Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Codington 
Corson 
Custer 
Davison 
Day 
Deuel 
Dewey 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
713 
323 
446 
427 
693 
664 
342 
2007 
663 
392 
359 
406 
675 
583 
410 
acres, 2012 
369,235 
1,242,269 
623,206 
275,291 
570,125 
341,853 
1,181,719 
2007 
367,107 
1 ,283,038 
601,129 
279,524 
567,218 
317,164 
1,449,585 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
462 
218 
141 
298 
389 
424 
215 
2007 
415 
288 
130 
302 
422 
364 
257 
acres, 2012 
227,518 
295,332 
18,984 
194,255 
328,825 
178,764 
165,496 
TENURE 
2007 
207,057 
293,028 
15,895 
187,268 
280,644 
157,295 
191,666 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
435 
145 
336 
246 
386 
406 
165 
2007 
405 
160 
236 
201 
414 
347 
185 
acres, 2012 
112,101 
227,386 
355,462 
51,298 
141,647 
98,411 
245,846 
2007 
106,495 
235,951 
317,035 
33,410 
196,586 
103,950 
296,524 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
221 
83 
109 
128 
130 
198 
88 
2007 
186 
90 
78 
118 
183 
152 
89 
acres, 2012 
51,502 
77,234 
(D) 
22,200 
45,348 
34,010 
27,331 
2007 
37,679 
59,771 
10,246 
14,757 
61,635 
29,038 
52,487 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
215 
147 
90 
144 
249 
224 
146 
2007 
209 
188 
96 
179 
224 
195 
185 
acres, 2012 
226,166 
904,884 
221,133 
199,296 
384,991 
228,673 
769,649 
2007 
242,815 
902,984 
246,335 
228,612 
344,785 
186,796 
966,230 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
1 1 1 ,874 
485,330 
115,177 
69,678 
202,870 
106,830 
340,360 
2007 
112,692 
473,320 
142,413 
92,074 
180,969 
88,837 
376,730 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
114,292 
419,554 
105,956 
129,618 
182,121 
121,843 
429,289 
2007 
130,123 
429,664 
103,922 
136,538 
163,816 
97,959 
589,500 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
203 
117 
30 
136 
215 
202 
114 
2007 
200 
168 
43 
166 
213 
178 
148 
acres, 2012 
154,669 
200,804 
4,749 
151,151 
252,654 
134,484 
133,241 
2007 
155,245 
210,953 
(D) 
159,537 
202,449 
112,171 
126,657 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
63 
31 
20 
37 
58 
34 
31 
2007 
49 
44 
27 
26 
37 
41 
40 
acres, 2012 
30,968 
109,999 
46,611 
24,697 
43,487 
14,769 
166,224 
2007 
17,797 
144,103 
37,759 
17,502 
25,847 
26,418 
186,831 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
38 
18 
2 
34 
44 
24 
13 
2007 
29 
30 
9 
18 
26 
34 
20 
acres, 2012 
21,347 
17,294 
(D) 
20,904 
30,823 
10,270 
4,924 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
14,133 
22,304 
(D) 
12,974 
16,560 
16,086 
12,522 
Total operators 
number 
1,043 
522 
754 
605 
974 
1,005 
551 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
427 
165 
183 
271 
466 
388 
186 
2 operators 
251 
132 
225 
138 
179 
229 
112 
3 operators 
26 
18 
31 
14 
43 
41 
37 
4 operators 
9 
3 
7 
4 
4 
1 
6 
5 or more operators 
- 
5 
- 
- 
1 
5 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
266 
144 
283 
163 
238 
248 
176 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
246 
133 
246 
147 
208 
216 
130 
2 operators 
10 
4 
17 
8 
12 
16 
17 
3 operators 
- 
1 
1 
- 
2 
- 
4 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
970 
607 
605 
568 
978 
821 
639 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
408 
233 
158 
273 
449 
373 
238 
2 operators 
216 
122 
169 
112 
167 
189 
129 
3 operators 
29 
26 
21 
17 
41 
14 
36 
4 operators 
9 
7 
10 
2 
18 
7 
4 
5 or more operators 
1 
4 
1 
2 
- 
- 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
230 
144 
231 
149 
254 
188 
177 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
218 
134 
193 
120 
222 
180 
148 
2 operators 
6 
1 
16 
7 
11 
4 
13 
3 operators 
- 
- 
2 
5 
2 
- 
1 
4 operators 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
657 
300 
370 
393 
630 
606 
300 
2007 
615 
366 
304 
379 
602 
543 
378 
acres, 2012 
358,478 
1,192,515 
559,560 
271,362 
538,634 
330,339 
1 ,098,293 
2007 
358,601 
1 ,239,892 
533,508 
275,877 
541,267 
304,555 
1,364,611 
Female 
farms, 2012 
56 
23 
76 
34 
63 
58 
42 
2007 
48 
26 
55 
27 
73 
40 
32 
acres, 2012 
10,757 
49,754 
63,646 
3,929 
31,491 
11,514 
83,426 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
8,506 
43,146 
67,621 
3,647 
25,951 
12,609 
84,974 
Farming 
2012 
318 
256 
242 
206 
319 
356 
190 
2007 
302 
277 
174 
210 
393 
323 
267 
Other 
2012 
395 
67 
204 
221 
374 
308 
152 
Place of residence: 
2007 
361 
115 
185 
196 
282 
260 
143 
On farm operated 
2012 
577 
245 
390 
364 
484 
468 
278 
2007 
499 
292 
322 
344 
473 
434 
323 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
136 
78 
56 
63 
209 
196 
64 
2007 
164 
100 
37 
62 
202 
149 
87 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data South Dakota 481 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
