Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
193 
23 
4 
2 
1 
69 
12 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
101 
16 
2 
- 
2 
31 
4 
Other 
.... farms 
12 
1 
- 
2 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
27 
5 
- 
- 
- 
7 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
58,664 
3,922 
1,078 
653 
733 
19,835 
1,147 
Part owners 
.... farms 
15,250 
2,791 
151 
43 
74 
3,481 
1,109 
Tenants 
.... farms 
3,150 
479 
70 
12 
53 
780 
278 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
74,058 
6,753 
1,231 
696 
808 
23,365 
2,270 
acres 
9,872,575 
1,887,587 
69,075 
42,226 
50,325 
2,994,595 
379,675 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
73,914 
6,713 
1,229 
696 
807 
23,316 
2,256 
acres 
9,073,382 
1,733,598 
62,177 
38,189 
45,660 
2,673,810 
344,433 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
18,513 
3,295 
221 
55 
127 
4,300 
1,395 
acres 
4,006,747 
1,983,381 
7,228 
1,225 
5,768 
659,761 
216,197 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
18,400 
3,270 
221 
55 
127 
4,261 
1,387 
acres 
3,975,965 
1,975,407 
7,213 
1,225 
5,670 
649,018 
212,461 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
9,954 
2,122 
130 
64 
101 
3,687 
438 
acres 
829,975 
161,963 
6,913 
4,037 
4,763 
331,528 
38,978 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
114,210 
10,386 
2,087 
1,173 
1,454 
34,340 
3,568 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
45,361 
4,680 
626 
303 
406 
15,294 
1,678 
2 operators 
27,433 
1,986 
589 
359 
363 
7,684 
708 
3 operators 
3,520 
438 
66 
32 
66 
896 
124 
4 operators 
565 
64 
12 
14 
17 
176 
20 
5 or more operators 
185 
24 
6 
- 
8 
46 
4 
Total women operators 
. number 
31,899 
1,886 
717 
448 
525 
9,486 
616 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
28,895 
1,671 
660 
388 
437 
8,661 
561 
2 operators 
1,279 
74 
23 
24 
32 
370 
24 
3 operators 
121 
13 
2 
4 
4 
23 
1 
4 operators 
7 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
5 or more operators 
9 
2 
1 
2 
2 
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PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
68,864 
6,791 
1,108 
608 
709 
21,323 
2,414 
Female 
8,200 
401 
191 
100 
151 
2,773 
120 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
32,137 
3,923 
585 
241 
377 
8,411 
1,694 
Other 
44,927 
3,269 
714 
467 
483 
15,685 
840 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
61,992 
5,338 
1,111 
568 
684 
18,183 
2,010 
Not on farm operated 
15,072 
1,854 
188 
140 
176 
5,913 
524 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
27,516 
3,125 
399 
199 
295 
8,857 
1,133 
Any 
49,548 
4,067 
900 
509 
565 
15,239 
1,401 
1 to 49 days 
5,862 
620 
142 
66 
96 
2,118 
188 
50 to 99 days 
3,329 
278 
69 
47 
33 
1,060 
121 
100 to 199 days 
7,062 
536 
151 
85 
102 
1,961 
238 
200 days or more 
33,295 
2,633 
538 
311 
334 
10,100 
854 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,866 
369 
102 
34 
33 
761 
100 
3 or 4 years 
3,752 
328 
141 
75 
53 
959 
77 
5 to 9 years 
10,639 
709 
240 
157 
145 
3,041 
281 
1 0 years or more 
59,807 
5,786 
816 
442 
629 
19,335 
2,076 
Average years on present farm 
22.4 
25.0 
16.9 
16.1 
18.5 
23.1 
24.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,901 
248 
71 
31 
12 
509 
52 
3 or 4 years 
2,956 
265 
109 
53 
33 
767 
47 
5 to 9 years 
8,738 
597 
204 
151 
134 
2,542 
206 
10 years or more 
63,469 
6,082 
915 
473 
681 
20,278 
2,229 
Average years operating any farm 
25.1 
27.4 
19.8 
18.3 
21.0 
25.6 
28.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
406 
53 
7 
6 
3 
78 
21 
25 to 34 years 
4,073 
495 
124 
28 
59 
966 
234 
35 to 44 years 
8,909 
881 
225 
73 
127 
2,341 
315 
45 to 49 years 
7,312 
670 
121 
95 
80 
2,110 
262 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
