Table 46. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Land in farms 
Harvested cropland 
Market 
value of 
agricultural 
products 
sold 
($1,000) 
Farms by economic class and primary occupation 
Farming 
Other than farming 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
State Total 
South Dakota 
2,333 
1,795,145 
933 
346,702 
197,106 
167 
177 
518 
490 
449 
532 
Counties 
Aurora 
25 
8,481 
16 
4,083 
1,084 
2 
_ 
7 
11 
1 
4 
Beadle 
30 
5,286 
15 
2,248 
1,149 
1 
1 
3 
3 
10 
12 
Bennett 
11 
6,888 
5 
2,187 
576 
- 
- 
3 
- 
4 
4 
Bon Homme 
36 
5,346 
18 
3,116 
1,045 
3 
- 
7 
4 
9 
13 
Brookings 
83 
15,292 
26 
6,678 
3,708 
18 
12 
10 
11 
12 
20 
Brown 
108 
34,158 
51 
18,201 
11,148 
7 
17 
17 
18 
18 
31 
Brule 
11 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
3 
3 
1 
4 
Buffalo 
7 
832 
1 
(D) 
45 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Butte 
67 
42,213 
28 
1,335 
1,481 
2 
14 
30 
12 
3 
6 
Campbell 
13 
1,511 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
2 
10 
1 
Charles Mix 
43 
38,373 
17 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
5 
3 
4 
10 
18 
Clark 
54 
9,915 
5 
1,554 
861 
2 
2 
6 
21 
17 
6 
Clay 
36 
3,118 
17 
1,869 
601 
4 
- 
10 
13 
3 
6 
Codington 
56 
10,757 
30 
3,520 
1,454 
2 
7 
5 
12 
16 
14 
Corson 
23 
49,754 
8 
5,662 
2,527 
- 
- 
18 
- 
1 
4 
Custer 
76 
63,646 
18 
1,921 
2,976 
12 
2 
21 
25 
6 
10 
Davison 
34 
3,929 
14 
2,271 
1,187 
- 
- 
6 
17 
3 
8 
Day 
63 
31,491 
29 
7,851 
4,337 
2 
8 
8 
10 
6 
29 
Deuel 
58 
11,514 
12 
2,154 
1,077 
4 
7 
9 
23 
11 
4 
Dewey 
42 
83,426 
20 
6,501 
3,324 
- 
2 
9 
8 
4 
19 
Douglas 
20 
4,250 
11 
2,250 
1,260 
_ 
_ 
13 
3 
2 
2 
Edmunds 
20 
5,988 
8 
2,206 
3,422 
- 
1 
3 
5 
6 
5 
Fall River 
47 
42,833 
4 
263 
844 
3 
2 
12 
21 
6 
3 
Faulk 
13 
14,214 
8 
8,569 
3,574 
- 
- 
5 
- 
3 
5 
Grant 
48 
4,939 
16 
1,148 
824 
8 
13 
4 
6 
15 
2 
Gregory 
26 
10,378 
19 
1,996 
2,729 
1 
4 
9 
5 
5 
2 
Haakon 
24 
27,673 
4 
2,340 
715 
1 
2 
7 
2 
10 
2 
Hamlin 
29 
2,113 
4 
477 
1,998 
6 
2 
3 
2 
9 
7 
Hand 
20 
8,258 
12 
5,268 
2,304 
1 
- 
4 
6 
5 
4 
Hanson 
24 
1,909 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
5 
11 
8 
Harding 
12 
90,296 
6 
2,581 
2,967 
- 
- 
12 
- 
- 
- 
Hughes 
37 
7,971 
15 
1,966 
361 
2 
5 
3 
13 
12 
2 
Hutchinson 
40 
8,088 
19 
5,007 
1,474 
- 
1 
8 
3 
14 
14 
Hyde 
19 
22,508 
7 
15,742 
7,328 
- 
- 
7 
4 
1 
7 
Jackson 
18 
69,417 
9 
1,731 
1,353 
3 
2 
2 
- 
2 
9 
Jerauld 
10 
5,804 
6 
2,546 
868 
- 
- 
5 
1 
1 
3 
Jones 
18 
34,360 
10 
5,737 
2,559 
- 
- 
8 
1 
5 
4 
Kingsbury 
54 
15,776 
28 
7,045 
5,247 
5 
- 
10 
8 
7 
24 
Lake 
41 
8,439 
15 
3,412 
2,446 
2 
- 
9 
10 
12 
8 
Lawrence 
40 
(D) 
29 
2,372 
906 
1 
5 
9 
18 
5 
2 
Lincoln 
52 
6,388 
25 
3,724 
13,258 
2 
4 
4 
17 
7 
18 
Lyman 
31 
18,616 
10 
2,072 
944 
- 
- 
8 
11 
10 
2 
McCook 
17 
1,818 
3 
(D) 
208 
- 
- 
- 
8 
4 
5 
McPherson 
37 
29,056 
11 
15,548 
7,824 
1 
9 
14 
7 
2 
4 
Marshall 
24 
6,006 
6 
1,602 
945 
- 
1 
7 
- 
6 
10 
Meade 
79 
109,477 
28 
23,628 
7,176 
11 
1 
24 
13 
12 
18 
Mellette 
26 
82,160 
10 
4,277 
2,980 
3 
3 
8 
5 
2 
5 
Miner 
14 
2,523 
9 
922 
326 
- 
2 
5 
- 
3 
4 
Minnehaha 
76 
4,393 
29 
2,320 
2,753 
29 
3 
7 
14 
10 
13 
Moody 
25 
4,152 
13 
2,862 
1,710 
3 
- 
5 
4 
8 
5 
Pennington 
74 
56,583 
25 
2,620 
2,027 
9 
4 
16 
24 
11 
10 
Perkins 
41 
92,860 
17 
9,334 
5,149 
- 
- 
15 
5 
13 
8 
Potter 
13 
12,751 
4 
3,628 
2,106 
- 
- 
6 
3 
2 
2 
Roberts 
61 
18,609 
23 
8,657 
3,365 
2 
5 
11 
5 
22 
16 
Sanborn 
23 
7,865 
12 
1,694 
842 
- 
3 
1 
- 
7 
12 
Shannon 
26 
90,550 
5 
1,351 
2,034 
3 
2 
9 
4 
- 
8 
Spink 
31 
16,255 
12 
6,127 
2,915 
- 
- 
7 
7 
10 
7 
Stanley 
26 
125,312 
10 
6,378 
4,652 
- 
6 
11 
2 
- 
7 
Sully 
15 
43,730 
11 
29,372 
13,422 
- 
3 
9 
- 
- 
3 
Todd 
31 
54,793 
13 
7,394 
4,358 
1 
1 
7 
13 
- 
9 
Tripp 
37 
37,631 
22 
7,469 
3,391 
4 
_ 
8 
7 
7 
11 
Turner 
18 
2,034 
7 
1,025 
368 
2 
1 
6 
5 
2 
2 
Union 
31 
4,032 
16 
1,643 
899 
- 
2 
2 
10 
15 
2 
Walworth 
16 
1 1 ,997 
9 
8,480 
1,934 
- 
1 
2 
1 
7 
5 
Yankton 
48 
9,187 
20 
4,671 
1,695 
1 
6 
11 
12 
9 
9 
Ziebach 
25 
94,534 
14 
7,767 
1,901 
1 
- 
7 
3 
4 
10 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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