Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with a woman operator 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
South Carolina 
10,013 
10,592 
1,245,006 
4,009 
414,624 
Counties 
Abbeville 
245 
253 
31,499 
67 
7,892 
Aiken 
552 
585 
47,217 
234 
14,681 
Allendale 
63 
73 
37,787 
29 
7,346 
Anderson 
616 
638 
48,223 
215 
13,000 
Bamberg 
98 
106 
19,519 
31 
4,332 
Barnwell 
138 
157 
21,308 
45 
9,277 
Beaufort 
46 
52 
15,319 
25 
7,811 
Berkeley 
154 
169 
10,515 
91 
4,987 
Calhoun 
100 
106 
17,345 
33 
7,342 
Charleston 
189 
205 
10,812 
101 
5,665 
Cherokee 
181 
196 
11,939 
63 
2,757 
Chester 
212 
236 
30,966 
72 
11,628 
Chesterfield 
327 
345 
48,251 
146 
24,418 
Clarendon 
147 
148 
28,504 
71 
12,294 
Colleton 
184 
199 
35,953 
95 
10,205 
Darlington 
132 
138 
21,927 
43 
4,371 
Dillon 
60 
62 
21,178 
29 
5,570 
Dorchester 
157 
160 
16,467 
67 
6,756 
Edgefield 
151 
155 
21,576 
42 
4,281 
Fairfield 
79 
82 
19,488 
47 
10,769 
Florence 
205 
214 
27,755 
86 
10,359 
Georgetown 
52 
54 
16,170 
26 
9,870 
Greenville 
522 
550 
28,083 
222 
11,231 
Greenwood 
219 
226 
26,421 
91 
11,040 
Hampton 
80 
82 
23,408 
36 
7,250 
Horry 
387 
403 
52,902 
201 
28,248 
Jasper 
50 
51 
15,448 
11 
2,440 
Kershaw 
242 
260 
34,206 
91 
12,692 
Lancaster 
198 
215 
17,622 
70 
5,699 
Laurens 
336 
349 
34,738 
126 
11,609 
Lee 
135 
142 
26,841 
75 
8,320 
Lexington 
450 
480 
29,750 
196 
11,851 
McCormick 
39 
39 
10,386 
11 
2,510 
Marion 
69 
69 
16,501 
28 
2,425 
Marlboro 
72 
76 
45,490 
25 
2,793 
Newberry 
210 
216 
27,999 
67 
5,520 
Oconee 
421 
438 
22,433 
82 
3,514 
Orangeburg 
338 
375 
56,216 
207 
25,018 
Pickens 
314 
336 
12,766 
117 
4,196 
Richland 
190 
208 
16,964 
88 
5,703 
Saluda 
223 
234 
33,560 
55 
8,167 
Spartanburg 
546 
585 
33,599 
207 
9,930 
Sumter 
182 
190 
36,430 
74 
7,606 
Union 
91 
95 
10,565 
17 
1,076 
Williamsburg 
197 
206 
32,671 
105 
17,670 
York 
414 
434 
40,289 
149 
12,505 
Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
446 South Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
