Table 46. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Land in farms 
Harvested cropland 
Market 
value of 
agricultural 
products 
sold 
($1,000) 
Farms by economic class and primary occupation 
Farming 
Other than farming 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
State Total 
Tennessee 
7,770 
733,618 
4,128 
190,321 
139,229 
1,520 
810 
750 
2,809 
1,276 
605 
Counties 
Anderson 
36 
1,530 
26 
278 
714 
8 
1 
2 
15 
8 
2 
Bedford 
173 
14,239 
94 
3,179 
12,474 
43 
15 
21 
58 
18 
18 
Benton 
89 
10,985 
38 
1,366 
270 
23 
8 
8 
29 
11 
10 
Bledsoe 
54 
6,841 
30 
1,497 
3,261 
6 
3 
9 
15 
9 
12 
Blount 
105 
5,769 
72 
1,365 
351 
34 
13 
6 
32 
17 
3 
Bradley 
97 
8,581 
61 
2,002 
3,591 
16 
12 
10 
36 
14 
9 
Campbell 
39 
2,467 
26 
472 
107 
6 
9 
- 
17 
7 
- 
Cannon 
90 
8,528 
51 
1,753 
688 
21 
9 
6 
32 
14 
8 
Carroll 
98 
12,233 
36 
3,331 
1,166 
7 
8 
11 
40 
26 
6 
Carter 
46 
2,453 
34 
491 
80 
9 
11 
2 
21 
3 
- 
Cheatham 
52 
4,028 
25 
612 
211 
9 
12 
3 
17 
9 
2 
Chester 
51 
5,693 
14 
955 
94 
3 
5 
1 
23 
17 
2 
Claiborne 
117 
8,036 
79 
1,854 
411 
26 
16 
4 
45 
19 
7 
Clay 
38 
5,894 
23 
1,245 
(D) 
3 
1 
9 
16 
5 
4 
Cocke 
73 
6,133 
44 
1,154 
432 
20 
12 
3 
24 
8 
6 
Coffee 
101 
10,037 
58 
3,808 
1,702 
26 
2 
18 
32 
15 
8 
Crockett 
30 
3,061 
11 
531 
147 
- 
- 
4 
5 
13 
8 
Cumberland 
94 
10,653 
52 
1,507 
504 
16 
10 
9 
36 
12 
11 
Davidson 
53 
4,601 
25 
366 
(D) 
9 
5 
6 
24 
7 
2 
Decatur 
48 
6,426 
24 
638 
168 
10 
7 
2 
19 
8 
2 
DeKalb 
81 
7,346 
43 
2,528 
3,286 
8 
12 
8 
36 
7 
10 
Dickson 
133 
10,466 
77 
2,042 
477 
22 
12 
5 
74 
12 
8 
Dyer 
38 
16,553 
21 
15,125 
8,552 
3 
5 
4 
10 
13 
3 
Fayette 
110 
12,670 
43 
2,155 
974 
20 
7 
7 
49 
17 
10 
Fentress 
48 
4,474 
25 
782 
1,774 
9 
1 
6 
14 
11 
7 
Franklin 
93 
7,983 
61 
2,786 
1,884 
12 
6 
11 
31 
18 
15 
Gibson 
72 
4,217 
20 
1,577 
816 
7 
10 
4 
23 
21 
7 
Giles 
187 
19,007 
89 
2,738 
3,011 
25 
17 
21 
76 
35 
13 
Grainger 
71 
6,246 
32 
939 
648 
15 
7 
8 
24 
10 
7 
Greene 
321 
18,733 
240 
5,698 
3,694 
47 
22 
34 
130 
65 
23 
Grundy 
31 
1,565 
21 
369 
2,982 
5 
2 
2 
13 
4 
5 
Hamblen 
50 
5,902 
39 
1,652 
469 
14 
1 
13 
4 
14 
4 
Hamilton 
79 
4,441 
38 
1,056 
2,148 
23 
8 
14 
16 
15 
3 
Hancock 
39 
5,152 
24 
547 
256 
7 
2 
7 
14 
3 
6 
Hardeman 
70 
11,574 
22 
1,705 
818 
13 
7 
3 
20 
20 
7 
Hardin 
63 
8,059 
24 
771 
356 
7 
2 
2 
30 
16 
6 
Hawkins 
164 
10,624 
91 
2,112 
603 
40 
14 
16 
67 
21 
6 
Haywood 
67 
8,570 
20 
1,913 
1,513 
5 
6 
9 
12 
25 
10 
Henderson 
125 
15,742 
44 
3,628 
1,876 
13 
9 
6 
55 
32 
