Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mason 
Meade 
Menifee 
Mercer 
Metcalfe 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Morgan 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
634 
754 
294 
1,067 
924 
858 
609 
694 
2007 
753 
887 
331 
1,111 
964 
955 
685 
795 
acres, 2012 
126,722 
119,495 
40,962 
144,250 
125,293 
172,276 
99,436 
118,797 
2007 
139,814 
121,448 
43,110 
141,437 
149,491 
175,766 
106,957 
136,303 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
516 
546 
187 
698 
651 
641 
454 
499 
2007 
614 
571 
225 
715 
745 
682 
522 
573 
acres, 2012 
50,501 
57,249 
8,134 
46,511 
35,327 
53,472 
31,815 
17,655 
TENURE 
2007 
50,474 
48,991 
8,219 
45,436 
42,204 
46,261 
32,107 
20,255 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
492 
548 
219 
804 
690 
595 
437 
511 
2007 
591 
684 
265 
887 
712 
690 
521 
607 
acres, 2012 
65,009 
52,175 
22,879 
72,308 
79,777 
81,059 
47,450 
77,616 
2007 
78,596 
61,004 
30,563 
89,170 
87,597 
101,170 
60,731 
90,386 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
380 
358 
119 
494 
452 
414 
309 
336 
2007 
463 
403 
167 
546 
520 
461 
382 
408 
acres, 2012 
20,642 
13,523 
3,079 
17,744 
17,951 
20,168 
13,296 
9,094 
2007 
25,007 
16,665 
(D) 
23,958 
21,123 
21,856 
17,499 
1 1 ,488 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
110 
185 
60 
212 
209 
220 
136 
157 
2007 
129 
184 
59 
183 
218 
224 
125 
161 
acres, 2012 
53,610 
63,897 
13,362 
65,020 
43,959 
86,378 
47,150 
37,187 
2007 
54,524 
58,829 
12,403 
46,908 
59,190 
70,766 
39,759 
43,658 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
25,926 
35,067 
7,904 
26,288 
22,650 
50,357 
21,564 
19,043 
2007 
21,020 
34,445 
6,543 
22,867 
27,156 
43,382 
18,687 
27,253 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
27,684 
28,830 
5,458 
38,732 
21,309 
36,021 
25,586 
18,144 
2007 
33,504 
24,384 
5,860 
24,041 
32,034 
27,384 
21,072 
16,405 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
107 
168 
53 
181 
180 
203 
123 
146 
2007 
119 
157 
55 
148 
198 
190 
109 
151 
acres, 2012 
25,633 
40,685 
4,357 
26,996 
16,789 
32,213 
17,199 
7,958 
2007 
22,693 
31,550 
4,011 
19,968 
20,251 
23,280 
12,989 
8,435 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
32 
21 
15 
51 
25 
43 
36 
26 
2007 
33 
19 
7 
41 
34 
41 
39 
27 
acres, 2012 
8,103 
3,423 
4,721 
6,922 
1,557 
4,839 
4,836 
3,994 
2007 
6,694 
1,615 
144 
5,359 
2,704 
3,830 
6,467 
2,259 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
29 
20 
15 
23 
19 
24 
22 
17 
2007 
32 
11 
3 
21 
27 
31 
31 
14 
acres, 2012 
4,226 
3,041 
698 
1,771 
587 
1,091 
1,320 
603 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
2,774 
776 
(D) 
1,510 
830 
1,125 
1,619 
332 
Total operators 
number 
954 
1,168 
438 
1,573 
1,341 
1,274 
893 
1,056 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
365 
397 
167 
607 
561 
524 
358 
390 
2 operators 
222 
314 
111 
420 
318 
259 
226 
266 
3 operators 
44 
33 
15 
34 
37 
70 
19 
26 
4 operators 
2 
9 
1 
6 
7 
4 
5 
6 
5 or more operators 
1 
1 
" 
" 
1 
1 
1 
6 
Total women operators 
number 
246 
364 
122 
436 
337 
281 
265 
304 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
230 
328 
120 
426 
305 
260 
249 
282 
2 operators 
8 
10 
1 
5 
16 
9 
5 
8 
3 operators 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
5 or more operators 
" 
- 
" 
- 
" 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
1,124 
1,353 
497 
1,696 
1,398 
1,328 
1,029 
1,151 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
436 
488 
183 
598 
584 
634 
392 
497 
2 operators 
271 
341 
132 
463 
330 
275 
245 
252 
3 operators 
38 
49 
14 
35 
47 
41 
45 
39 
4 operators 
8 
9 
2 
14 
2 
4 
3 
4 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
" 
1 
1 
1 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
308 
403 
153 
508 
354 
300 
276 
323 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
274 
371 
148 
464 
330 
280 
252 
289 
2 operators 
14 
10 
1 
19 
9 
10 
12 
11 
3 operators 
2 
4 
1 
2 
2 
- 
- 
4 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
571 
688 
258 
961 
865 
817 
534 
630 
2007 
667 
795 
286 
969 
890 
880 
624 
717 
acres, 2012 
116,300 
109,701 
37,313 
133,809 
120,655 
166,016 
90,748 
108,328 
2007 
128,056 
111,874 
39,509 
128,322 
139,632 
169,228 
99,512 
127,506 
Female 
farms, 2012 
63 
66 
36 
106 
59 
41 
75 
64 
2007 
86 
92 
45 
142 
74 
75 
61 
78 
acres, 2012 
10,422 
9,794 
3,649 
10,441 
4,638 
6,260 
8,688 
10,469 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
11,758 
9,574 
3,601 
13,115 
9,859 
6,538 
7,445 
8,797 
Farming 
2012 
277 
372 
114 
436 
447 
423 
256 
243 
2007 
343 
343 
114 
459 
404 
439 
268 
256 
Other 
2012 
357 
382 
180 
631 
477 
435 
353 
451 
Place of residence: 
2007 
410 
544 
217 
652 
560 
516 
417 
539 
On farm operated 
2012 
501 
651 
235 
859 
757 
608 
495 
598 
2007 
584 
751 
270 
943 
783 
760 
509 
644 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
133 
103 
59 
208 
167 
250 
114 
96 
2007 
169 
136 
61 
168 
181 
195 
176 
151 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Kentucky 713 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
