Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Beaufort 
Berkeley 
Calhoun 
Charleston 
Cherokee 
Chester 
Chesterfield 
Clarendon 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
137 
373 
412 
359 
490 
477 
717 
422 
2007 
125 
314 
341 
332 
416 
544 
848 
491 
acres, 2012 
42,177 
75,063 
118,382 
35,436 
64,601 
95,506 
131,021 
173,865 
2007 
49,401 
52,719 
110,525 
41,702 
62,729 
111,820 
140,610 
154,797 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
70 
198 
229 
165 
269 
262 
313 
228 
2007 
64 
152 
142 
143 
195 
292 
343 
238 
acres, 2012 
4,373 
10,585 
59,014 
5,070 
10,801 
15,718 
29,608 
91,282 
TENURE 
2007 
3,578 
6,095 
46,809 
4,674 
10,489 
16,849 
25,760 
88,615 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
114 
260 
317 
283 
356 
338 
554 
283 
2007 
76 
239 
263 
253 
300 
416 
687 
315 
acres, 2012 
29,432 
52,972 
56,731 
26,880 
46,534 
53,581 
74,969 
51,100 
2007 
36,217 
43,331 
41,513 
32,523 
42,216 
66,931 
96,247 
55,377 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
53 
122 
158 
129 
173 
174 
182 
109 
2007 
31 
93 
71 
102 
110 
202 
229 
95 
acres, 2012 
996 
3,118 
13,808 
2,288 
5,731 
5,431 
4,905 
7,707 
2007 
1,007 
3,062 
2,858 
1,948 
(D) 
7,163 
9,474 
11,729 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
12 
77 
73 
37 
111 
119 
144 
109 
2007 
33 
55 
68 
49 
110 
112 
146 
141 
acres, 2012 
12,552 
17,229 
53,257 
4,811 
14,662 
40,062 
54,908 
104,667 
2007 
12,687 
8,797 
66,052 
7,011 
19,158 
41,246 
42,928 
68,125 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
9,592 
10,016 
20,558 
1,661 
6,718 
21,974 
24,873 
43,797 
2007 
9,861 
4,281 
33,234 
2,075 
10,497 
22,778 
25,075 
25,060 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
2,960 
7,213 
32,699 
3,150 
7,944 
18,088 
30,035 
60,870 
2007 
2,826 
4,516 
32,818 
4,936 
8,661 
18,468 
17,853 
43,065 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
9 
61 
58 
22 
88 
81 
117 
92 
2007 
26 
45 
64 
30 
82 
81 
105 
113 
acres, 2012 
3,253 
7,369 
39,097 
1,743 
4,928 
10,068 
24,199 
67,013 
2007 
2,429 
2,781 
41,291 
2,392 
4,944 
9,352 
15,839 
50,634 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
11 
36 
22 
39 
23 
20 
19 
30 
2007 
16 
20 
10 
30 
6 
16 
15 
35 
acres, 2012 
193 
4,862 
8,394 
3,745 
3,405 
1,863 
1,144 
18,098 
2007 
497 
591 
2,960 
2,168 
1,355 
3,643 
1,435 
31,295 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
8 
15 
13 
14 
8 
7 
14 
27 
2007 
7 
14 
7 
11 
3 
9 
9 
30 
acres, 2012 
124 
98 
6,109 
1,039 
142 
219 
504 
16,562 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
142 
252 
2,660 
334 
(D) 
334 
447 
26,252 
Total operators 
number 
201 
529 
585 
566 
701 
729 
1,066 
643 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
91 
244 
267 
187 
312 
264 
413 
265 
2 operators 
35 
110 
124 
143 
153 
188 
259 
115 
3 operators 
10 
14 
15 
23 
19 
17 
45 
30 
4 operators 
2 
5 
6 
4 
2 
- 
6 
5 or more operators 
1 
3 
1 
" 
2 
6 
" 
6 
Total women operators 
number 
54 
171 
108 
207 
198 
242 
345 
154 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
41 
139 
97 
173 
171 
190 
311 
143 
2 operators 
5 
13 
4 
17 
3 
14 
14 
1 
3 operators 
1 
2 
1 
- 
7 
8 
2 
3 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
240 
452 
498 
516 
575 
750 
1,144 
672 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
69 
193 
215 
183 
278 
364 
589 
344 
2 operators 
37 
109 
101 
121 
122 
159 
224 
119 
3 operators 
12 
8 
21 
25 
12 
16 
33 
24 
4 operators 
1 
3 
3 
1 
3 
5 
2 
3 
5 or more operators 
6 
1 
1 
2 
1 
" 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
95 
132 
134 
181 
150 
238 
351 
148 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
48 
122 
124 
155 
140 
206 
325 
134 
2 operators 
7 
5 
5 
13 
5 
16 
10 
7 
3 operators 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
3 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
112 
282 
379 
258 
427 
405 
571 
351 
2007 
91 
245 
282 
265 
359 
437 
673 
425 
acres, 2012 
34,366 
70,076 
111,040 
29,771 
61,844 
83,878 
106,603 
161,571 
2007 
44,484 
47,036 
99,909 
33,574 
58,211 
95,763 
116,023 
138,000 
Female 
farms, 2012 
25 
91 
33 
101 
63 
72 
146 
71 
2007 
34 
69 
59 
67 
57 
107 
175 
66 
acres, 2012 
7,811 
4,987 
7,342 
5,665 
2,757 
11,628 
24,418 
12,294 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
4,917 
5,683 
10,616 
8,128 
4,518 
16,057 
24,587 
16,797 
Farming 
2012 
54 
171 
187 
154 
154 
190 
244 
233 
2007 
54 
128 
142 
152 
157 
200 
271 
229 
Other 
2012 
83 
202 
225 
205 
336 
287 
473 
189 
Place of residence: 
2007 
71 
186 
199 
180 
259 
344 
577 
262 
On farm operated 
2012 
82 
288 
310 
263 
381 
399 
511 
262 
2007 
89 
241 
226 
249 
342 
415 
583 
260 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
55 
85 
102 
96 
109 
78 
206 
160 
2007 
36 
73 
115 
83 
74 
129 
265 
231 
-continued 
434 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