10 
Henry 
122 
13,188 
65 
3,742 
2,529 
10 
10 
5 
48 
35 
14 
Hickman 
64 
7,989 
35 
936 
350 
10 
3 
7 
28 
8 
8 
Houston 
29 
2,177 
13 
138 
83 
8 
1 
1 
14 
1 
4 
Humphreys 
52 
4,844 
25 
1,993 
835 
8 
5 
5 
23 
10 
1 
Jackson 
51 
4,501 
31 
383 
154 
11 
9 
- 
16 
11 
4 
Jefferson 
129 
10,452 
88 
2,530 
2,971 
32 
25 
17 
36 
15 
4 
Johnson 
59 
3,271 
41 
636 
202 
13 
6 
4 
26 
8 
2 
Knox 
144 
8,200 
87 
2,359 
673 
46 
21 
8 
56 
9 
4 
Lake 
8 
2,525 
6 
2,009 
1,327 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
6 
Lauderdale 
62 
4,759 
10 
521 
304 
5 
- 
3 
34 
11 
9 
Lawrence 
140 
15,131 
53 
1,534 
1,030 
24 
18 
10 
55 
26 
7 
Lewis 
21 
1,777 
10 
(D) 
65 
6 
_ 
_ 
8 
6 
1 
Lincoln 
157 
16,906 
83 
3,442 
1,313 
22 
24 
20 
60 
19 
12 
Loudon 
88 
5,614 
54 
1,582 
745 
16 
7 
9 
39 
12 
5 
McMinn 
104 
7,926 
66 
2,482 
1,953 
19 
10 
4 
40 
18 
13 
McNairy 
79 
9,889 
30 
1,372 
1,177 
14 
5 
4 
34 
21 
1 
Macon 
58 
4,818 
30 
659 
271 
18 
5 
1 
23 
4 
7 
Madison 
90 
10,587 
14 
742 
261 
21 
10 
6 
32 
14 
7 
Marion 
25 
3,737 
15 
639 
184 
5 
- 
9 
9 
2 
- 
Marshall 
124 
13,357 
69 
3,191 
1,947 
29 
25 
13 
31 
18 
8 
Maury 
175 
16,907 
78 
3,443 
4,050 
38 
23 
16 
70 
16 
12 
Meigs 
29 
4,552 
21 
650 
168 
4 
1 
3 
15 
4 
2 
Monroe 
79 
5,500 
41 
1,206 
774 
17 
9 
7 
35 
7 
4 
Montgomery 
79 
6,228 
43 
1,419 
738 
11 
4 
6 
28 
17 
13 
Moore 
21 
1,662 
11 
296 
3,905 
- 
1 
6 
9 
4 
1 
Morgan 
47 
3,706 
27 
396 
152 
18 
7 
5 
13 
3 
1 
Obion 
51 
37,361 
20 
30,342 
13,345 
8 
11 
7 
11 
7 
7 
Overton 
70 
5,952 
40 
1,352 
896 
8 
1 
14 
31 
11 
5 
Perry 
28 
5,629 
17 
2,333 
425 
3 
- 
6 
5 
8 
6 
Pickett 
28 
2,893 
17 
585 
157 
- 
3 
3 
12 
7 
3 
Polk 
30 
2,394 
14 
742 
4,873 
6 
4 
7 
9 
- 
4 
Putnam 
89 
6,919 
55 
1,175 
444 
17 
5 
7 
39 
14 
7 
Rhea 
44 
2,458 
22 
432 
198 
16 
2 
3 
12 
9 
2 
Roane 
78 
4,309 
48 
1,091 
748 
12 
6 
7 
23 
23 
7 
Robertson 
117 
8,489 
58 
3,105 
3,326 
18 
13 
22 
41 
17 
6 
Rutherford 
230 
17,716 
108 
3,352 
1,254 
66 
43 
30 
55 
29 
7 
Scott 
21 
2,754 
17 
310 
23 
4 
3 
- 
13 
1 
- 
Sequatchie 
26 
3,817 
14 
874 
1,901 
6 
1 
2 
9 
4 
4 
Sevier 
74 
4,224 
49 
1,060 
293 
26 
3 
6 
26 
12 
1 
Shelby 
71 
7,456 
18 
977 
1,022 
12 
12 
11 
22 
9 
5 
Smith 
80 
9,474 
38 
823 
553 
16 
10 
5 
26 
13 
10 
Stewart 
41 
5,804 
17 
873 
226 
10 
2 
3 
21 
4 
1 
Sullivan 
120 
7,132 
80 
2,357 
436 
32 
11 
4 
48 
21 
4 
Sumner 
198 
11,138 
107 
2,668 
2,692 
34 
31 
24 
77 
19 
13 
Tipton 
50 
4,221 
26 
1,007 
564 
5 
2 
5 
21 
14 
3 
624 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
