Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Rhea 
Roane 
Robertson 
Rutherford 
Scott 
Sequatchie 
Sevier 
Shelby 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
411 
519 
1,180 
1,327 
302 
188 
603 
411 
2007 
449 
580 
1,408 
1,525 
261 
232 
707 
600 
acres, 2012 
57,671 
46,953 
209,107 
176,213 
39,142 
30,678 
55,541 
81,860 
2007 
56,182 
52,582 
227,298 
164,411 
31,086 
28,675 
56,449 
92,299 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
290 
336 
787 
776 
222 
118 
420 
232 
2007 
288 
345 
957 
793 
165 
129 
451 
261 
acres, 2012 
19,400 
11,015 
129,883 
60,779 
9,303 
7,224 
14,242 
52,770 
TENURE 
2007 
15,240 
1 1 ,923 
125,054 
52,019 
6,034 
6,361 
13,790 
54,635 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
293 
386 
853 
1,001 
213 
133 
391 
304 
2007 
311 
414 
1,000 
1,178 
182 
174 
523 
478 
acres, 2012 
25,264 
28,276 
72,577 
81,580 
25,459 
14,019 
26,915 
27,960 
2007 
25,879 
27,989 
79,434 
85,202 
(D) 
16,906 
29,471 
33,876 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
191 
232 
513 
523 
144 
76 
247 
148 
2007 
166 
218 
616 
520 
102 
88 
291 
185 
acres, 2012 
4,825 
5,371 
26,823 
16,034 
4,489 
2,547 
5,236 
5,907 
2007 
4,845 
5,093 
27,665 
16,770 
(D) 
2,580 
5,553 
7,675 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
107 
123 
280 
281 
81 
46 
170 
72 
2007 
128 
153 
351 
316 
76 
51 
151 
97 
acres, 2012 
30,341 
18,256 
123,077 
86,833 
12,370 
14,638 
23,967 
32,427 
2007 
28,139 
23,373 
122,392 
74,664 
13,282 
10,734 
22,842 
53,830 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
13,977 
9,927 
44,179 
35,539 
6,513 
7,271 
10,548 
8,871 
2007 
15,312 
12,374 
49,976 
31,345 
6,251 
5,644 
10,094 
10,797 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
16,364 
8,329 
78,898 
51,294 
5,857 
7,367 
13,419 
23,556 
2007 
12,827 
10,999 
72,416 
43,319 
7,031 
5,090 
12,748 
43,033 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
92 
95 
239 
232 
73 
36 
144 
55 
2007 
115 
119 
298 
258 
60 
36 
137 
66 
acres, 2012 
13,750 
5,487 
90,994 
42,081 
4,305 
4,209 
8,020 
27,185 
2007 
9,852 
6,330 
77,145 
33,049 
3,341 
3,556 
7,155 
43,268 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
11 
10 
47 
45 
8 
9 
42 
35 
2007 
10 
13 
57 
31 
3 
7 
33 
25 
acres, 2012 
2,066 
421 
13,453 
7,800 
1,313 
2,021 
4,659 
21,473 
2007 
2,164 
1,220 
25,472 
4,545 
(D) 
1,035 
4,136 
4,593 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
7 
9 
35 
21 
5 
6 
29 
29 
2007 
7 
8 
43 
15 
3 
5 
23 
10 
acres, 2012 
825 
157 
12,066 
2,664 
509 
468 
986 
19,678 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
543 
500 
20,244 
2,200 
(D) 
225 
1,082 
3,692 
Total operators 
number 
608 
820 
1,831 
2,010 
434 
299 
851 
612 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
250 
271 
638 
745 
186 
98 
384 
239 
2 operators 
132 
213 
450 
507 
106 
73 
195 
146 
3 operators 
25 
25 
79 
61 
5 
15 
19 
24 
4 operators 
3 
6 
10 
8 
4 
1 
5 
1 
5 or more operators 
1 
4 
3 
6 
1 
1 
- 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
162 
275 
461 
677 
105 
84 
229 
192 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
148 
237 
435 
607 
97 
79 
205 
172 
2 operators 
7 
15 
13 
30 
4 
1 
9 
10 
3 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
4 operators 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
- 
2 
" 
- 
" 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
682 
874 
2,143 
2,254 
401 
329 
1,033 
920 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
245 
332 
805 
880 
150 
149 
456 
349 
2 operators 
181 
215 
497 
581 
93 
71 
202 
200 
3 operators 
19 
26 
82 
46 
10 
10 
29 
38 
4 operators 
3 
3 
23 
17 
7 
2 
15 
8 
5 or more operators 
1 
4 
1 
1 
1 
- 
5 
5 
Total women operators 
number 
193 
265 
537 
703 
127 
91 
302 
326 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
168 
245 
472 
648 
115 
85 
250 
244 
2 operators 
8 
7 
31 
26 
6 
3 
23 
28 
3 operators 
3 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
7 
4 operators 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
1 
1 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
367 
441 
1,063 
1,097 
281 
162 
529 
340 
2007 
405 
510 
1,249 
1,304 
225 
194 
587 
478 
acres, 2012 
55,213 
42,644 
200,618 
158,497 
36,388 
26,861 
51,317 
74,404 
2007 
51,692 
47,727 
208,202 
150,415 
28,278 
25,347 
49,164 
86,205 
Female 
farms, 2012 
44 
78 
117 
230 
21 
26 
74 
71 
2007 
44 
70 
159 
221 
36 
38 
120 
122 
acres, 2012 
2,458 
4,309 
8,489 
17,716 
2,754 
3,817 
4,224 
7,456 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
4,490 
4,855 
19,096 
13,996 
2,808 
3,328 
7,285 
6,094 
Farming 
2012 
184 
181 
535 
555 
131 
73 
249 
173 
2007 
162 
216 
583 
538 
69 
74 
269 
249 
Other 
2012 
227 
338 
645 
772 
171 
115 
354 
238 
Place of residence: 
2007 
287 
364 
825 
987 
192 
158 
438 
351 
On farm operated 
2012 
343 
447 
971 
1,122 
236 
137 
505 
298 
2007 
360 
493 
1,184 
1,293 
214 
187 
573 
437 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
68 
72 
209 
205 
66 
51 
98 
113 
2007 
89 
87 
224 
232 
47 
45 
134 
163 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Tennessee 609 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
