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 
- 
23 
76 
- 
4 
1 
4 
8 
25 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
24 
72 
- 
- 
1 
1 
4 
7 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
2 
7 
- 
" 
- 
1 
- 
3 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
43 
13,332 
22,184 
20 
173 
198 
1,253 
1,850 
5,737 
Part owners 
.... farms 
140 
1,552 
11,052 
17 
279 
40 
209 
222 
855 
Tenants 
.... farms 
38 
211 
1,221 
- 
20 
13 
18 
67 
177 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
183 
14,899 
33,295 
37 
453 
238 
1,463 
2,073 
6,595 
acres 
77,091 
1,449,949 
3,828,342 
7,123 
118,176 
16,491 
109,289 
94,344 
399,857 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
183 
14,884 
33,236 
37 
452 
238 
1,462 
2,072 
6,592 
acres 
74,802 
1,280,165 
3,613,802 
6,933 
116,355 
15,308 
101,225 
89,463 
371,445 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
178 
1,781 
12,299 
17 
302 
56 
231 
289 
1,036 
acres 
221,265 
199,415 
1,397,300 
3,169 
66,422 
5,980 
27,291 
14,425 
61,849 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
178 
1,763 
12,273 
17 
299 
53 
227 
289 
1,032 
acres 
220,311 
197,826 
1,392,788 
3,169 
65,651 
5,977 
27,086 
14,385 
61,667 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
20 
2,014 
2,513 
2 
27 
12 
128 
112 
425 
acres 
3,243 
171,373 
219,052 
(D) 
2,592 
(D) 
8,269 
4,921 
28,594 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
309 
21,600 
50,886 
54 
811 
394 
2,574 
3,452 
11,094 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
151 
9,536 
20,575 
21 
235 
130 
550 
974 
3,006 
2 operators 
55 
4,815 
11,758 
15 
169 
106 
823 
1,045 
3,323 
3 operators 
12 
615 
1,794 
1 
54 
8 
81 
98 
364 
4 operators 
3 
90 
265 
- 
8 
7 
22 
17 
56 
5 or more operators 
" 
39 
65 
- 
6 
“ 
4 
5 
20 
Total women operators 
. number 
40 
6,576 
13,160 
11 
192 
128 
1,024 
1,343 
4,517 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
38 
5,892 
12,017 
11 
166 
118 
890 
1,182 
3,891 
2 operators 
1 
262 
469 
- 
7 
5 
61 
76 
261 
3 operators 
- 
34 
59 
- 
4 
- 
2 
3 
18 
4 operators 
- 
9 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
5 or more operators 
4 
" 
" 
1 
" 
6 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
216 
12,871 
31,651 
37 
429 
219 
1,228 
1,735 
5,341 
Female 
5 
2,224 
2,806 
- 
43 
32 
252 
404 
1,428 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
166 
4,420 
15,282 
19 
356 
113 
732 
739 
2,471 
Other 
55 
10,675 
19,175 
18 
116 
138 
748 
1,400 
4,298 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
145 
11,192 
28,604 
33 
412 
213 
1,352 
1,928 
5,914 
Not on farm operated 
76 
3,903 
5,853 
4 
60 
38 
128 
211 
855 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
126 
5,481 
12,655 
18 
293 
73 
546 
619 
2,073 
Any 
95 
9,614 
21,802 
19 
179 
178 
934 
1,520 
4,696 
1 to 49 days 
8 
1,494 
2,140 
- 
29 
13 
103 
132 
515 
50 to 99 days 
8 
730 
1,620 
1 
7 
15 
50 
88 
322 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
8 
1,098 
3,005 
1 
24 
19 
125 
216 
656 
200 days or more 
71 
6,292 
15,037 
17 
119 
131 
656 
1,084 
3,203 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
6 
437 
935 
- 
20 
26 
91 
114 
210 
3 or 4 years 
2 
735 
1,288 
1 
11 
20 
147 
167 
371 
5 to 9 years 
20 
2,441 
4,055 
6 
36 
63 
296 
557 
1,396 
1 0 years or more 
193 
11,482 
28,179 
30 
405 
142 
946 
1,301 
4,792 
Average years on present farm 
26.9 
21.5 
24.8 
22.7 
27.3 
17.1 
17.1 
15.9 
17.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2 
302 
649 
- 
8 
23 
60 
71 
128 
3 or 4 years 
2 
632 
1,045 
1 
4 
19 
113 
145 
276 
5 to 9 years 
21 
2,111 
3,383 
6 
30 
59 
271 
479 
1,128 
1 0 years or more 
196 
12,050 
29,380 
30 
430 
150 
1,036 
1,444 
5,237 
Average years operating any farm 
28.4 
23.5 
27.0 
23.9 
30.0 
18.8 
19.5 
18.1 
20.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2 
23 
123 
- 
2 
2 
10 
3 
31 
25 to 34 years 
13 
418 
1,219 
3 
16 
35 
47 
140 
260 
35 to 44 years 
29 
1,224 
3,311 
6 
53 
38 
218 
297 
818 
45 to 49 years 
27 
1,148 
2,899 
2 
45 
26 
212 
302 
727 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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