Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Cameron 
Camp 
Carson 
Cass 
Castro 
Chambers 
Cherokee 
Childress 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
1,305 
487 
386 
1,024 
532 
734 
1,574 
383 
2007 
1,241 
482 
422 
1,067 
485 
650 
1,625 
374 
acres, 2012 
309,700 
78,238 
484,876 
167,578 
548,142 
253,743 
301,338 
443,797 
2007 
349,479 
68,552 
537,445 
176,645 
567,255 
267,343 
294,383 
399,383 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
793 
302 
148 
572 
299 
327 
944 
125 
2007 
734 
286 
196 
598 
304 
255 
928 
142 
acres, 2012 
186,266 
14,326 
126,938 
28,333 
212,938 
37,635 
55,167 
(D) 
TENURE 
2007 
181,663 
17,908 
181,185 
28,700 
287,048 
27,712 
49,026 
77,509 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
933 
346 
240 
760 
338 
517 
1,141 
268 
2007 
907 
341 
250 
791 
290 
411 
1,242 
275 
acres, 2012 
75,834 
42,128 
138,310 
102,498 
222,242 
43,558 
139,673 
190,024 
2007 
106,414 
36,641 
196,765 
102,658 
218,665 
55,404 
129,032 
156,088 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
510 
197 
56 
376 
129 
201 
636 
62 
2007 
469 
192 
70 
404 
129 
131 
666 
74 
acres, 2012 
23,032 
7,205 
21,480 
14,284 
62,164 
5,197 
21,013 
9,759 
2007 
30,960 
1 1 ,242 
38,255 
13,956 
77,554 
4,691 
21,906 
18,925 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
265 
121 
95 
226 
115 
166 
371 
78 
2007 
254 
121 
119 
241 
121 
169 
321 
75 
acres, 2012 
139,207 
34,317 
280,164 
56,374 
259,519 
152,356 
147,819 
232,853 
2007 
153,051 
29,752 
282,695 
67,386 
257,468 
156,993 
150,433 
228,191 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
33,298 
17,113 
119,617 
26,872 
125,679 
56,048 
59,691 
106,606 
2007 
42,845 
15,118 
118,180 
30,480 
124,538 
53,987 
60,970 
77,856 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
105,909 
17,204 
160,547 
29,502 
133,840 
96,308 
88,128 
126,247 
2007 
110,206 
14,634 
164,515 
36,906 
132,930 
103,006 
89,463 
150,335 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
209 
94 
62 
176 
111 
102 
269 
40 
2007 
207 
81 
94 
173 
115 
100 
235 
52 
acres, 2012 
99,336 
6,824 
73,421 
12,554 
113,313 
23,087 
32,105 
34,476 
2007 
116,719 
6,065 
109,708 
13,648 
146,804 
15,317 
25,810 
50,933 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
107 
20 
51 
38 
79 
51 
62 
37 
2007 
80 
20 
53 
35 
74 
70 
62 
24 
acres, 2012 
94,659 
1,793 
66,402 
8,706 
66,381 
57,829 
13,846 
20,920 
2007 
90,014 
2,159 
57,985 
6,601 
91,122 
54,946 
14,918 
15,104 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
74 
11 
30 
20 
59 
24 
39 
23 
2007 
58 
13 
32 
21 
60 
24 
27 
16 
acres, 2012 
63,898 
297 
32,037 
1,495 
37,461 
9,351 
2,049 
(D) 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
33,984 
601 
33,222 
1,096 
62,690 
7,704 
1,310 
7,651 
Total operators 
number 
1,880 
731 
546 
1,458 
771 
1,111 
2,278 
523 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
853 
266 
254 
630 
332 
407 
961 
263 
2 operators 
377 
202 
110 
372 
165 
282 
544 
104 
3 operators 
49 
16 
17 
12 
31 
42 
59 
12 
4 operators 
14 
2 
4 
8 
4 
1 
7 
4 
5 or more operators 
12 
1 
1 
2 
- 
2 
3 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
498 
229 
162 
447 
173 
360 
704 
163 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
430 
223 
140 
421 
148 
322 
626 
137 
2 operators 
23 
3 
11 
11 
8 
16 
33 
13 
3 operators 
6 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
4 
- 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
1,784 
720 
653 
1,578 
708 
974 
2,438 
544 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
816 
275 
258 
636 
304 
372 
912 
241 
2 operators 
340 
182 
126 
378 
143 
234 
641 
105 
3 operators 
57 
19 
22 
39 
34 
43 
56 
21 
4 operators 
26 
6 
8 
5 
4 
- 
14 
6 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
8 
9 
- 
1 
2 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
428 
227 
204 
489 
163 
280 
782 
181 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
389 
211 
169 
458 
146 
270 
714 
146 
2 operators 
16 
8 
11 
8 
7 
5 
31 
16 
3 operators 
1 
- 
3 
5 
1 
- 
2 
1 
4 operators 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
1,157 
426 
318 
894 
485 
629 
1,382 
297 
2007 
1,128 
423 
355 
926 
438 
570 
1,450 
290 
acres, 2012 
295,368 
72,122 
451 ,338 
151,730 
514,234 
233,230 
279,048 
327,039 
2007 
334,493 
63,701 
487,081 
155,682 
537,788 
253,691 
276,116 
349,136 
Female 
farms, 2012 
148 
61 
68 
130 
47 
105 
192 
86 
2007 
113 
59 
67 
141 
47 
80 
175 
84 
acres, 2012 
14,332 
6,116 
33,538 
15,848 
33,908 
20,513 
22,290 
116,758 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
14,986 
4,851 
50,364 
20,963 
29,467 
13,652 
18,267 
50,247 
Farming 
2012 
592 
201 
197 
441 
289 
291 
738 
158 
2007 
537 
213 
227 
403 
325 
245 
572 
146 
Other 
2012 
713 
286 
189 
583 
243 
443 
836 
225 
Place of residence: 
2007 
704 
269 
195 
664 
160 
405 
1,053 
228 
On farm operated 
2012 
844 
366 
171 
794 
200 
544 
1,245 
158 
2007 
826 
389 
187 
846 
225 
435 
1,282 
134 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
461 
121 
215 
230 
332 
190 
329 
225 
2007 
415 
93 
235 
221 
260 
215 
343 
240 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Texas 1143 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
