Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
8,702 
9,127 
Land in farms acres 
656,763 
721,851 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
1,361 
1,715 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
2,712 
2,525 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3,843 
3,784 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,698 
2,748 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
983 
1,156 
1 80 to 499 acres 
660 
698 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
24 
118 
500 acres or more 
140 
182 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
106 
153 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
70 
149 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
227 
271 
Owned land in farms farms 
8,456 
8,842 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
463 
505 
acres 
560,869 
577,858 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
994 
1,230 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,213 
2,015 
acres 
95,894 
143,993 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
7,708 
7,897 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
481,518 
478,394 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
748 
945 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
154,170 
217,073 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
8,468 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
246 
285 
acres 
21,075 
26,384 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
647 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
7,658 
7,927 
Total farms 
8,702 
9,127 
Partnerships 
441 
648 
$1,000 
240,989 
199,245 
Corporations 
349 
387 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
254 
165 
sold farms 
8,702 
9,127 
$1,000 
230,184 
187,623 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
4,333 
5,006 
and greenhouse crops farms 
3,672 
3,594 
2 operators 
3,591 
3,434 
$1,000 
158,757 
125,005 
3 operators 
619 
544 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
102 
96 
their products farms 
3,339 
3,627 
5 or more operators 
57 
47 
$1,000 
71,427 
62,617 
Government payments farms 
2,923 
3,393 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
10,805 
1 1 ,622 
1 operator 
7,855 
8,428 
2 operators 
759 
638 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
70 
52 
4 operators 
13 
2 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,504 
2,862 
5 or more operators 
5 
7 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,519 
1,581 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,333 
1,355 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,102 
1,085 
Internet access 
6,178 
5,235 
$10,000 to $24,999 
949 
1,006 
Dial-up service 
649 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
524 
535 
DSL service 
2,177 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
771 
703 
Cable modem service 
1,456 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
116 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
1,264 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
843 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
12 
66 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
248 
(NA) 
$1,000 
1,775 
1,906 
Other Internet service 
159 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
164 
144 
Programs payments farms 
1,496 
1,772 
acres 
21,222 
19,334 
$1,000 
4,673 
5,179 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
2,135 
2,443 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
6,132 
6,443 
1 household 
7,352 
7,608 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
995 
1,143 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
219 
241 
4 households 
89 
68 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,294 
1,469 
5 or more households 
47 
67 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
180 
210 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
156 
149 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
265 
387 
Less than 25 percent 
6,969 
7,400 
25 to 49 percent 
634 
659 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,721 
2,545 
50 to 74 percent 
567 
577 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
9 
20 
75 to 99 percent 
302 
266 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
230 
225 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Ohio 43 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
