Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
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) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
1 
27 
72 
- 
7 
1 
2 
1 
7 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
30 
48 
3 
1 
1 
2 
3 
5 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
4 
29 
- 
2 
2 
1 
5 
8 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
56 
61 
- 
4 
2 
1 
- 
3 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
26 
21,337 
27,457 
401 
602 
454 
1,375 
1,802 
6,355 
Part owners 
.... farms 
108 
2,231 
11,355 
302 
494 
188 
238 
193 
682 
Tenants 
.... farms 
62 
422 
1,912 
27 
57 
47 
32 
91 
228 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
144 
23,609 
38,879 
705 
1,098 
643 
1,615 
1,996 
7,053 
acres 
85,137 
4,470,637 
7,761,277 
248,962 
297,784 
215,539 
210,485 
134,668 
631,519 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
134 
23,568 
38,812 
703 
1,096 
642 
1,613 
1,995 
7,037 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
7,222,640 
224,954 
286,797 
173,138 
189,192 
119,033 
551,437 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
171 
2,679 
13,302 
329 
551 
236 
270 
286 
913 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
2,585,284 
117,147 
121,330 
77,002 
52,027 
15,084 
96,984 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
170 
2,653 
13,267 
329 
551 
235 
270 
284 
910 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
2,574,300 
116,917 
121,015 
76,594 
51,898 
14,712 
94,866 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
27 
5,576 
3,849 
103 
81 
90 
198 
194 
685 
acres 
12,675 
(D) 
549,621 
24,238 
11,302 
42,809 
21,422 
16,007 
82,200 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
301 
36,029 
63,127 
1,144 
2,032 
1,223 
2,856 
3,444 
11,753 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
114 
13,980 
21,506 
392 
510 
307 
658 
870 
3,208 
2 operators 
66 
8,550 
16,883 
274 
499 
289 
838 
1,107 
3,729 
3 operators 
11 
1,086 
1,825 
56 
116 
62 
115 
84 
244 
4 operators 
4 
272 
360 
6 
10 
15 
22 
19 
72 
5 or more operators 
1 
102 
150 
2 
18 
16 
12 
6 
12 
Total women operators 
. number 
56 
11,647 
19,708 
287 
596 
371 
1,049 
1,459 
5,008 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
46 
10,362 
18,043 
255 
542 
296 
931 
1,297 
4,480 
2 operators 
5 
514 
690 
16 
19 
21 
41 
61 
220 
3 operators 
- 
61 
79 
- 
2 
11 
7 
12 
22 
4 operators 
- 
12 
12 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 
3 
5 or more operators 
5 
" 
1 
1 
" 
2 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
189 
20,405 
37,069 
681 
1,066 
638 
1,420 
1,619 
5,654 
Female 
7 
3,585 
3,655 
49 
87 
51 
225 
467 
1,611 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
169 
6,762 
18,694 
447 
916 
391 
988 
729 
2,422 
Other 
27 
17,228 
22,030 
283 
237 
298 
657 
1,357 
4,843 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
123 
15,647 
34,687 
617 
1,073 
595 
1,519 
1,933 
6,318 
Not on farm operated 
73 
8,343 
6,037 
113 
80 
94 
126 
153 
947 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
143 
8,701 
14,377 
337 
685 
301 
728 
547 
2,286 
Any 
53 
15,289 
26,347 
393 
468 
388 
917 
1,539 
4,979 
1 to 49 days 
9 
2,186 
2,315 
31 
135 
32 
138 
138 
587 
50 to 99 days 
1 
981 
1,592 
23 
51 
15 
57 
83 
309 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
12 
1,646 
3,635 
54 
54 
42 
114 
202 
607 
200 days or more 
31 
10,476 
18,805 
285 
228 
299 
608 
1,116 
3,476 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1 
790 
1,341 
11 
32 
35 
70 
118 
216 
3 or 4 years 
2 
1,018 
1,842 
32 
48 
38 
81 
174 
309 
5 to 9 years 
28 
3,305 
5,264 
82 
138 
102 
359 
574 
1,261 
1 0 years or more 
165 
18,877 
32,277 
605 
935 
514 
1,135 
1,220 
5,479 
Average years on present farm 
25.9 
22.9 
23.9 
25.7 
24.0 
20.9 
17.6 
15.1 
18.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1 
582 
905 
1 
10 
18 
44 
72 
125 
3 or 4 years 
2 
847 
1,427 
16 
29 
20 
66 
141 
238 
5 to 9 years 
20 
2,832 
4,299 
76 
109 
89 
313 
475 
982 
1 0 years or more 
173 
19,729 
34,093 
637 
1,005 
562 
1,222 
1,398 
5,920 
Average years operating any farm 
27.9 
25.0 
26.5 
28.7 
26.7 
24.1 
19.8 
17.9 
21.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
1 
61 
283 
7 
12 
3 
5 
18 
22 
25 to 34 years 
14 
766 
2,428 
31 
112 
60 
116 
183 
375 
35 to 44 years 
34 
1,904 
4,285 
86 
211 
118 
302 
360 
797 
45 to 49 years 
16 
1,816 
3,780 
84 
133 
105 
235 
276 
776 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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