 
115 
166 
412 
3,296 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
7,595 
2,730 
61 
40 
30 
52 
102 
1,014 
2 operators 
- 
2,632 
1,881 
78 
33 
28 
45 
139 
961 
3 operators 
- 
411 
271 
16 
16 
3 
8 
8 
84 
4 operators 
- 
103 
56 
1 
1 
5 
- 
2 
22 
5 or more operators 
- 
66 
11 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Total women operators 
. number 
- 
4,660 
2,128 
82 
42 
41 
66 
153 
1,249 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
4,039 
2,010 
78 
38 
32 
66 
149 
1,150 
2 operators 
- 
154 
44 
2 
2 
- 
- 
2 
42 
3 operators 
- 
66 
10 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
5 
4 operators 
- 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
- 
8,586 
4,623 
151 
87 
60 
77 
215 
1,756 
Female 
- 
2,221 
326 
6 
3 
6 
28 
36 
329 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
2,918 
2,894 
95 
84 
23 
38 
100 
713 
Other 
- 
7,889 
2,055 
62 
6 
43 
67 
151 
1,372 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
- 
4,439 
4,066 
130 
84 
55 
95 
231 
1,667 
Not on farm operated 
- 
6,368 
883 
27 
6 
11 
10 
20 
418 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
- 
4,227 
1,775 
66 
75 
16 
25 
65 
593 
Any 
- 
6,580 
3,174 
91 
15 
50 
80 
186 
1,492 
1 to 49 days 
- 
901 
452 
9 
4 
3 
4 
11 
124 
50 to 99 days 
- 
405 
220 
4 
1 
- 
2 
13 
91 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
- 
888 
558 
21 
- 
9 
15 
10 
204 
200 days or more 
- 
4,386 
1,944 
57 
10 
38 
59 
152 
1,073 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
299 
163 
3 
- 
4 
12 
7 
42 
3 or 4 years 
- 
371 
275 
2 
- 
10 
3 
34 
78 
5 to 9 years 
- 
1,168 
564 
13 
6 
6 
30 
31 
259 
1 0 years or more 
- 
8,969 
3,947 
139 
84 
46 
60 
179 
1,706 
Average years on present farm 
- 
27.1 
24.4 
25.6 
26.3 
18.5 
15.7 
19.8 
21.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
222 
113 
3 
- 
1 
10 
7 
21 
3 or 4 years 
- 
330 
223 
2 
- 
10 
2 
19 
56 
5 to 9 years 
- 
1,057 
499 
9 
5 
3 
30 
21 
199 
1 0 years or more 
- 
9,198 
4,114 
143 
85 
52 
63 
204 
1,809 
Average years operating any farm 
- 
28.5 
26.1 
27.6 
28.6 
21.8 
17.1 
22.0 
23.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
30 
88 
1 
1 
- 
5 
2 
8 
25 to 34 years 
- 
355 
543 
10 
1 
2 
11 
22 
143 
35 to 44 years 
- 
768 
713 
34 
17 
11 
15 
39 
243 
45 to 49 years 
- 
579 
472 
15 
14 
11 
15 
32 
235 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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