Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms with a woman operator 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Nebraska 
19,203 
19,851 
15,824,437 
4,091 
1,970,004 
Counties 
Adams 
204 
225 
93,638 
45 
8,355 
Antelope 
259 
264 
171,145 
33 
7,265 
Arthur 
38 
41 
162,503 
12 
35,910 
Banner 
105 
107 
218,265 
21 
25,205 
Blaine 
61 
69 
160,537 
13 
33,344 
Boone 
201 
204 
122,873 
21 
6,688 
Box Butte 
214 
223 
260,440 
35 
9,540 
Boyd 
72 
74 
69,926 
11 
4,747 
Brown 
161 
165 
345,409 
19 
23,735 
Buffalo 
394 
409 
197,828 
111 
25,690 
Burt 
155 
159 
76,607 
27 
5,601 
Butler 
252 
268 
92,833 
65 
12,909 
Cass 
287 
293 
68,237 
68 
6,614 
Cedar 
338 
350 
157,028 
42 
5,952 
Chase 
161 
163 
191,643 
53 
35,587 
Cherry 
264 
284 
1,271,637 
69 
293,355 
Cheyenne 
219 
242 
241,912 
71 
33,472 
Clay 
171 
172 
105,933 
30 
1,711 
Colfax 
167 
170 
68,374 
15 
2,553 
Cuming 
250 
253 
94,002 
37 
11,355 
Custer 
567 
577 
577,296 
93 
36,805 
Dakota 
105 
108 
28,405 
26 
6,728 
Dawes 
272 
282 
435,623 
92 
117,879 
Dawson 
290 
300 
196,517 
46 
13,187 
Deuel 
111 
112 
134,012 
45 
17,661 
Dixon 
203 
208 
110,592 
35 
6,413 
Dodge 
251 
266 
86,101 
44 
5,038 
Douglas 
184 
187 
24,881 
79 
(D) 
Dundy 
111 
113 
196,711 
32 
19,859 
Fillmore 
122 
126 
70,826 
16 
8,553 
Franklin 
97 
100 
70,487 
22 
11,027 
Frontier 
139 
141 
181,836 
21 
6,490 
Furnas 
114 
116 
113,993 
30 
4,218 
Gage 
484 
489 
125,103 
103 
11,871 
Garden 
103 
108 
189,418 
37 
25,220 
Garfield 
91 
98 
142,105 
15 
35,669 
Gosper 
100 
101 
99,970 
13 
9,257 
Grant 
45 
47 
245,719 
2 
(D) 
Greeley 
115 
117 
84,774 
16 
14,587 
Hall 
199 
207 
77,418 
48 
3,176 
Hamilton 
209 
213 
94,271 
28 
5,150 
Harlan 
118 
127 
81,569 
25 
4,440 
Hayes 
104 
115 
161,538 
22 
14,441 
Hitchcock 
120 
124 
188,384 
19 
12,700 
Holt 
510 
521 
564,754 
90 
84,527 
Hooker 
49 
51 
199,412 
6 
25,610 
Howard 
286 
298 
83,244 
48 
5,006 
Jefferson 
217 
224 
97,219 
44 
6,641 
Johnson 
212 
221 
60,224 
77 
8,691 
Kearney 
114 
118 
84,841 
27 
3,064 
Keith 
144 
150 
196,866 
29 
14,918 
Keya Paha 
97 
102 
182,816 
12 
9,543 
Kimball 
165 
185 
253,574 
74 
38,696 
Knox 
420 
421 
242,802 
65 
11,639 
Lancaster 
820 
853 
126,774 
229 
20,355 
Lincoln 
595 
631 
556,952 
106 
119,227 
Logan 
91 
94 
126,035 
29 
17,416 
Loup 
76 
76 
162,108 
14 
8,344 
McPherson 
68 
70 
227,859 
7 
16,600 
Madison 
259 
271 
112,350 
66 
12,894 
Merrick 
213 
213 
74,660 
35 
3,276 
Morrill 
230 
242 
331,671 
71 
77,474 
Nance 
117 
119 
56,131 
24 
12,059 
Nemaha 
163 
165 
64,713 
54 
9,619 
Nuckolls 
161 
161 
109,209 
34 
6,608 
Otoe 
355 
368 
94,046 
101 
15,571 
Pawnee 
189 
193 
63,505 
65 
13,175 
Perkins 
162 
171 
209,500 
41 
27,924 
Phelps 
122 
127 
96,188 
8 
3,110 
Pierce 
221 
224 
88,190 
31 
2,840 
Platte 
295 
299 
130,244 
34 
10,108 
Polk 
128 
129 
60,347 
13 
(D) 
Red Willow 
160 
161 
162,894 
27 
4,398 
Richardson 
270 
277 
81,010 
79 
15,972 
Rock 
122 
129 
371,758 
13 
45,978 
Saline 
255 
262 
98,428 
48 
7,485 
Sarpy 
190 
196 
26,786 
42 
3,188 
Saunders 
397 
406 
104,101 
81 
6,957 
Scotts Bluff 
434 
460 
152,573 
118 
13,593 
Seward 
374 
381 
105,231 
56 
5,448 
Sheridan 
248 
260 
538,581 
82 
152,553 
Sherman 
175 
176 
113,932 
36 
9,451 
Sioux 
177 
187 
481,491 
33 
43,283 
Stanton 
246 
247 
94,221 
40 
4,468 
Thayer 
150 
151 
97,730 
13 
4,063 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Nebraska 595 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
