Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
8,200 
9,110 
Land in farms acres 
876,256 
954,488 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
726 
685 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
2,653 
3,105 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,944 
3,199 
50 to 1 79 acres 
3,239 
3,718 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
2,329 
2,631 
180 to 499 acres 
1,085 
1,310 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
46 
105 
500 acres or more 
206 
198 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
47 
99 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
26 
21 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
219 
198 
Owned land in farms farms 
7,880 
8,807 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
296 
333 
acres 
766,690 
864,524 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,050 
1,026 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,621 
1,741 
acres 
109,566 
89,964 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
7,150 
8,084 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
690,772 
796,526 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
730 
723 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
158,317 
135,175 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
7,982 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
320 
303 
acres 
27,167 
22,787 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
461 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
7,355 
8,038 
Total farms 
8,200 
9,110 
Partnerships 
462 
727 
$1,000 
241,191 
221,663 
Corporations 
272 
273 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
111 
72 
sold farms 
8,200 
9,110 
$1,000 
227,699 
213,932 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
4,307 
5,360 
and greenhouse crops farms 
3,006 
2,835 
2 operators 
3,248 
3,107 
$1,000 
63,062 
34,382 
3 operators 
522 
515 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
93 
96 
their products farms 
3,689 
4,188 
5 or more operators 
30 
32 
$1,000 
164,637 
179,550 
Government payments farms 
3,336 
3,085 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
13,493 
7,731 
1 operator 
7,528 
8,403 
2 operators 
607 
635 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
61 
66 
4 operators 
1 
4 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,234 
2,928 
5 or more operators 
3 
2 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,242 
1,530 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,145 
1,294 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,255 
1,337 
Internet access 
5,487 
4,598 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,290 
1,148 
Dial-up service 
505 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
523 
415 
DSL service 
2,624 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
511 
458 
Cable modem service 
782 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
169 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
951 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
855 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
6 
19 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
282 
(NA) 
$1,000 
24 
73 
Other Internet service 
100 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
109 
142 
Programs payments farms 
953 
1,349 
acres 
13,261 
22,551 
$1,000 
4,695 
3,930 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
3,076 
2,501 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
8,798 
3,801 
1 household 
6,779 
7,400 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
1,127 
1,342 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
175 
237 
4 households 
65 
106 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
401 
236 
5 or more households 
54 
25 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
191 
147 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
100 
93 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
151 
145 
Less than 25 percent 
6,521 
7,390 
25 to 49 percent 
640 
659 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,773 
3,361 
50 to 74 percent 
557 
571 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
120 
256 
75 to 99 percent 
233 
272 
Cotton farming (11192) 
" 
" 
1 00 percent 
249 
218 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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