Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification 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 
_ 
39 
19 
_ 
16 
_ 
4 
6 
9 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
12 
6 
2 
11 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
4 
11 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
4 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
29 
13 
1 
24 
1 
5 
- 
9 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
_ 
13,981 
5,581 
345 
1,873 
484 
1,559 
1,785 
5,809 
Part owners 
.... farms 
- 
2,688 
1,731 
341 
3,516 
221 
486 
197 
736 
Tenants 
.... farms 
- 
516 
353 
40 
1,209 
60 
96 
91 
323 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
_ 
16,683 
7,317 
686 
5,402 
705 
2,047 
1,984 
6,551 
acres 
- 
1,906,807 
691,214 
87,065 
940,909 
69,667 
162,120 
86,322 
351,795 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
16,669 
7,312 
686 
5,389 
705 
2,045 
1,982 
6,545 
acres 
- 
1 ,792,490 
638,053 
83,147 
917,574 
59,799 
142,641 
75,464 
319,153 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
_ 
3,230 
2,102 
383 
4,731 
284 
588 
289 
1,063 
acres 
- 
317,789 
161,451 
35,945 
683,459 
32,909 
78,734 
6,913 
51,884 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
3,204 
2,084 
381 
4,725 
281 
582 
288 
1,059 
acres 
- 
315,027 
160,158 
35,855 
682,246 
31,561 
77,966 
6,803 
51,113 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
_ 
2,381 
1,092 
68 
429 
160 
411 
326 
696 
acres 
- 
117,079 
54,454 
4,008 
24,548 
11,216 
20,247 
10,968 
33,413 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
_ 
25,262 
11,645 
1,125 
11,558 
1,221 
3,576 
3,387 
1 1 ,465 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
10,642 
4,322 
394 
2,929 
411 
967 
921 
2,937 
2 operators 
- 
5,490 
2,835 
277 
2,731 
283 
996 
1,015 
3,424 
3 operators 
- 
820 
405 
46 
729 
53 
137 
121 
413 
4 operators 
- 
156 
84 
6 
121 
10 
23 
12 
59 
5 or more operators 
- 
77 
19 
3 
88 
8 
18 
4 
35 
Total women operators 
. number 
_ 
7,264 
3,360 
230 
3,037 
331 
1,222 
1,488 
5,313 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
6,361 
2,880 
212 
2,686 
293 
1,043 
1,241 
4,260 
2 operators 
- 
376 
211 
9 
109 
10 
76 
111 
444 
3 operators 
- 
41 
14 
- 
37 
6 
5 
5 
39 
4 operators 
- 
7 
4 
- 
2 
- 
3 
1 
12 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
- 
14,820 
6,880 
697 
6,381 
688 
1,793 
1,473 
4,388 
Female 
- 
2,365 
785 
29 
217 
77 
348 
600 
2,480 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
6,423 
3,455 
523 
6,148 
472 
1,293 
736 
3,162 
Other 
- 
10,762 
4,210 
203 
450 
293 
848 
1,337 
3,706 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
- 
14,191 
6,779 
630 
6,180 
668 
1,956 
1,916 
6,216 
Not on farm operated 
- 
2,994 
886 
96 
418 
97 
185 
157 
652 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
- 
6,570 
2,540 
323 
4,393 
290 
910 
619 
2,674 
Any 
- 
10,615 
5,125 
403 
2,205 
475 
1,231 
1,454 
4,194 
1 to 49 days 
- 
1,367 
457 
62 
901 
54 
185 
119 
437 
50 to 99 days 
- 
752 
312 
47 
127 
26 
89 
70 
248 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
- 
1,400 
675 
65 
167 
64 
166 
182 
541 
200 days or more 
- 
7,096 
3,681 
229 
1,010 
331 
791 
1,083 
2,968 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
401 
215 
22 
225 
23 
74 
62 
167 
3 or 4 years 
- 
586 
357 
22 
390 
50 
149 
157 
258 
5 to 9 years 
- 
2,046 
1,092 
58 
966 
133 
357 
361 
1,127 
1 0 years or more 
- 
14,152 
6,001 
624 
5,017 
559 
1,561 
1,493 
5,316 
Average years on present farm 
- 
25.0 
23.1 
26.1 
20.9 
19.5 
19.3 
19.3 
19.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
310 
146 
16 
138 
17 
62 
40 
107 
3 or 4 years 
- 
477 
288 
20 
301 
35 
131 
128 
203 
5 to 9 years 
- 
1,830 
961 
36 
838 
108 
286 
310 
950 
1 0 years or more 
- 
14,568 
6,270 
654 
5,321 
605 
1,662 
1,595 
5,608 
Average years operating any farm 
- 
26.6 
25.0 
28.2 
22.9 
21.3 
21.3 
21.5 
21.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
49 
41 
1 
139 
11 
16 
22 
25 
25 to 34 years 
- 
557 
557 
47 
1,332 
116 
226 
140 
321 
35 to 44 years 
- 
1,426 
1,048 
127 
1,519 
167 
360 
313 
826 
45 to 49 years 
- 
1,372 
730 
78 
761 
89 
307 
222 
842 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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