Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Loving 
Lubbock 
Lynn 
McCulloch 
McLennan 
McMullen 
Madison 
Marion 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
10 
1,116 
455 
619 
3,278 
238 
970 
247 
2007 
9 
1,205 
506 
694 
2,798 
225 
1,057 
258 
acres, 2012 
379,524 
502,571 
472,170 
614,353 
553,517 
517,425 
291,350 
40,124 
2007 
426,792 
515,741 
493,691 
612,627 
529,621 
506,492 
273,109 
42,270 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
- 
472 
246 
185 
1,513 
18 
454 
111 
2007 
- 
594 
288 
268 
1,349 
28 
532 
134 
acres, 2012 
- 
248,737 
232,325 
56,052 
206,616 
3,040 
26,648 
6,788 
TENURE 
2007 
■ 
301,279 
290,889 
54,319 
177,805 
4,226 
25,603 
7,031 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
2 
734 
225 
432 
2,609 
205 
658 
179 
2007 
3 
831 
276 
512 
2,103 
177 
715 
198 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
119,926 
92,613 
236,620 
203,126 
391,657 
139,660 
28,390 
2007 
(D) 
164,140 
108,733 
277,391 
191,670 
276,346 
107,640 
30,491 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
169 
47 
91 
1,098 
14 
294 
82 
2007 
- 
295 
86 
151 
896 
20 
323 
94 
acres, 2012 
- 
21,415 
20,035 
9,516 
43,180 
2,680 
15,840 
4,568 
2007 
- 
48,467 
21,443 
18,743 
32,514 
(D) 
12,771 
4,386 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
7 
240 
158 
146 
561 
22 
266 
52 
2007 
6 
260 
166 
143 
560 
36 
283 
49 
acres, 2012 
262,219 
265,147 
309,670 
324,701 
302,870 
90,714 
129,991 
10,871 
2007 
(D) 
266,653 
282,539 
301,365 
304,670 
209,914 
143,804 
10,780 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
72,229 
85,170 
81,088 
186,036 
88,794 
56,813 
53,422 
6,330 
2007 
(D) 
84,272 
71,481 
158,115 
91,786 
135,007 
57,980 
5,697 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
189,990 
179,977 
228,582 
138,665 
214,076 
33,901 
76,569 
4,541 
2007 
227,836 
182,381 
211,058 
143,250 
212,884 
74,907 
85,824 
5,083 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
- 
194 
138 
76 
367 
3 
139 
24 
2007 
- 
219 
153 
99 
400 
7 
187 
36 
acres, 2012 
- 
155,380 
165,543 
36,227 
151,681 
(D) 
8,961 
2,112 
2007 
- 
188,863 
212,454 
30,674 
136,101 
2,167 
11,707 
2,518 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
1 
142 
72 
41 
108 
11 
46 
16 
2007 
- 
114 
64 
39 
135 
12 
59 
11 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
117,498 
69,887 
53,032 
47,521 
35,054 
21,699 
863 
2007 
84,948 
102,419 
33,871 
33,281 
20,232 
21,665 
999 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
- 
109 
61 
18 
48 
1 
21 
5 
2007 
- 
80 
49 
18 
53 
1 
22 
4 
acres, 2012 
- 
71,942 
46,747 
10,309 
11,755 
(D) 
1,847 
108 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
■ 
63,949 
56,992 
4,902 
9,190 
(D) 
1,125 
127 
Total operators 
number 
19 
1,582 
641 
960 
4,805 
393 
1,490 
381 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
6 
731 
309 
320 
1,943 
123 
517 
133 
2 operators 
1 
322 
136 
266 
1,170 
92 
408 
94 
3 operators 
2 
55 
4 
26 
143 
12 
36 
20 
4 operators 
- 
4 
2 
5 
18 
9 
8 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
4 
4 
2 
4 
2 
1 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
3 
450 
207 
308 
1,554 
127 
523 
138 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1 
402 
171 
281 
1,427 
87 
465 
118 
2 operators 
1 
24 
7 
8 
53 
14 
23 
10 
3 operators 
- 
- 
2 
1 
7 
4 
4 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
16 
1,738 
686 
1,066 
4,151 
374 
1,596 
420 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
5 
745 
352 
379 
1,622 
118 
614 
137 
2 operators 
3 
397 
135 
271 
1,030 
75 
393 
100 
3 operators 
- 
54 
12 
36 
122 
25 
37 
16 
4 operators 
- 
8 
7 
3 
18 
4 
9 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
1 
- 
5 
6 
3 
4 
5 
Total women operators 
number 
4 
499 
184 
329 
1,333 
100 
505 
134 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2 
457 
158 
289 
1,207 
80 
454 
106 
2 operators 
1 
21 
13 
16 
53 
7 
22 
10 
3 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
2 
1 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 
2 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
9 
947 
372 
537 
2,802 
202 
783 
202 
2007 
9 
1,036 
430 
602 
2,441 
195 
926 
223 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
467,810 
438,787 
561,789 
494,360 
466,770 
262,956 
35,895 
2007 
426,792 
486,363 
460,122 
561,703 
497,121 
465,879 
253,249 
38,731 
Female 
farms, 2012 
1 
169 
83 
82 
476 
36 
187 
45 
2007 
- 
169 
76 
92 
357 
30 
131 
35 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
34,761 
33,383 
52,564 
59,157 
50,655 
28,394 
4,229 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
29,378 
33,569 
50,924 
32,500 
40,613 
19,860 
3,539 
Farming 
2012 
8 
509 
275 
286 
1,271 
120 
444 
86 
2007 
6 
496 
309 
297 
974 
84 
425 
91 
Other 
2012 
2 
607 
180 
333 
2,007 
118 
526 
161 
Place of residence: 
2007 
3 
709 
197 
397 
1,824 
141 
632 
167 
On farm operated 
2012 
4 
626 
163 
401 
2,642 
129 
674 
177 
2007 
7 
732 
197 
416 
2,242 
120 
763 
190 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
6 
490 
292 
218 
636 
109 
296 
70 
2007 
2 
473 
309 
278 
556 
105 
294 
68 
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1158 Texas 201 2 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
