Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
1 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Ethanol farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
11 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
262 
106 
- 
- 
- 
52 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
16,413 
2,649 
53 
40 
81 
6,558 
_ 
Part owners farms 
12,802 
6,775 
11 
2 
8 
1,161 
- 
Tenants farms 
2,774 
1,237 
5 
3 
11 
277 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
29,445 
9,527 
64 
42 
89 
7,769 
_ 
acres 
32,536,437 
10,025,749 
5,809 
3,897 
6,231 
5,881,345 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
29,215 
9,424 
64 
42 
89 
7,719 
- 
acres 
26,207,242 
9,180,381 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,090,311 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
15,696 
8,043 
16 
5 
19 
1,477 
_ 
acres 
17,286,252 
8,427,215 
956 
(D) 
781 
1,100,680 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
15,576 
8,012 
16 
5 
19 
1,438 
- 
acres 
17,049,837 
8,355,253 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,065,703 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
8,474 
2,253 
16 
8 
25 
3,648 
_ 
acres 
6,565,610 
917,330 
2,194 
1,006 
1,916 
2,826,011 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
48,987 
15,856 
116 
78 
177 
11,669 
_ 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
18,540 
6,625 
30 
16 
34 
5,170 
- 
2 operators 
11,017 
3,169 
33 
26 
55 
2,294 
- 
3 operators 
1,865 
676 
5 
2 
11 
400 
- 
4 operators 
385 
145 
- 
1 
- 
65 
- 
5 or more operators 
182 
46 
1 
- 
- 
67 
- 
Total women operators number 
12,640 
2,896 
41 
32 
67 
3,189 
_ 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
11,106 
2,628 
41 
28 
57 
2,674 
- 
2 operators 
555 
122 
- 
2 
5 
129 
- 
3 operators 
35 
4 
- 
- 
- 
14 
- 
4 operators 
11 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
41 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29,656 
10,387 
61 
40 
88 
7,086 
- 
Female 
2,333 
274 
8 
5 
12 
910 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
18,844 
8,475 
28 
15 
51 
2,538 
- 
Other 
13,145 
2,186 
41 
30 
49 
5,458 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
24,334 
8,443 
60 
33 
71 
4,745 
- 
Not on farm operated 
7,655 
2,218 
9 
12 
29 
3,251 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,049 
6,087 
21 
7 
49 
2,709 
- 
Any 
17,940 
4,574 
48 
38 
51 
5,287 
- 
1 to 49 days 
2,991 
963 
10 
8 
4 
921 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1,190 
357 
4 
4 
4 
311 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,208 
604 
3 
8 
6 
595 
- 
200 days or more 
11,551 
2,650 
31 
18 
37 
3,460 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
787 
234 
2 
1 
1 
215 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,268 
374 
10 
2 
4 
367 
- 
5 to 9 years 
3,569 
898 
12 
15 
19 
996 
- 
1 0 years or more 
26,365 
9,155 
45 
27 
76 
6,418 
- 
Average years on present farm 
25.5 
28.3 
18.9 
14.9 
21.5 
24.4 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
535 
171 
1 
1 
- 
156 
- 
3 or 4 years 
949 
299 
4 
- 
2 
276 
- 
5 to 9 years 
3,000 
774 
12 
13 
16 
881 
- 
1 0 years or more 
27,505 
9,417 
52 
31 
82 
6,683 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
27.4 
29.8 
23.7 
17.3 
24.2 
26.0 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
258 
117 
- 
- 
- 
14 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2,631 
974 
5 
- 
11 
352 
- 
35 to 44 years 
3,922 
1,398 
4 
6 
13 
744 
- 
45 to 49 years 
3,034 
1,018 
5 
2 
12 
659 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
172 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
