Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms with a woman operator 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Kentucky 
30,227 
31,419 
3,900,646 
8,200 
876,256 
Counties 
Adair 
474 
493 
55,068 
100 
10,195 
Allen 
417 
440 
42,400 
113 
8,530 
Anderson 
294 
314 
25,454 
80 
5,766 
Ballard 
140 
141 
17,306 
25 
2,835 
Barren 
663 
689 
59,297 
166 
15,432 
Bath 
260 
281 
36,777 
96 
10,587 
Bell 
45 
45 
4,839 
3 
73 
Boone 
273 
295 
15,754 
89 
4,702 
Bourbon 
424 
439 
62,961 
168 
19,499 
Boyd 
69 
74 
4,961 
18 
743 
Boyle 
245 
257 
26,519 
46 
5,453 
Bracken 
274 
279 
34,173 
68 
9,350 
Breathitt 
64 
64 
11,821 
14 
2,307 
Breckinridge 
494 
510 
74,732 
118 
17,145 
Bullitt 
209 
219 
12,051 
66 
2,889 
Butler 
250 
253 
49,411 
64 
6,908 
Caldwell 
228 
243 
52,536 
58 
13,738 
Calloway 
334 
346 
52,258 
92 
6,480 
Campbell 
218 
224 
15,297 
56 
2,358 
Carlisle 
132 
135 
38,428 
36 
3,612 
Carroll 
118 
127 
14,938 
31 
4,758 
Carter 
294 
305 
36,972 
51 
5,968 
Casey 
392 
407 
47,367 
100 
10,109 
Christian 
375 
404 
96,581 
120 
17,156 
Clark 
373 
387 
47,798 
142 
20,686 
Clay 
85 
85 
10,315 
22 
3,383 
Clinton 
128 
132 
18,314 
33 
4,607 
Crittenden 
212 
214 
40,080 
64 
9,066 
Cumberland 
145 
150 
27,798 
36 
6,520 
Daviess 
211 
222 
28,905 
54 
4,497 
Edmonson 
288 
301 
34,623 
66 
7,718 
Elliott 
164 
175 
19,815 
39 
2,878 
Estill 
110 
112 
14,063 
18 
1,676 
Fayette 
413 
434 
44,878 
185 
19,234 
Fleming 
409 
439 
51,757 
97 
9,965 
Floyd 
43 
45 
3,145 
18 
461 
Franklin 
235 
244 
22,497 
69 
6,737 
Fulton 
50 
54 
23,963 
9 
5,022 
Gallatin 
53 
55 
8,769 
12 
1,142 
Garrard 
333 
349 
32,156 
104 
8,599 
Grant 
338 
348 
32,633 
86 
9,845 
Graves 
573 
585 
74,511 
161 
13,869 
Grayson 
609 
629 
70,203 
185 
18,774 
Green 
346 
370 
44,896 
107 
14,626 
Greenup 
254 
264 
27,298 
59 
6,909 
Hancock 
128 
132 
13,611 
20 
1,145 
Hardin 
544 
563 
66,949 
146 
13,394 
Harlan 
16 
16 
2,329 
2 
(D) 
Harrison 
492 
519 
56,447 
153 
12,889 
Hart 
537 
545 
67,380 
155 
14,409 
Henderson 
144 
150 
32,632 
34 
5,599 
Henry 
356 
367 
39,591 
107 
11,071 
Hickman 
94 
95 
32,883 
47 
7,866 
Hopkins 
332 
338 
47,684 
99 
9,563 
Jackson 
212 
219 
23,430 
52 
5,510 
Jefferson 
189 
205 
8,624 
78 
4,692 
Jessamine 
292 
312 
24,547 
109 
7,421 
Johnson 
84 
86 
8,537 
17 
2,277 
Kenton 
199 
211 
13,498 
51 
3,323 
Knott 
15 
15 
2,851 
- 
- 
Knox 
80 
82 
8,544 
29 
3,708 
Larue 
302 
313 
32,311 
85 
8,487 
Laurel 
333 
345 
24,660 
78 
5,083 
Lawrence 
174 
178 
22,188 
43 
4,716 
Lee 
65 
65 
6,554 
8 
724 
Leslie 
5 
5 
202 
1 
(D) 
Letcher 
17 
18 
506 
5 
102 
Lewis 
244 
247 
31,745 
77 
9,960 
Lincoln 
474 
492 
65,239 
108 
17,949 
Livingston 
169 
172 
35,141 
41 
10,423 
Logan 
361 
372 
80,170 
87 
7,598 
Lyon 
78 
87 
12,341 
25 
4,335 
McCracken 
194 
201 
17,809 
70 
3,953 
McCreary 
67 
70 
4,695 
13 
1,283 
McLean 
120 
120 
34,347 
29 
2,365 
Madison 
534 
561 
73,738 
144 
19,361 
Magoffin 
125 
127 
16,865 
37 
6,102 
Marion 
296 
308 
48,300 
63 
5,723 
Marshall 
253 
267 
30,812 
74 
6,453 
Martin 
7 
7 
4,483 
4 
(D) 
Mason 
238 
245 
35,801 
63 
10,422 
Meade 
342 
354 
43,204 
66 
9,794 
Menifee 
121 
122 
13,891 
36 
3,649 
Mercer 
431 
436 
38,418 
106 
10,441 
Metcalfe 
320 
334 
34,426 
59 
4,638 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
736 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
