Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feed lots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
- 
14 
7 
- 
_ 
_ 
4 
- 
8 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
5 
8 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
2 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
2 
2 
- 
" 
- 
4 
- 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
115 
5,927 
4,085 
_ 
30 
185 
943 
971 
3,643 
Part owners 
.... farms 
221 
1,154 
1,536 
- 
43 
40 
262 
95 
391 
Tenants 
.... farms 
32 
197 
230 
7 
11 
33 
34 
123 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
336 
7,090 
5,632 
_ 
73 
225 
1,206 
1,066 
4,034 
acres 
131,265 
1,606,629 
688,276 
- 
31,913 
21,412 
184,994 
48,655 
268,545 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
336 
7,081 
5,621 
- 
73 
225 
1,205 
1,066 
4,034 
acres 
126,684 
1,491,197 
666,130 
- 
31,873 
19,315 
165,483 
46,106 
256,608 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
253 
1,367 
1,776 
_ 
50 
51 
295 
129 
514 
acres 
129,104 
394,690 
161,336 
- 
13,400 
3,302 
75,033 
4,678 
26,430 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
253 
1,351 
1,766 
- 
50 
51 
295 
129 
514 
acres 
128,493 
382,350 
160,102 
- 
13,400 
3,302 
71,263 
4,658 
26,397 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
53 
1,140 
320 
_ 
1 
28 
96 
40 
216 
acres 
5,192 
127,772 
23,380 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
23,281 
(D) 
11,970 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
499 
10,265 
8,312 
- 
139 
379 
1,985 
1,659 
6,609 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
253 
4,927 
3,797 
- 
36 
138 
618 
604 
2,000 
2 operators 
99 
1,860 
1,722 
- 
33 
77 
510 
443 
1,936 
3 operators 
16 
411 
285 
- 
8 
14 
96 
44 
167 
4 operators 
- 
52 
28 
- 
2 
2 
12 
8 
37 
5 or more operators 
" 
28 
19 
- 
1 
5 
2 
1 
17 
Total women operators 
. number 
43 
2,761 
1,947 
- 
33 
82 
643 
590 
2,926 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
43 
2,436 
1,763 
- 
30 
82 
555 
528 
2,510 
2 operators 
- 
109 
69 
- 
- 
- 
32 
28 
168 
3 operators 
- 
27 
14 
- 
1 
" 
8 
2 
14 
4 operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
5 
“ 
" 
" 
" 
6 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
354 
6,049 
5,360 
- 
70 
207 
1,053 
892 
2,855 
Female 
14 
1,229 
491 
- 
10 
29 
185 
208 
1,302 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
276 
2,289 
2,405 
- 
67 
130 
735 
341 
1,622 
Other 
92 
4,989 
3,446 
- 
13 
106 
503 
759 
2,535 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
275 
4,795 
4,790 
- 
67 
198 
1,018 
961 
3,673 
Not on farm operated 
93 
2,483 
1,061 
- 
13 
38 
220 
139 
484 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
185 
2,736 
2,105 
- 
57 
107 
544 
310 
1,322 
Any 
183 
4,542 
3,746 
- 
23 
129 
694 
790 
2,835 
1 to 49 days 
29 
742 
377 
- 
5 
6 
74 
60 
276 
50 to 99 days 
4 
264 
245 
- 
4 
9 
47 
61 
182 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
36 
495 
547 
- 
1 
18 
94 
85 
355 
200 days or more 
114 
3,041 
2,577 
- 
13 
96 
479 
584 
2,022 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
12 
290 
190 
- 
4 
6 
40 
50 
182 
3 or 4 years 
22 
266 
193 
- 
6 
21 
70 
78 
180 
5 to 9 years 
35 
843 
685 
- 
12 
29 
248 
168 
716 
1 0 years or more 
299 
5,879 
4,783 
- 
58 
180 
880 
804 
3,079 
Average years on present farm 
26.5 
23.4 
24.7 
- 
23.0 
20.4 
18.2 
18.1 
18.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
9 
203 
154 
- 
1 
5 
31 
40 
121 
3 or 4 years 
21 
213 
163 
- 
3 
18 
57 
68 
126 
5 to 9 years 
25 
789 
567 
- 
8 
29 
216 
149 
578 
1 0 years or more 
313 
6,073 
4,967 
- 
68 
184 
934 
843 
3,332 
Average years operating any farm 
28.2 
24.9 
26.3 
- 
28.0 
22.2 
20.0 
19.4 
20.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
27 
26 
- 
- 
5 
6 
- 
13 
25 to 34 years 
38 
250 
212 
- 
5 
18 
75 
55 
130 
35 to 44 years 
41 
551 
522 
- 
12 
23 
169 
133 
455 
45 to 49 years 
28 
449 
406 
- 
7 
26 
174 
139 
483 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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