Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms with a woman operator 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Missouri 
44,227 
45,939 
9,628,815 
11,127 
1,731,966 
Counties 
Adair 
344 
349 
104,398 
105 
21,408 
Andrew 
328 
341 
60,872 
95 
11,831 
Atchison 
102 
115 
65,280 
22 
2,913 
Audrain 
379 
393 
115,356 
82 
22,529 
Barry 
747 
778 
116,522 
162 
15,399 
Barton 
391 
407 
116,314 
93 
18,774 
Bates 
529 
546 
151,478 
140 
24,998 
Benton 
380 
392 
103,657 
78 
18,231 
Bollinger 
343 
355 
75,271 
60 
12,376 
Boone 
597 
624 
72,245 
193 
15,818 
Buchanan 
271 
277 
48,397 
69 
8,836 
Butler 
206 
208 
80,669 
31 
8,018 
Caldwell 
496 
522 
86,177 
165 
26,891 
Callaway 
586 
609 
84,804 
183 
24,271 
Camden 
269 
276 
65,708 
46 
7,862 
Cape Girardeau 
412 
433 
85,608 
132 
16,430 
Carroll 
412 
423 
108,499 
124 
24,815 
Carter 
92 
96 
25,708 
14 
5,236 
Cass 
672 
693 
96,905 
208 
17,647 
Cedar 
424 
437 
88,363 
102 
21,242 
Chariton 
389 
411 
113,633 
108 
23,529 
Christian 
593 
619 
68,264 
158 
14,806 
Clark 
263 
269 
84,143 
65 
8,577 
Clay 
322 
330 
43,442 
100 
11,671 
Clinton 
386 
407 
70,745 
102 
11,952 
Cole 
411 
433 
51,634 
76 
7,545 
Cooper 
336 
346 
79,022 
102 
22,064 
Crawford 
299 
309 
68,789 
75 
12,164 
Dade 
336 
340 
77,487 
67 
9,835 
Dallas 
631 
651 
101,949 
169 
21,747 
Daviess 
489 
501 
105,196 
118 
24,785 
DeKalb 
361 
385 
68,050 
98 
14,148 
Dent 
308 
319 
71,049 
75 
1 1 ,492 
Douglas 
545 
566 
117,778 
138 
28,896 
Dunklin 
88 
95 
72,214 
12 
7,455 
Franklin 
830 
857 
101,363 
264 
27,269 
Gasconade 
328 
350 
66,160 
77 
13,017 
Gentry 
268 
278 
75,706 
97 
17,634 
Greene 
885 
922 
85,571 
206 
14,936 
Grundy 
293 
308 
76,931 
73 
14,376 
Harrison 
490 
524 
135,140 
134 
24,306 
Henry 
369 
378 
102,548 
89 
16,981 
Hickory 
260 
272 
94,035 
63 
13,389 
Holt 
111 
113 
51,678 
25 
4,331 
Howard 
302 
309 
60,138 
86 
17,709 
Howell 
835 
863 
173,396 
185 
22,460 
Iron 
126 
134 
31,253 
29 
6,380 
Jackson 
352 
372 
17,367 
125 
6,412 
Jasper 
562 
605 
84,832 
146 
24,568 
Jefferson 
374 
392 
42,842 
134 
11,196 
Johnson 
841 
868 
137,792 
259 
24,844 
Knox 
236 
237 
83,220 
68 
18,190 
Laclede 
782 
811 
161,090 
157 
26,959 
Lafayette 
470 
480 
85,978 
87 
9,538 
Lawrence 
920 
953 
127,606 
191 
15,110 
Lewis 
254 
266 
87,578 
74 
10,588 
Lincoln 
430 
453 
78,738 
104 
11,946 
Linn 
464 
483 
124,447 
116 
23,901 
Livingston 
317 
329 
87,828 
80 
15,144 
McDonald 
535 
553 
82,029 
152 
19,846 
Macon 
514 
531 
108,293 
145 
24,660 
Madison 
159 
169 
42,633 
36 
7,026 
Maries 
349 
353 
84,330 
68 
11,386 
Marion 
279 
294 
76,652 
79 
20,094 
Mercer 
208 
235 
85,127 
59 
13,541 
Miller 
483 
490 
104,956 
68 
10,767 
Mississippi 
43 
43 
58,121 
16 
1,791 
Moniteau 
487 
495 
88,984 
109 
16,296 
Monroe 
453 
490 
113,838 
136 
21,912 
Montgomery 
262 
273 
72,794 
78 
13,736 
Morgan 
390 
405 
66,709 
84 
1 1 ,796 
New Madrid 
69 
72 
101,214 
7 
5,234 
Newton 
807 
831 
112,899 
165 
18,414 
Nodaway 
506 
519 
133,001 
99 
18,458 
Oregon 
351 
354 
115,587 
68 
14,816 
Osage 
395 
404 
72,433 
89 
12,130 
Ozark 
354 
356 
112,379 
74 
16,778 
Pemiscot 
59 
59 
75,126 
30 
3,797 
Perry 
345 
358 
60,020 
63 
10,514 
Pettis 
555 
563 
121,984 
142 
25,222 
Phelps 
390 
430 
71,131 
124 
22,818 
Pike 
347 
366 
77,811 
94 
18,218 
Platte 
259 
268 
44,362 
79 
8,612 
Polk 
765 
787 
125,296 
136 
15,566 
Pulaski 
309 
318 
59,315 
70 
1 1 ,274 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
726 Missouri 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
