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 
7,770 
9,960 
Land in farms acres 
733,618 
791,498 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
569 
1,143 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
2,224 
2,594 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3,320 
4,393 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,940 
3,454 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
2,806 
3,938 
180 to 499 acres 
802 
832 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
139 
138 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
43 
85 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
32 
59 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
252 
293 
Owned land in farms farms 
7,568 
9,709 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
404 
334 
acres 
615,898 
685,227 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,027 
1,254 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,428 
1,965 
acres 
117,720 
106,271 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
6,743 
8,706 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
547,843 
(D) 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
825 
1,003 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
166,353 
150,755 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
7,618 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
202 
251 
acres 
19,422 
(D) 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
142 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
7,191 
9,187 
Total farms 
7,770 
9,960 
Partnerships 
357 
626 
$1,000 
144,321 
161,820 
Corporations 
126 
121 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
96 
26 
sold farms 
7,770 
9,960 
$1,000 
139,229 
154,756 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
4,064 
5,836 
and greenhouse crops farms 
1,951 
2,205 
2 operators 
3,018 
3,415 
$1,000 
56,476 
34,890 
3 operators 
551 
576 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
97 
89 
their products farms 
3,768 
4,743 
5 or more operators 
40 
44 
$1,000 
82,753 
119,865 
Government payments farms 
1,808 
2,189 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
5,092 
7,064 
1 operator 
7,073 
9,197 
2 operators 
597 
667 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
88 
82 
4 operators 
8 
13 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,907 
3,993 
5 or more operators 
4 
1 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,422 
1,798 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,118 
1,453 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
968 
1,235 
Internet access 
5,079 
4,765 
$10,000 to $24,999 
824 
869 
Dial-up service 
531 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
276 
286 
DSL service 
2,015 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
255 
326 
Cable modem service 
1,102 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
153 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
1,038 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
711 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
2 
38 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
104 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
1,064 
Other Internet service 
80 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
133 
141 
Programs payments farms 
673 
1,147 
acres 
16,268 
16,242 
$1,000 
2,468 
3,679 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,558 
1,636 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
2,625 
3,385 
1 household 
6,516 
8,158 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
1,019 
1,403 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
154 
279 
4 households 
46 
77 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
221 
247 
5 or more households 
35 
43 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
80 
97 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
101 
76 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
152 
210 
Less than 25 percent 
6,703 
8,625 
25 to 49 percent 
441 
529 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,251 
2,656 
50 to 74 percent 
360 
464 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
22 
53 
75 to 99 percent 
138 
164 
Cotton farming (11192) 
5 
9 
1 00 percent 
128 
178 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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