Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Jackson 
Jerauld 
Jones 
Kingsbury 
Lake 
Lawrence 
Lincoln 
Lyman 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
299 
233 
163 
518 
502 
312 
899 
430 
2007 
297 
239 
163 
551 
514 
301 
855 
443 
acres, 2012 
1,157,939 
332,835 
612,384 
521,142 
261,757 
158,746 
365,530 
1,028,579 
2007 
1,184,156 
328,624 
519,314 
477,481 
314,946 
133,503 
332,762 
976,457 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
167 
158 
108 
389 
344 
158 
659 
297 
2007 
202 
177 
118 
432 
379 
189 
694 
275 
acres, 2012 
112,298 
167,930 
177,558 
349,567 
189,340 
17,462 
319,035 
348,828 
TENURE 
2007 
155,476 
161,543 
132,121 
311,329 
231,395 
24,779 
290,117 
321,626 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
159 
97 
88 
203 
256 
248 
459 
234 
2007 
136 
112 
85 
263 
237 
206 
410 
231 
acres, 2012 
512,042 
40,481 
220,466 
117,376 
42,493 
65,135 
48,171 
367,187 
2007 
500,178 
49,514 
132,736 
130,588 
49,619 
42,704 
50,895 
286,345 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
83 
42 
50 
102 
135 
119 
240 
127 
2007 
77 
59 
45 
166 
122 
122 
273 
94 
acres, 2012 
42,282 
16,078 
65,499 
63,408 
20,706 
9,255 
26,739 
97,936 
2007 
45,363 
18,332 
34,384 
71,712 
23,938 
7,398 
31,942 
74,841 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
109 
97 
58 
260 
209 
53 
352 
163 
2007 
135 
95 
61 
221 
235 
78 
335 
159 
acres, 2012 
619,144 
263,453 
370,491 
370,882 
207,589 
78,560 
287,728 
595,097 
2007 
623,143 
246,019 
343,543 
308,378 
243,135 
83,047 
242,527 
609,166 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
321,020 
110,616 
203,730 
167,751 
85,249 
43,720 
86,941 
318,464 
2007 
332,966 
91,765 
226,003 
142,595 
106,058 
39,157 
102,943 
321 ,394 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
298,124 
152,837 
166,761 
203,131 
122,340 
34,840 
200,787 
276,633 
2007 
290,177 
154,254 
117,540 
165,783 
137,077 
43,890 
139,584 
287,772 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
77 
92 
51 
244 
179 
32 
347 
154 
2007 
114 
93 
60 
210 
218 
56 
325 
151 
acres, 2012 
67,856 
133,873 
100,534 
263,136 
157,753 
7,677 
266,724 
238,823 
2007 
85,427 
118,518 
82,538 
210,151 
186,843 
16,089 
222,345 
233,779 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
31 
39 
17 
55 
37 
11 
88 
33 
2007 
26 
32 
17 
67 
42 
17 
110 
53 
acres, 2012 
26,753 
28,901 
21,427 
32,884 
1 1 ,675 
15,051 
29,631 
66,295 
2007 
60,835 
33,091 
43,035 
38,515 
22,192 
7,752 
39,340 
80,946 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
7 
24 
7 
43 
30 
7 
72 
16 
2007 
11 
25 
13 
56 
39 
11 
96 
30 
acres, 2012 
2,160 
17,979 
1 1 ,525 
23,023 
10,881 
530 
25,572 
12,069 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
24,686 
24,693 
15,199 
29,466 
20,614 
1,292 
35,830 
13,006 
Total operators 
number 
463 
309 
263 
748 
748 
529 
1,310 
637 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
170 
163 
88 
328 
310 
123 
549 
269 
2 operators 
101 
64 
61 
157 
166 
172 
301 
117 
3 operators 
23 
6 
6 
28 
21 
11 
39 
42 
4 operators 
4 
- 
6 
3 
4 
1 
8 
2 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
2 
2 
1 
5 
2 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
119 
56 
73 
180 
208 
202 
289 
144 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
113 
52 
61 
172 
172 
176 
263 
112 
2 operators 
3 
2 
6 
4 
6 
3 
10 
16 
3 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
459 
335 
246 
828 
753 
475 
1,229 
655 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
160 
154 
102 
335 
304 
157 
534 
291 
2 operators 
117 
77 
46 
166 
187 
121 
276 
105 
3 operators 
15 
5 
10 
42 
17 
18 
38 
36 
4 operators 
5 
3 
3 
5 
6 
4 
6 
9 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
2 
3 
- 
1 
1 
2 
Total women operators 
number 
130 
67 
57 
171 
189 
148 
285 
144 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
121 
63 
49 
161 
177 
132 
265 
128 
2 operators 
3 
2 
4 
5 
6 
8 
10 
8 
3 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
281 
223 
145 
464 
461 
272 
847 
399 
2007 
269 
225 
146 
515 
483 
275 
816 
389 
acres, 2012 
1,088,522 
327,031 
578,024 
505,366 
253,318 
(D) 
359,142 
1,009,963 
2007 
1,148,920 
322,679 
492,130 
463,534 
310,881 
127,590 
328,062 
932,505 
Female 
farms, 2012 
18 
10 
18 
54 
41 
40 
52 
31 
2007 
28 
14 
17 
36 
31 
26 
39 
54 
acres, 2012 
69,417 
5,804 
34,360 
15,776 
8,439 
(D) 
6,388 
18,616 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
35,236 
5,945 
27,184 
13,947 
4,065 
5,913 
4,700 
43,952 
Farming 
2012 
211 
116 
119 
332 
259 
131 
452 
231 
2007 
229 
137 
111 
323 
281 
129 
467 
241 
Other 
2012 
88 
117 
44 
186 
243 
181 
447 
199 
Place of residence: 
2007 
68 
102 
52 
228 
233 
172 
388 
202 
On farm operated 
2012 
254 
131 
103 
421 
396 
282 
739 
269 
2007 
239 
160 
108 
405 
420 
271 
684 
221 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
45 
102 
60 
97 
106 
30 
160 
161 
2007 
58 
79 
55 
146 
94 
30 
171 
222 
--continued 
484 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
