Table 68. Summary by North American industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
1 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Ethanol farms 
14 
1 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Other farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
27,734 
988 
705 
722 
535 
10,429 
_ 
Part owners farms 
7,963 
1,516 
165 
47 
28 
1,280 
- 
Tenants farms 
2,379 
962 
54 
14 
26 
310 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
35,763 
2,533 
870 
769 
563 
11,717 
_ 
acres 
7,716,572 
1,290,953 
72,644 
96,950 
54,634 
3,407,009 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
35,697 
2,504 
870 
769 
563 
11,709 
- 
acres 
6,957,468 
1,152,423 
66,864 
80,975 
(D) 
2,965,192 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
10,397 
2,486 
221 
61 
54 
1,605 
_ 
acres 
4,020,008 
2,658,993 
41,581 
6,544 
5,752 
560,082 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
10,342 
2,478 
219 
61 
54 
1,590 
- 
acres 
3,973,612 
2,629,040 
41,408 
6,148 
(D) 
552,068 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
3,900 
625 
68 
54 
27 
2,018 
_ 
acres 
805,500 
168,483 
5,953 
16,371 
3,624 
449,831 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
55,568 
5,040 
1,399 
1,237 
932 
17,032 
_ 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
23,705 
2,326 
549 
405 
325 
8,055 
- 
2 operators 
12,040 
837 
285 
337 
207 
3,207 
- 
3 operators 
1,869 
231 
84 
33 
45 
586 
- 
4 operators 
284 
47 
3 
2 
8 
98 
- 
5 or more operators 
178 
25 
3 
6 
4 
73 
- 
Total women operators number 
16,124 
718 
394 
445 
306 
5,422 
_ 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
14,200 
599 
343 
383 
261 
4,685 
- 
2 operators 
753 
50 
24 
16 
18 
247 
- 
3 operators 
98 
2 
1 
2 
3 
60 
- 
4 operators 
12 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
5 or more operators 
13 
1 
- 
3 
- 
9 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
32,794 
3,303 
846 
663 
487 
9,516 
- 
Female 
5,282 
163 
78 
120 
102 
2,503 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
16,355 
2,393 
472 
339 
282 
3,348 
- 
Other 
21,721 
1,073 
452 
444 
307 
8,671 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
27,054 
1,963 
769 
627 
427 
6,808 
- 
Not on farm operated 
11,022 
1,503 
155 
156 
162 
5,211 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
15,119 
1,806 
381 
250 
247 
4,622 
- 
Any 
22,957 
1,660 
543 
533 
342 
7,397 
- 
1 to 49 days 
2,668 
228 
71 
83 
33 
1,116 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1,706 
146 
67 
50 
31 
487 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,757 
337 
107 
92 
70 
955 
- 
200 days or more 
14,826 
949 
298 
308 
208 
4,839 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,247 
151 
53 
33 
25 
379 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,844 
186 
60 
46 
21 
549 
- 
5 to 9 years 
5,258 
452 
125 
165 
75 
1,448 
- 
1 0 years or more 
29,727 
2,677 
686 
539 
468 
9,643 
- 
Average years on present farm 
23.0 
23.3 
21.5 
18.7 
18.9 
24.2 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
864 
96 
37 
28 
8 
259 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,448 
114 
54 
39 
15 
431 
- 
5 to 9 years 
4,663 
370 
105 
145 
70 
1,324 
- 
1 0 years or more 
31,101 
2,886 
728 
571 
496 
10,005 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
24.8 
26.2 
23.7 
20.7 
21.2 
25.7 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
159 
28 
6 
- 
7 
18 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,442 
232 
33 
16 
16 
260 
- 
35 to 44 years 
3,458 
370 
82 
60 
69 
757 
- 
45 to 49 years 
2,725 
261 
71 
44 
49 
683 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
172 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
