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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
_ 
_ 
- 
_ 
- 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
36 
53 
5 
1 
4 
- 
6 
19 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
- 
7,307 
6,270 
398 
148 
366 
237 
685 
3,186 
Part owners 
.... farms 
- 
1,586 
3,883 
566 
86 
217 
30 
86 
459 
Tenants 
.... farms 
- 
641 
1,635 
119 
13 
61 
15 
66 
309 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
_ 
8,947 
10,225 
969 
234 
586 
268 
774 
3,659 
acres 
- 
4,675,904 
11,144,236 
1,161,546 
82,993 
113,356 
52,820 
46,927 
1,059,381 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
8,893 
10,153 
964 
234 
583 
267 
771 
3,645 
acres 
- 
3,207,736 
10,228,625 
1,105,851 
77,568 
97,028 
23,983 
30,356 
842,736 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
_ 
2,277 
5,567 
689 
100 
279 
45 
152 
773 
acres 
- 
1,434,072 
6,070,242 
583,069 
43,829 
112,100 
11,498 
10,865 
207,070 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
2,227 
5,518 
685 
99 
278 
45 
152 
768 
acres 
- 
1,391,255 
5,974,540 
580,815 
43,529 
111,895 
11,298 
10,667 
201,215 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
_ 
3,447 
2,482 
178 
42 
96 
65 
145 
723 
acres 
- 
1,510,985 
1,011,313 
57,949 
5,725 
16,533 
29,037 
16,769 
222,500 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
- 
13,942 
18,266 
1,847 
456 
1,052 
483 
1,368 
6,542 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
5,753 
6,433 
556 
103 
317 
108 
353 
1,628 
2 operators 
- 
3,288 
4,524 
369 
98 
266 
150 
449 
2,128 
3 operators 
- 
412 
677 
122 
36 
45 
23 
27 
157 
4 operators 
- 
49 
108 
23 
5 
12 
- 
6 
24 
5 or more operators 
" 
32 
46 
13 
5 
4 
1 
2 
17 
Total women operators 
. number 
- 
4,333 
5,280 
329 
115 
243 
183 
573 
2,651 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
3,895 
4,830 
290 
95 
220 
179 
531 
2,419 
2 operators 
- 
189 
190 
17 
8 
7 
2 
21 
116 
3 operators 
- 
17 
22 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
" 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
“ 
1 
" 
" 
" 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
- 
8,126 
10,871 
1,060 
233 
626 
235 
664 
3,264 
Female 
1,408 
917 
23 
14 
18 
47 
173 
690 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
3,767 
6,434 
920 
204 
439 
99 
247 
1,173 
Other 
- 
5,767 
5,354 
163 
43 
205 
183 
590 
2,781 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
- 
6,159 
8,908 
785 
219 
494 
245 
701 
3,275 
Not on farm operated 
- 
3,375 
2,880 
298 
28 
150 
37 
136 
679 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
- 
3,347 
4,095 
719 
150 
286 
77 
172 
1,052 
Any 
- 
6,187 
7,693 
364 
97 
358 
205 
665 
2,902 
1 to 49 days 
- 
939 
980 
90 
18 
47 
26 
68 
251 
50 to 99 days 
- 
308 
373 
27 
3 
24 
10 
48 
105 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
- 
788 
861 
29 
11 
46 
32 
45 
349 
200 days or more 
- 
4,152 
5,479 
218 
65 
241 
137 
504 
2,197 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
316 
588 
34 
4 
13 
16 
56 
99 
3 or 4 years 
- 
450 
682 
33 
9 
36 
12 
62 
126 
5 to 9 years 
- 
1,318 
1,599 
84 
26 
97 
61 
131 
729 
1 0 years or more 
- 
7,450 
8,919 
932 
208 
498 
193 
588 
3,000 
Average years on present farm 
- 
24.4 
23.1 
27.7 
26.1 
23.3 
18.7 
18.1 
19.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
231 
361 
22 
4 
3 
1 
22 
71 
3 or 4 years 
- 
373 
527 
17 
1 
31 
16 
51 
74 
5 to 9 years 
- 
1,150 
1,407 
80 
22 
86 
49 
119 
593 
1 0 years or more 
- 
7,780 
9,493 
964 
220 
524 
216 
645 
3,216 
Average years operating any farm 
- 
26.7 
25.6 
29.4 
28.0 
25.6 
20.7 
21.0 
21.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
50 
164 
4 
2 
11 
- 
6 
2 
25 to 34 years 
- 
422 
1,317 
105 
8 
44 
19 
68 
172 
35 to 44 years 
- 
887 
1,688 
175 
25 
87 
51 
132 
562 
45 to 49 years 
- 
748 
1,171 
96 
33 
82 
29 
129 
373 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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