Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with a woman operator ' 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
South Dakota 
11,657 
12,132 
13,868,632 
2,333 
1,795,145 
Counties 
Aurora 
144 
147 
98,207 
25 
8,481 
Beadle 
273 
278 
173,383 
30 
5,286 
Bennett 
83 
83 
171,707 
11 
6,888 
Bon Homme 
199 
200 
95,367 
36 
5,346 
Brookings 
416 
430 
125,523 
83 
15,292 
Brown 
437 
496 
375,131 
108 
34,158 
Brule 
128 
129 
180,281 
11 
(D) 
Buffalo 
24 
26 
67,875 
7 
832 
Butte 
366 
378 
511,122 
67 
42,213 
Campbell 
63 
73 
83,231 
13 
1,511 
Charles Mix 
214 
221 
184,722 
43 
38,373 
Clark 
177 
184 
133,153 
54 
9,915 
Clay 
132 
136 
46,873 
36 
3,118 
Codington 
255 
258 
61,554 
56 
10,757 
Corson 
138 
141 
528,896 
23 
49,754 
Custer 
263 
278 
215,514 
76 
63,646 
Davison 
153 
159 
82,200 
34 
3,929 
Day 
221 
236 
163,381 
63 
31,491 
Deuel 
229 
242 
81,251 
58 
11,514 
Dewey 
150 
169 
412,612 
42 
83,426 
Douglas 
148 
149 
58,152 
20 
4,250 
Edmunds 
148 
153 
251,470 
20 
5,988 
Fall River 
180 
191 
326,038 
47 
42,833 
Faulk 
78 
83 
143,629 
13 
14,214 
Grant 
195 
203 
69,607 
48 
4,939 
Gregory 
170 
171 
139,111 
26 
10,378 
Haakon 
116 
124 
448,986 
24 
27,673 
Hamlin 
202 
202 
117,528 
29 
2,113 
Hand 
115 
118 
230,715 
20 
8,258 
Hanson 
118 
120 
84,773 
24 
1,909 
Harding 
142 
147 
728,749 
12 
90,296 
Hughes 
120 
122 
81,437 
37 
7,971 
Hutchinson 
258 
263 
158,738 
40 
8,088 
Hyde 
73 
78 
107,725 
19 
22,508 
Jackson 
115 
117 
352,889 
18 
69,417 
Jerauld 
54 
56 
40,544 
10 
5,804 
Jones 
67 
67 
221,146 
18 
34,360 
Kingsbury 
174 
175 
119,023 
54 
15,776 
Lake 
178 
181 
70,382 
41 
8,439 
Lawrence 
184 
192 
59,699 
40 
(D) 
Lincoln 
269 
281 
68,570 
52 
6,388 
Lyman 
128 
144 
208,806 
31 
18,616 
McCook 
219 
222 
130,056 
17 
1,818 
McPherson 
132 
136 
187,321 
37 
29,056 
Marshall 
163 
165 
147,248 
24 
6,006 
Meade 
461 
478 
901,020 
79 
109,477 
Mellette 
101 
105 
270,311 
26 
82,160 
Miner 
139 
143 
107,413 
14 
2,523 
Minnehaha 
403 
421 
90,964 
76 
4,393 
Moody 
165 
171 
55,028 
25 
4,152 
Pennington 
302 
320 
439,242 
74 
56,583 
Perkins 
212 
219 
744,193 
41 
92,860 
Potter 
79 
81 
165,170 
13 
12,751 
Roberts 
228 
234 
104,101 
61 
18,609 
Sanborn 
138 
138 
102,522 
23 
7,865 
Shannon 
83 
93 
270,177 
26 
90,550 
Spink 
210 
217 
320,926 
31 
16,255 
Stanley 
100 
114 
353,977 
26 
125,312 
Sully 
71 
73 
275,495 
15 
43,730 
Todd 
104 
105 
297,467 
31 
54,793 
Tripp 
230 
243 
303,322 
37 
37,631 
Turner 
259 
261 
80,488 
18 
2,034 
Union 
150 
150 
59,977 
31 
4,032 
Walworth 
101 
108 
150,211 
16 
1 1 ,997 
Yankton 
209 
213 
53,699 
48 
9,187 
Ziebach 
101 
121 
378,604 
25 
94,534 
^ Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
498 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
