Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
162 
16 
2 
1 
1 
24 
1 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
135 
20 
3 
2 
1 
24 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
17 
- 
1 
1 
2 
2 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
11 
2 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
48,734 
1,753 
560 
578 
838 
13,590 
215 
Part owners 
.... farms 
17,045 
2,049 
163 
20 
142 
1,997 
305 
Tenants 
.... farms 
2,271 
347 
45 
7 
54 
302 
53 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
65,873 
3,814 
723 
598 
980 
15,604 
522 
acres 
7,588,744 
1,228,284 
51,626 
32,918 
86,317 
1,615,977 
88,937 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
65,779 
3,802 
723 
598 
980 
15,587 
520 
acres 
7,052,031 
1,138,846 
46,273 
29,920 
82,481 
1,439,980 
85,013 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
19,405 
2,416 
212 
27 
196 
2,324 
365 
acres 
3,827,807 
1,718,700 
30,219 
1,213 
15,094 
486,145 
65,465 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
19,316 
2,396 
208 
27 
196 
2,299 
358 
acres 
3,815,781 
1,716,282 
29,870 
1,183 
14,439 
483,284 
65,147 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
6,630 
1,082 
94 
62 
67 
2,106 
72 
acres 
548,739 
91,856 
5,702 
3,028 
4,491 
178,858 
4,242 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
101,603 
5,799 
1,208 
963 
1,662 
22,706 
797 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
39,688 
2,868 
408 
297 
543 
10,081 
394 
2 operators 
24,219 
990 
308 
277 
397 
5,008 
138 
3 operators 
3,421 
237 
35 
16 
68 
665 
38 
4 operators 
549 
36 
11 
12 
20 
95 
2 
5 or more operators 
173 
18 
6 
3 
6 
40 
1 
Total women operators 
. number 
29,189 
877 
363 
347 
502 
6,725 
109 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
26,176 
786 
323 
320 
437 
6,035 
105 
2 operators 
1,249 
44 
20 
12 
29 
265 
2 
3 operators 
123 
1 
- 
1 
1 
34 
- 
4 operators 
22 
- 
- 
- 
1 
9 
- 
5 or more operators 
11 
" 
" 
" 
- 
4 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
60,280 
3,928 
688 
504 
882 
13,638 
551 
Female 
7,770 
221 
80 
101 
152 
2,251 
22 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
28,454 
2,536 
430 
229 
576 
4,971 
385 
Other 
39,596 
1,613 
338 
376 
458 
10,918 
188 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
55,153 
3,000 
632 
493 
781 
11,791 
454 
Not on farm operated 
12,897 
1,149 
136 
112 
253 
4,098 
119 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
25,071 
1,939 
300 
201 
458 
5,896 
289 
Any 
42,979 
2,210 
468 
404 
576 
9,993 
284 
1 to 49 days 
4,950 
298 
63 
59 
63 
1,535 
33 
50 to 99 days 
3,204 
187 
55 
32 
59 
768 
30 
100 to 199 days 
5,808 
313 
100 
63 
115 
1,171 
65 
200 days or more 
29,017 
1,412 
250 
250 
339 
6,519 
156 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,132 
184 
53 
15 
30 
454 
11 
3 or 4 years 
3,112 
192 
70 
56 
40 
749 
12 
5 to 9 years 
9,728 
402 
141 
126 
149 
2,501 
40 
10 years or more 
53,078 
3,371 
504 
408 
815 
12,185 
510 
Average years on present farm 
22.8 
25.4 
19.1 
17.9 
21.0 
21.8 
26.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,465 
149 
39 
12 
19 
307 
3 
3 or 4 years 
2,514 
141 
52 
44 
32 
642 
8 
5 to 9 years 
8,227 
349 
119 
115 
127 
2,161 
29 
10 years or more 
55,844 
3,510 
558 
434 
856 
12,779 
533 
Average years operating any farm 
25.0 
27.5 
22.1 
19.9 
23.2 
23.7 
29.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
259 
52 
2 
4 
1 
29 
4 
25 to 34 years 
2,564 
256 
48 
12 
56 
472 
41 
35 to 44 years 
6,768 
456 
79 
47 
117 
1,328 
75 
45 to 49 years 
6,011 
359 
70 
46 
90 
1,233 
58 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
