Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sully 
Todd 
Tripp 
Turner 
Union 
Walworth 
Yankton 
Ziebach 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
191 
231 
629 
794 
527 
256 
692 
240 
2007 
195 
258 
624 
722 
521 
279 
658 
234 
acres, 2012 
628,233 
859,955 
1,018,904 
384,377 
288,491 
444,739 
327,796 
1,108,230 
2007 
608,976 
869,445 
1,014,336 
371,436 
278,916 
444,128 
322,242 
1,058,403 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
138 
140 
493 
617 
418 
161 
499 
129 
2007 
158 
165 
464 
581 
420 
189 
484 
139 
acres, 2012 
471,267 
109,832 
413,149 
316,233 
246,326 
217,766 
244,777 
108,284 
TENURE 
2007 
442,378 
122,384 
372,422 
292,662 
239,918 
188,169 
228,273 
149,537 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
80 
95 
302 
359 
222 
125 
365 
85 
2007 
89 
96 
287 
333 
226 
139 
344 
86 
acres, 2012 
173,288 
320,645 
188,840 
54,711 
41,825 
106,191 
77,239 
270,756 
2007 
172,679 
305,668 
200,949 
66,810 
38,934 
97,504 
82,015 
293,121 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
41 
39 
187 
212 
123 
49 
191 
53 
2007 
57 
60 
171 
211 
134 
66 
191 
41 
acres, 2012 
99,986 
21,469 
66,230 
33,167 
25,445 
39,642 
44,163 
(D) 
2007 
114,868 
19,513 
56,987 
45,148 
24,004 
27,202 
48,596 
35,107 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
80 
108 
280 
361 
250 
110 
278 
110 
2007 
84 
115 
288 
331 
230 
120 
265 
110 
acres, 2012 
418,711 
418,803 
779,487 
293,274 
223,241 
320,406 
233,700 
647,083 
2007 
372,002 
464,758 
776,177 
286,557 
208,540 
316,013 
219,209 
620,105 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
191,522 
175,788 
401,553 
118,119 
95,099 
162,587 
100,285 
291,874 
2007 
167,910 
193,160 
356,619 
103,661 
80,946 
141,977 
109,244 
286,274 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
227,189 
243,015 
377,934 
175,155 
128,142 
157,819 
133,415 
355,209 
2007 
204,092 
271,598 
419,558 
182,896 
127,594 
174,036 
109,965 
333,831 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
77 
88 
269 
350 
241 
101 
266 
70 
2007 
83 
90 
264 
324 
227 
113 
259 
82 
acres, 2012 
345,451 
73,158 
316,385 
249,895 
199,479 
167,481 
186,688 
65,897 
2007 
281,737 
86,658 
303,778 
231,332 
187,702 
151,460 
164,101 
77,197 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
31 
28 
47 
74 
55 
21 
49 
45 
2007 
22 
47 
49 
58 
65 
20 
49 
38 
acres, 2012 
36,234 
120,507 
50,577 
36,392 
23,425 
18,142 
16,857 
190,391 
2007 
64,295 
99,019 
37,210 
18,069 
31,442 
30,611 
21,018 
145,177 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
20 
13 
37 
55 
54 
11 
42 
6 
2007 
18 
15 
29 
46 
59 
10 
34 
16 
acres, 2012 
25,830 
15,205 
30,534 
33,171 
21,402 
10,643 
13,926 
(D) 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
45,773 
16,213 
11,657 
16,182 
28,212 
9,507 
15,576 
37,233 
Total operators 
number 
313 
359 
1,035 
1,183 
771 
397 
955 
386 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
107 
133 
324 
474 
324 
144 
465 
125 
2 operators 
61 
75 
233 
266 
168 
92 
193 
91 
3 operators 
11 
19 
55 
44 
29 
17 
33 
20 
4 operators 
10 
2 
10 
7 
6 
2 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
2 
2 
7 
3 
- 
1 
1 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
81 
106 
258 
264 
152 
112 
213 
125 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
65 
102 
214 
256 
148 
94 
206 
84 
2 operators 
8 
2 
17 
4 
2 
7 
2 
19 
3 operators 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
313 
398 
997 
1,043 
725 
435 
928 
386 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
112 
157 
343 
449 
355 
150 
437 
123 
2 operators 
64 
75 
221 
232 
145 
108 
186 
88 
3 operators 
9 
16 
41 
36 
17 
17 
28 
12 
4 operators 
7 
7 
11 
3 
3 
3 
2 
8 
5 or more operators 
3 
3 
8 
2 
1 
1 
5 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
66 
110 
261 
215 
115 
112 
204 
119 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
58 
102 
240 
211 
109 
99 
188 
96 
2 operators 
4 
4 
7 
2 
1 
5 
8 
4 
3 operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 
4 operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
176 
200 
592 
776 
496 
240 
644 
215 
2007 
185 
225 
557 
694 
498 
260 
605 
213 
acres, 2012 
584,503 
805,162 
981,273 
382,343 
284,459 
432,742 
318,609 
1,013,696 
2007 
599,571 
820,402 
972,362 
369,605 
275,504 
437,957 
312,177 
993,103 
Female 
farms, 2012 
15 
31 
37 
18 
31 
16 
48 
25 
2007 
10 
33 
67 
28 
23 
19 
53 
21 
acres, 2012 
43,730 
54,793 
37,631 
2,034 
4,032 
1 1 ,997 
9,187 
94,534 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
9,405 
49,043 
41,974 
1,831 
3,412 
6,171 
10,065 
65,300 
Farming 
2012 
139 
163 
412 
456 
335 
155 
396 
174 
2007 
150 
167 
392 
440 
325 
157 
386 
168 
Other 
2012 
52 
68 
217 
338 
192 
101 
296 
66 
Place of residence: 
2007 
45 
91 
232 
282 
196 
122 
272 
66 
On farm operated 
2012 
112 
194 
469 
620 
424 
179 
489 
204 
2007 
125 
186 
442 
611 
400 
201 
498 
192 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
79 
37 
160 
174 
103 
77 
203 
36 
2007 
70 
72 
182 
111 
121 
78 
160 
42 
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2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data South Dakota 487 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
