Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
- 
57 
70 
1 
4 
2 
4 
2 
11 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
27 
39 
1 
3 
2 
4 
- 
1 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
2 
7 
- 
" 
- 
" 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
6 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
_ 
18,688 
21,903 
339 
408 
196 
1,350 
1,543 
6,704 
Part owners 
.... farms 
- 
2,372 
6,962 
168 
432 
39 
227 
140 
742 
Tenants 
.... farms 
- 
502 
1,176 
34 
50 
27 
26 
63 
380 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
_ 
21,095 
28,909 
507 
840 
235 
1,577 
1,685 
7,452 
acres 
- 
2,614,920 
3,776,220 
87,713 
182,739 
38,813 
145,319 
71,790 
526,173 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
21,060 
28,865 
507 
840 
235 
1,577 
1,683 
7,446 
acres 
- 
2,329,377 
3,543,488 
82,871 
177,712 
37,142 
132,807 
67,295 
478,633 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
_ 
2,905 
8,174 
202 
482 
66 
255 
203 
1,133 
acres 
- 
443,564 
1,088,408 
31,187 
84,326 
11,616 
54,354 
6,036 
73,457 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
2,874 
8,138 
202 
482 
66 
253 
203 
1,122 
acres 
- 
436,557 
1,077,688 
31,117 
84,326 
11,616 
54,280 
6,036 
72,369 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
_ 
3,249 
2,814 
59 
69 
12 
206 
94 
596 
acres 
- 
292,550 
243,452 
4,912 
5,027 
1,671 
12,586 
4,495 
48,628 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
- 
30,772 
44,055 
826 
1,463 
403 
2,709 
2,754 
12,560 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
13,616 
17,962 
298 
466 
135 
657 
833 
3,701 
2 operators 
- 
6,976 
10,504 
202 
300 
115 
834 
834 
3,663 
3 operators 
- 
772 
1,331 
40 
109 
10 
90 
65 
377 
4 operators 
- 
156 
195 
1 
9 
2 
15 
12 
48 
5 or more operators 
" 
42 
49 
- 
6 
- 
7 
2 
37 
Total women operators 
. number 
- 
8,870 
11,174 
215 
334 
127 
992 
1,035 
4,960 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
8,100 
10,232 
208 
299 
111 
909 
952 
4,367 
2 operators 
- 
346 
400 
2 
11 
8 
33 
34 
268 
3 operators 
- 
22 
43 
1 
3 
- 
4 
5 
19 
4 operators 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
- 
1 
" 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
- 
18,909 
27,712 
495 
843 
236 
1,384 
1,450 
6,205 
Female 
2,653 
2,329 
46 
47 
26 
219 
296 
1,621 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
6,717 
13,259 
300 
767 
115 
847 
553 
2,759 
Other 
- 
14,845 
16,782 
241 
123 
147 
756 
1,193 
5,067 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
- 
16,173 
24,824 
429 
815 
225 
1,469 
1,589 
6,757 
Not on farm operated 
- 
5,389 
5,217 
112 
75 
37 
134 
157 
1,069 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
- 
7,724 
10,415 
221 
565 
75 
573 
407 
2,385 
Any 
- 
13,838 
19,626 
320 
325 
187 
1,030 
1,339 
5,441 
1 to 49 days 
- 
1,930 
1,883 
34 
84 
16 
129 
112 
562 
50 to 99 days 
- 
939 
1,324 
35 
22 
7 
75 
68 
311 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
- 
1,723 
3,044 
49 
55 
37 
174 
169 
699 
200 days or more 
- 
9,246 
13,375 
202 
164 
127 
652 
990 
3,869 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
661 
1,080 
9 
18 
27 
81 
105 
247 
3 or 4 years 
- 
882 
1,402 
19 
51 
22 
143 
149 
410 
5 to 9 years 
- 
2,760 
3,826 
58 
98 
54 
336 
440 
1,535 
1 0 years or more 
- 
17,259 
23,733 
455 
723 
159 
1,043 
1,052 
5,634 
Average years on present farm 
- 
22.9 
23.5 
26.6 
25.0 
17.2 
16.5 
15.1 
18.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
457 
704 
1 
7 
19 
60 
86 
153 
3 or 4 years 
- 
720 
1,098 
14 
33 
28 
124 
119 
313 
5 to 9 years 
- 
2,336 
3,111 
39 
70 
50 
283 
383 
1,174 
1 0 years or more 
- 
18,049 
25,128 
487 
780 
165 
1,136 
1,158 
6,186 
Average years operating any farm 
- 
25.3 
26.4 
29.9 
28.3 
18.8 
18.8 
17.4 
20.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
57 
194 
1 
8 
9 
11 
16 
20 
25 to 34 years 
- 
732 
1,623 
42 
74 
41 
104 
148 
369 
35 to 44 years 
- 
2,026 
3,405 
39 
148 
44 
281 
298 
1,047 
45 to 49 years 
- 
1,848 
2,723 
30 
82 
39 
248 
232 
882 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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