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 
- 
1 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
52 
87 
7 
1 
- 
1 
- 
8 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
_ 
6,558 
3,752 
192 
128 
118 
160 
499 
2,183 
Part owners 
.... farms 
- 
1,161 
3,637 
388 
132 
94 
17 
125 
452 
Tenants 
.... farms 
- 
277 
899 
66 
16 
11 
9 
66 
174 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
_ 
7,769 
7,456 
582 
260 
212 
177 
624 
2,643 
acres 
- 
5,881,345 
11,581,522 
631,053 
98,826 
158,703 
79,914 
300,467 
3,762,921 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
7,719 
7,389 
580 
260 
212 
177 
624 
2,635 
acres 
- 
3,090,311 
10,088,990 
603,305 
92,497 
144,083 
62,348 
272,010 
2,662,496 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
_ 
1,477 
4,572 
454 
149 
107 
27 
192 
635 
acres 
- 
1,100,680 
6,546,244 
389,273 
77,589 
69,282 
(D) 
80,630 
585,212 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
1,438 
4,536 
454 
148 
105 
26 
191 
626 
acres 
- 
1,065,703 
6,425,535 
387,529 
77,429 
69,168 
8,182 
78,840 
580,334 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
_ 
3,648 
1,703 
94 
29 
39 
38 
131 
490 
acres 
- 
2,826,011 
1,613,241 
29,492 
6,489 
14,734 
17,647 
30,247 
1,105,303 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
_ 
11,669 
13,004 
1,018 
450 
444 
385 
1,089 
4,701 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
5,170 
4,455 
349 
150 
109 
62 
324 
1,216 
2 operators 
- 
2,294 
3,159 
241 
84 
84 
95 
340 
1,437 
3 operators 
- 
400 
530 
41 
37 
17 
19 
19 
108 
4 operators 
- 
65 
119 
12 
4 
3 
2 
7 
27 
5 or more operators 
- 
67 
25 
3 
1 
10 
8 
- 
21 
Total women operators 
. number 
_ 
3,189 
3,636 
186 
96 
101 
128 
413 
1,855 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
2,674 
3,238 
174 
84 
65 
106 
374 
1,637 
2 operators 
- 
129 
176 
6 
6 
2 
8 
12 
87 
3 operators 
- 
14 
8 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 
2 
4 operators 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
5 or more operators 
- 
35 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
3 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
- 
7,086 
7,756 
637 
263 
222 
145 
620 
2,351 
Female 
- 
910 
532 
9 
13 
1 
41 
70 
458 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
2,538 
5,387 
530 
240 
170 
81 
256 
1,073 
Other 
- 
5,458 
2,901 
116 
36 
53 
105 
434 
1,736 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
- 
4,745 
6,811 
519 
248 
181 
162 
604 
2,457 
Not on farm operated 
- 
3,251 
1,477 
127 
28 
42 
24 
86 
352 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
- 
2,709 
3,551 
409 
176 
116 
38 
148 
738 
Any 
- 
5,287 
4,737 
237 
100 
107 
148 
542 
2,071 
1 to 49 days 
- 
921 
724 
52 
14 
10 
20 
48 
217 
50 to 99 days 
- 
311 
334 
14 
2 
4 
11 
30 
115 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
- 
595 
652 
26 
16 
11 
13 
63 
211 
200 days or more 
- 
3,460 
3,027 
145 
68 
82 
104 
401 
1,528 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
215 
202 
12 
7 
9 
2 
38 
64 
3 or 4 years 
- 
367 
332 
25 
13 
6 
18 
29 
88 
5 to 9 years 
- 
996 
1,014 
63 
35 
23 
36 
114 
344 
1 0 years or more 
- 
6,418 
6,740 
546 
221 
185 
130 
509 
2,313 
Average years on present farm 
- 
24.4 
25.3 
27.6 
24.3 
24.0 
16.4 
20.1 
21.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
156 
133 
10 
5 
5 
1 
23 
29 
3 or 4 years 
- 
276 
243 
22 
3 
5 
13 
18 
64 
5 to 9 years 
- 
881 
834 
48 
28 
19 
30 
89 
256 
1 0 years or more 
- 
6,683 
7,078 
566 
240 
194 
142 
560 
2,460 
Average years operating any farm 
- 
26.0 
27.4 
29.3 
26.8 
26.0 
18.7 
23.1 
23.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
14 
101 
3 
1 
- 
- 
18 
4 
25 to 34 years 
- 
352 
925 
73 
27 
28 
16 
52 
168 
35 to 44 years 
- 
744 
1,102 
95 
61 
30 
20 
125 
324 
45 to 49 years 
- 
659 
813 
75 
40 
28 
24 
73 
285 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
South Dakota 173 
