Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
43 
9 
- 
1 
- 
14 
- 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
33 
7 
3 
3 
- 
5 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
13 
- 
1 
2 
2 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
6 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
19,169 
950 
780 
831 
690 
6,061 
19 
Part owners 
.... farms 
5,055 
937 
196 
86 
63 
1,406 
31 
Tenants 
.... farms 
1,042 
213 
86 
19 
52 
234 
5 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
24,259 
1,895 
981 
918 
753 
7,476 
50 
acres 
3,880,021 
631,881 
66,282 
103,568 
80,710 
1,753,785 
15,891 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
24,224 
1,887 
976 
917 
753 
7,467 
50 
acres 
3,655,203 
606,730 
62,604 
93,081 
74,436 
1,632,837 
14,956 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
6,138 
1,159 
285 
105 
118 
1,656 
36 
acres 
1,336,384 
442,420 
25,972 
26,457 
13,417 
543,939 
20,145 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
6,097 
1,150 
282 
105 
115 
1,640 
36 
acres 
1,316,041 
441,464 
25,221 
26,419 
13,367 
530,448 
19,605 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
2,408 
254 
85 
120 
47 
1,201 
8 
acres 
245,161 
26,107 
4,429 
10,525 
6,324 
134,439 
1,475 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
37,060 
2,815 
1,639 
1,452 
1,243 
10,828 
64 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
15,502 
1,524 
600 
501 
458 
5,226 
46 
2 operators 
8,206 
471 
385 
382 
279 
1,968 
9 
3 operators 
1,281 
88 
61 
31 
60 
427 
- 
4 operators 
181 
10 
5 
20 
5 
52 
- 
5 or more operators 
96 
7 
11 
2 
3 
28 
- 
Total women operators 
. number 
10,765 
357 
486 
508 
388 
2,805 
1 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
9,435 
325 
398 
422 
342 
2,480 
1 
2 operators 
506 
16 
33 
34 
17 
109 
- 
3 operators 
80 
" 
6 
6 
2 
27 
- 
4 operators 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
12 
" 
“ 
" 
1 
5 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
21,257 
2,003 
931 
774 
654 
6,458 
55 
Female 
4,009 
97 
131 
162 
151 
1,243 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
10,361 
1,159 
542 
395 
352 
2,613 
48 
Other 
14,905 
941 
520 
541 
453 
5,088 
7 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
19,430 
1,492 
859 
723 
535 
5,114 
44 
Not on farm operated 
5,836 
608 
203 
213 
270 
2,587 
11 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
9,395 
878 
459 
316 
339 
2,958 
37 
Any 
15,871 
1,222 
603 
620 
466 
4,743 
18 
1 to 49 days 
1,971 
158 
91 
99 
53 
772 
1 
50 to 99 days 
1,055 
87 
52 
50 
49 
269 
1 
100 to 199 days 
2,126 
202 
113 
112 
65 
534 
3 
200 days or more 
10,719 
775 
347 
359 
299 
3,168 
13 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
988 
85 
58 
47 
22 
304 
2 
3 or 4 years 
1,145 
123 
92 
58 
36 
288 
- 
5 to 9 years 
3,475 
271 
173 
160 
122 
891 
13 
10 years or more 
19,658 
1,621 
739 
671 
625 
6,218 
40 
Average years on present farm 
22.1 
24.3 
21.1 
21.1 
20.5 
23.6 
23.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
741 
71 
45 
38 
21 
214 
2 
3 or 4 years 
910 
94 
70 
49 
28 
234 
- 
5 to 9 years 
2,997 
232 
135 
155 
103 
825 
11 
10 years or more 
20,618 
1,703 
812 
694 
653 
6,428 
42 
Average years operating any farm 
23.8 
26.0 
23.4 
22.5 
21.9 
25.1 
24.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
84 
5 
2 
- 
- 
27 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,013 
119 
47 
33 
27 
292 
4 
35 to 44 years 
2,350 
224 
80 
55 
72 
605 
13 
45 to 49 years 
2,080 
160 
73 
76 
54 
482 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 South Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
