Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
7,653 
7,846 
Land in farms acres 
780,688 
748,779 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
920 
975 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1,670 
1,644 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3,316 
3,300 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,425 
2,563 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,736 
2,245 
180 to 499 acres 
751 
814 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
39 
74 
500 acres or more 
241 
194 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
42 
81 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
94 
68 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
353 
364 
Owned land in farms farms 
7,326 
7,452 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
434 
386 
acres 
652,108 
636,677 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,266 
1,469 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,416 
2,362 
acres 
128,580 
112,102 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
6,387 
6,377 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
540,548 
536,988 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
939 
1,075 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
206,481 
186,124 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
7,444 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
327 
394 
acres 
33,659 
25,667 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
861 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
6,558 
6,755 
Total farms 
7,653 
7,846 
Partnerships 
477 
529 
$1,000 
242,985 
211,624 
Corporations 
505 
488 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
113 
74 
sold farms 
7,653 
7,846 
$1,000 
238,765 
209,105 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
3,869 
4,226 
and greenhouse crops farms 
2,433 
1,989 
2 operators 
3,176 
3,058 
$1,000 
63,778 
46,592 
3 operators 
485 
456 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
87 
71 
their products farms 
3,778 
3,857 
5 or more operators 
36 
35 
$1,000 
174,987 
162,513 
Government payments farms 
1,255 
1,161 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
4,220 
2,519 
1 operator 
6,877 
7,164 
2 operators 
702 
595 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
61 
71 
4 operators 
6 
7 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,871 
3,408 
5 or more operators 
7 
9 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,075 
1,091 
$2,500 to $4,999 
936 
823 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,026 
900 
Internet access 
5,818 
4,859 
$10,000 to $24,999 
862 
838 
Dial-up service 
616 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
417 
366 
DSL service 
1,748 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
466 
420 
Cable modem service 
932 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
205 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
1,469 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
1,196 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
3 
12 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
201 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
3 
Other Internet service 
188 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
158 
139 
Programs payments farms 
420 
469 
acres 
33,823 
24,895 
$1,000 
666 
639 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,037 
893 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
3,554 
1,881 
1 household 
6,725 
6,728 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
742 
904 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
117 
135 
4 households 
43 
50 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
121 
71 
5 or more households 
26 
29 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
180 
137 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
188 
142 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
350 
217 
Less than 25 percent 
6,431 
6,676 
25 to 49 percent 
397 
364 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,700 
1,699 
50 to 74 percent 
370 
385 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
18 
52 
75 to 99 percent 
224 
225 
Cotton farming (11192) 
12 
3 
1 00 percent 
231 
196 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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