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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
4 
4 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
137 
64 
15 
39 
37 
5 
7 
9 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
- 
17,422 
5,571 
537 
1,363 
689 
915 
943 
3,603 
Part owners 
.... farms 
- 
1,816 
2,194 
434 
2,165 
655 
142 
110 
531 
Tenants 
.... farms 
- 
359 
318 
77 
218 
98 
28 
35 
111 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
_ 
19,281 
7,790 
973 
3,532 
1,350 
1,060 
1,053 
4,138 
acres 
- 
3,979,290 
1,196,961 
224,589 
940,453 
273,353 
143,726 
72,966 
344,023 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
19,238 
7,765 
971 
3,528 
1,344 
1,057 
1,053 
4,134 
acres 
- 
2,713,635 
998,790 
189,791 
916,267 
242,990 
117,604 
47,783 
280,092 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
_ 
2,244 
2,525 
511 
2,386 
756 
174 
145 
646 
acres 
- 
580,955 
367,974 
122,924 
480,697 
300,140 
36,800 
5,208 
93,831 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
2,175 
2,512 
511 
2,383 
753 
170 
145 
642 
acres 
- 
560,887 
365,332 
122,534 
479,272 
299,335 
36,200 
5,150 
93,169 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
_ 
7,188 
2,005 
212 
218 
244 
286 
270 
802 
acres 
- 
1,285,723 
200,813 
35,188 
25,611 
31,168 
26,722 
25,241 
64,593 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
- 
28,278 
12,356 
1,582 
6,579 
2,417 
1,898 
1,760 
7,129 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
12,443 
4,384 
607 
1,696 
733 
439 
488 
1,726 
2 operators 
- 
6,114 
3,268 
374 
1,471 
534 
553 
548 
2,270 
3 operators 
- 
764 
332 
54 
451 
127 
62 
37 
174 
4 operators 
- 
185 
73 
5 
89 
32 
20 
12 
55 
5 or more operators 
" 
91 
26 
8 
39 
16 
11 
3 
20 
Total women operators 
. number 
- 
8,143 
3,689 
337 
1,599 
536 
676 
704 
3,074 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
7,352 
3,419 
316 
1,431 
478 
576 
607 
2,621 
2 operators 
- 
304 
108 
9 
61 
21 
37 
36 
176 
3 operators 
- 
38 
11 
1 
14 
2 
2 
7 
31 
4 operators 
- 
12 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
3 
1 
“ 
1 
2 
" 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
- 
16,982 
7,488 
1,014 
3,613 
1,404 
932 
841 
3,153 
Female 
2,615 
595 
34 
133 
38 
153 
247 
1,092 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
5,269 
3,489 
710 
3,442 
1,147 
527 
366 
1,572 
Other 
- 
14,328 
4,594 
338 
304 
295 
558 
722 
2,673 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
- 
12,882 
7,287 
887 
3,467 
1,196 
953 
1,005 
3,795 
Not on farm operated 
- 
6,715 
796 
161 
279 
246 
132 
83 
450 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
- 
6,978 
2,374 
444 
2,892 
768 
413 
239 
1,289 
Any 
- 
12,619 
5,709 
604 
854 
674 
672 
849 
2,956 
1 to 49 days 
- 
1,888 
461 
81 
178 
104 
76 
56 
286 
50 to 99 days 
- 
710 
307 
42 
79 
59 
44 
47 
159 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
- 
1,270 
830 
83 
102 
76 
94 
120 
362 
200 days or more 
- 
8,751 
4,111 
398 
495 
435 
458 
626 
2,149 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
399 
268 
17 
70 
17 
36 
19 
71 
3 or 4 years 
- 
577 
341 
31 
87 
59 
62 
58 
138 
5 to 9 years 
- 
2,210 
973 
120 
310 
133 
141 
197 
526 
1 0 years or more 
- 
16,411 
6,501 
880 
3,279 
1,233 
846 
814 
3,510 
Average years on present farm 
- 
25.3 
23.3 
26.1 
26.8 
24.8 
20.2 
19.7 
21.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
280 
185 
12 
46 
11 
20 
13 
40 
3 or 4 years 
- 
497 
280 
18 
44 
39 
50 
47 
115 
5 to 9 years 
- 
1,989 
858 
102 
225 
107 
134 
161 
421 
1 0 years or more 
- 
16,831 
6,760 
916 
3,431 
1,285 
881 
867 
3,669 
Average years operating any farm 
- 
26.9 
25.2 
28.1 
28.9 
27.0 
22.0 
21.9 
23.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
31 
87 
- 
37 
8 
5 
13 
8 
25 to 34 years 
- 
492 
605 
136 
302 
133 
57 
74 
132 
35 to 44 years 
- 
1,594 
1,142 
157 
486 
218 
192 
184 
565 
45 to 49 years 
- 
1,487 
892 
97 
592 
167 
173 
144 
525 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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