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 
feedlots 
(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 
51 
51 
1 
2 
- 
2 
5 
20 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
1 
30 
26 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
12 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
6 
5 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
6 
20 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
13 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
45 
8,574 
10,493 
182 
207 
248 
1,249 
1,326 
5,154 
Part owners 
.... farms 
41 
2,040 
6,717 
175 
427 
55 
362 
187 
713 
Tenants 
.... farms 
26 
381 
939 
16 
57 
20 
57 
51 
350 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
88 
10,631 
17,232 
357 
634 
303 
1,613 
1,513 
5,873 
acres 
35,133 
1,383,749 
2,555,384 
63,326 
198,421 
28,541 
147,156 
69,239 
355,139 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
86 
10,614 
17,210 
357 
634 
303 
1,611 
1,513 
5,867 
acres 
33,046 
1,264,563 
2,440,633 
62,448 
196,435 
26,516 
136,665 
60,565 
320,979 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
67 
2,434 
7,677 
191 
485 
75 
420 
238 
1,066 
acres 
51,252 
372,902 
1,293,417 
36,387 
133,660 
7,701 
78,031 
7,966 
74,953 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
67 
2,421 
7,656 
191 
484 
75 
419 
238 
1,063 
acres 
51,152 
370,064 
1,288,438 
36,165 
133,490 
7,701 
77,777 
7,926 
74,835 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
34 
1,459 
1,266 
13 
30 
28 
181 
122 
479 
acres 
2,187 
122,024 
119,730 
1,100 
2,156 
2,025 
10,745 
8,714 
34,278 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
160 
15,989 
26,546 
526 
1,304 
505 
2,843 
2,471 
10,428 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
76 
6,745 
11,112 
243 
274 
174 
686 
753 
2,640 
2 operators 
27 
3,684 
5,970 
111 
292 
122 
845 
735 
3,107 
3 operators 
7 
478 
869 
17 
86 
24 
104 
61 
372 
4 operators 
1 
60 
142 
1 
28 
- 
22 
10 
76 
5 or more operators 
1 
28 
56 
1 
11 
3 
11 
5 
22 
Total women operators 
. number 
25 
4,828 
6,782 
118 
270 
205 
1,080 
1,029 
5,078 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
21 
4,329 
6,131 
107 
224 
177 
928 
947 
4,114 
2 operators 
2 
198 
267 
4 
20 
14 
61 
38 
403 
3 operators 
- 
22 
26 
1 
2 
- 
10 
2 
37 
4 operators 
- 
8 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
5 or more operators 
1 
3 
" 
" 
" 
5 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
100 
9,325 
16,413 
334 
649 
229 
1,315 
1,130 
3,801 
Female 
12 
1,670 
1,736 
39 
42 
94 
353 
434 
2,416 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
84 
3,786 
8,474 
225 
611 
141 
984 
553 
2,566 
Other 
28 
7,209 
9,675 
148 
80 
182 
684 
1,011 
3,651 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
60 
8,426 
14,668 
311 
623 
290 
1,511 
1,421 
5,459 
Not on farm operated 
52 
2,569 
3,481 
62 
68 
33 
157 
143 
758 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
59 
4,070 
6,883 
189 
486 
111 
757 
435 
2,085 
Any 
53 
6,925 
11,266 
184 
205 
212 
911 
1,129 
4,132 
1 to 49 days 
3 
993 
1,236 
20 
66 
8 
121 
101 
500 
50 to 99 days 
5 
535 
816 
13 
21 
9 
66 
78 
300 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
6 
884 
1,449 
13 
19 
41 
120 
133 
545 
200 days or more 
39 
4,513 
7,765 
138 
99 
154 
604 
817 
2,787 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
5 
291 
501 
3 
18 
17 
78 
78 
152 
3 or 4 years 
3 
468 
743 
17 
29 
57 
126 
109 
311 
5 to 9 years 
16 
1,563 
2,086 
25 
67 
73 
288 
356 
1,320 
1 0 years or more 
88 
8,673 
14,819 
328 
577 
176 
1,176 
1,021 
4,434 
Average years on present farm 
24.1 
22.5 
25.0 
27.7 
26.4 
15.6 
19.9 
16.7 
17.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
5 
226 
358 
3 
14 
14 
53 
63 
107 
3 or 4 years 
3 
393 
606 
10 
21 
50 
104 
88 
221 
5 to 9 years 
16 
1,368 
1,762 
17 
50 
58 
259 
314 
1,047 
1 0 years or more 
88 
9,008 
15,423 
343 
606 
201 
1,252 
1,099 
4,842 
Average years operating any farm 
26.8 
24.5 
27.1 
31.0 
28.8 
17.6 
21.9 
18.6 
20.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
13 
87 
4 
10 
- 
5 
4 
12 
25 to 34 years 
11 
337 
763 
5 
62 
36 
69 
133 
231 
35 to 44 years 
8 
684 
1,445 
24 
82 
56 
228 
182 
644 
45 to 49 years 
16 
766 
1,431 
27 
68 
50 
177 
182 
704 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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