Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification 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 
_ 
21 
20 
4 
14 
8 
3 
5 
11 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
17 
3 
4 
5 
4 
4 
- 
8 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
3 
4 
- 
11 
1 
1 
1 
3 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
93 
28 
11 
15 
10 
10 
2 
13 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
_ 
15,839 
8,810 
295 
1,069 
744 
1,213 
1,907 
7,081 
Part owners 
.... farms 
- 
2,243 
2,264 
227 
1,498 
383 
199 
191 
767 
Tenants 
.... farms 
- 
343 
371 
26 
283 
43 
60 
90 
223 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
_ 
18,109 
1 1 ,092 
522 
2,571 
1,130 
1,413 
2,101 
7,859 
acres 
- 
1,834,305 
965,764 
85,944 
454,287 
135,190 
105,194 
92,210 
365,203 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
18,082 
11,074 
522 
2,567 
1,127 
1,412 
2,098 
7,848 
acres 
- 
1 ,432,858 
860,708 
80,284 
439,831 
115,703 
86,032 
70,043 
310,413 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
_ 
2,616 
2,655 
253 
1,782 
427 
260 
283 
1,009 
acres 
- 
229,406 
248,898 
52,397 
252,573 
109,502 
29,263 
9,638 
55,204 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
2,586 
2,635 
253 
1,781 
426 
259 
281 
990 
acres 
- 
226,208 
246,435 
52,397 
252,264 
109,254 
29,137 
9,280 
54,296 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
_ 
4,320 
1,679 
59 
160 
168 
288 
415 
1,241 
acres 
- 
404,645 
107,519 
5,660 
14,765 
19,735 
19,288 
22,525 
55,698 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
_ 
27,052 
17,495 
848 
5,073 
2,060 
2,540 
3,651 
13,489 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
11,287 
6,367 
315 
1,293 
521 
581 
944 
3,413 
2 operators 
- 
6,106 
4,340 
183 
1,117 
490 
768 
1,071 
4,081 
3 operators 
- 
807 
587 
37 
326 
108 
101 
142 
448 
4 operators 
- 
148 
110 
9 
67 
38 
12 
23 
96 
5 or more operators 
- 
77 
41 
4 
47 
13 
10 
8 
33 
Total women operators 
. number 
_ 
8,164 
5,084 
173 
1,227 
550 
953 
1,479 
5,833 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
7,276 
4,594 
160 
1,085 
469 
816 
1,274 
4,968 
2 operators 
- 
367 
178 
5 
48 
33 
49 
89 
375 
3 operators 
- 
32 
37 
1 
5 
2 
5 
5 
37 
4 operators 
- 
6 
2 
- 
6 
1 
- 
3 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
6 
3 
- 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
- 
15,713 
10,462 
524 
2,744 
1,100 
1,245 
1,725 
5,858 
Female 
- 
2,712 
983 
24 
106 
70 
227 
463 
2,213 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
5,474 
4,421 
300 
2,547 
527 
640 
647 
2,984 
Other 
- 
12,951 
7,024 
248 
303 
643 
832 
1,541 
5,087 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
- 
14,404 
10,176 
457 
2,621 
1,032 
1,327 
2,029 
7,403 
Not on farm operated 
- 
4,021 
1,269 
91 
229 
138 
145 
159 
668 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
- 
6,613 
3,511 
204 
1,898 
352 
429 
536 
2,443 
Any 
- 
11,812 
7,934 
344 
952 
818 
1,043 
1,652 
5,628 
1 to 49 days 
- 
1,661 
707 
32 
379 
68 
107 
123 
611 
50 to 99 days 
- 
670 
438 
22 
71 
31 
63 
68 
279 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
- 
1,272 
995 
39 
101 
102 
123 
204 
696 
200 days or more 
- 
8,209 
5,794 
251 
401 
617 
750 
1,257 
4,042 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
478 
341 
10 
70 
44 
69 
88 
182 
3 or 4 years 
- 
770 
543 
26 
122 
72 
98 
166 
379 
5 to 9 years 
- 
2,394 
1,682 
55 
446 
188 
287 
458 
1,283 
1 0 years or more 
- 
14,783 
8,879 
457 
2,212 
866 
1,018 
1,476 
6,227 
Average years on present farm 
- 
23.4 
22.2 
25.6 
22.9 
20.4 
17.9 
17.5 
19.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
333 
246 
6 
45 
36 
55 
67 
131 
3 or 4 years 
- 
647 
473 
19 
95 
50 
80 
130 
292 
5 to 9 years 
- 
2,109 
1,412 
49 
380 
163 
254 
389 
1,089 
1 0 years or more 
- 
15,336 
9,314 
474 
2,330 
921 
1,083 
1,602 
6,559 
Average years operating any farm 
- 
25.3 
24.2 
28.0 
25.0 
22.4 
19.8 
19.8 
21.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
39 
87 
6 
42 
12 
12 
33 
40 
25 to 34 years 
- 
668 
787 
52 
438 
135 
102 
200 
468 
35 to 44 years 
- 
1,691 
1,450 
63 
535 
256 
268 
412 
1,031 
45 to 49 years 
- 
1,646 
1,286 
72 
358 
161 
208 
283 
949 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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