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 
5,282 
6,130 
Land in farms acres 
915,677 
1,092,940 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
313 
411 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
2,471 
2,786 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,389 
1,590 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,123 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,140 
1,354 
1 80 to 499 acres 
1,135 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
2 
- 
500 acres or more 
322 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
12 
19 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
21 
30 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
300 
382 
Owned land in farms farms 
5,093 
5,886 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
135 
106 
acres 
819,341 
964,347 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
676 
797 
production (1 125, 1 129) 
706 
938 
acres 
96,336 
128,593 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
4,606 
5,333 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
736,189 
892,944 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
487 
553 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
138,202 
131,693 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
5,109 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
189 
244 
acres 
41,286 
68,303 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
242 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
4,693 
5,281 
Total farms 
5,282 
6,130 
Partnerships 
317 
543 
$1,000 
357,003 
351,735 
Corporations 
188 
210 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
84 
96 
sold farms 
5,282 
6,130 
$1,000 
342,467 
335,048 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
3,226 
3,972 
and greenhouse crops farms 
1,005 
918 
2 operators 
1,654 
1,688 
$1,000 
54,582 
41,330 
3 operators 
310 
387 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
57 
64 
their products farms 
1,691 
1,937 
5 or more operators 
35 
19 
$1,000 
287,885 
293,718 
Government payments farms 
2,745 
3,024 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
14,537 
16,687 
1 operator 
4,817 
5,688 
2 operators 
402 
370 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
54 
56 
4 operators 
- 
11 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,254 
1,873 
5 or more operators 
9 
5 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,127 
1,327 
$2,500 to $4,999 
907 
987 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
771 
710 
Internet access 
3,064 
2,200 
$10,000 to $24,999 
574 
561 
Dial-up service 
341 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
232 
218 
DSL service 
1,375 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
417 
454 
Cable modem service 
469 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
67 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
530 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
609 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
10 
21 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
45 
(NA) 
$1,000 
463 
4,796 
Other Internet service 
31 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
92 
96 
Programs payments farms 
2,123 
2,422 
acres 
25,344 
30,232 
$1,000 
8,565 
9,038 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,527 
1,610 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
5,972 
7,649 
1 household 
4,333 
4,962 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
658 
832 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
190 
184 
4 households 
45 
95 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
163 
141 
5 or more households 
56 
57 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
78 
66 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
120 
129 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
102 
150 
Less than 25 percent 
4,502 
5,237 
25 to 49 percent 
318 
353 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,503 
2,815 
50 to 74 percent 
232 
266 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
106 
152 
Cotton farming (11192) 
32 
29 
1 00 percent 
124 
122 
42 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
