Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification 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 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
6 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
120 
10,309 
8,439 
5 
71 
96 
1,655 
717 
3,372 
Part owners 
.... farms 
152 
1,128 
3,832 
2 
66 
14 
399 
57 
557 
Tenants 
.... farms 
85 
225 
770 
1 
7 
7 
17 
22 
189 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
274 
11,443 
12,290 
7 
137 
110 
2,054 
774 
3,939 
acres 
134,647 
3,272,362 
1,957,095 
2,729 
43,678 
18,944 
252,054 
47,677 
472,205 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
272 
11,437 
12,271 
7 
137 
110 
2,054 
774 
3,929 
acres 
117,560 
2,847,632 
1,864,521 
(D) 
43,528 
17,899 
245,202 
(D) 
423,625 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
237 
1,368 
4,621 
3 
73 
21 
417 
79 
756 
acres 
245,823 
314,259 
594,928 
(D) 
13,008 
(D) 
54,207 
5,910 
72,574 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
237 
1,353 
4,602 
3 
73 
21 
416 
79 
746 
acres 
244,305 
307,763 
587,710 
(D) 
13,008 
4,559 
54,177 
(D) 
71,962 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
129 
1,889 
714 
_ 
3 
18 
86 
37 
250 
acres 
18,605 
431,226 
99,792 
- 
150 
1,045 
6,882 
4,177 
49,192 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
519 
16,513 
18,569 
15 
227 
183 
3,265 
1,266 
6,403 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
239 
7,816 
8,338 
4 
77 
67 
1,031 
382 
2,146 
2 operators 
86 
3,121 
4,062 
1 
52 
37 
914 
363 
1,738 
3 operators 
26 
560 
514 
3 
14 
10 
113 
46 
190 
4 operators 
4 
94 
84 
- 
1 
3 
7 
5 
26 
5 or more operators 
2 
71 
43 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
18 
Total women operators 
. number 
97 
5,325 
4,808 
4 
59 
54 
1,112 
461 
2,341 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
78 
4,607 
4,353 
4 
55 
46 
1,001 
419 
2,051 
2 operators 
7 
240 
201 
- 
2 
4 
46 
21 
124 
3 operators 
- 
60 
11 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
14 
4 operators 
- 
4 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
325 
9,191 
11,901 
6 
132 
96 
1,771 
661 
3,412 
Female 
32 
2,471 
1,140 
2 
12 
21 
300 
135 
706 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
252 
3,096 
6,057 
3 
119 
77 
1,570 
278 
1,417 
Other 
105 
8,566 
6,984 
5 
25 
40 
501 
518 
2,701 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
205 
6,603 
10,315 
6 
134 
80 
1,879 
689 
3,357 
Not on farm operated 
152 
5,059 
2,726 
2 
10 
37 
192 
107 
761 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
211 
4,411 
4,812 
2 
97 
56 
1,252 
257 
1,337 
Any 
146 
7,251 
8,229 
6 
47 
61 
819 
539 
2,781 
1 to 49 days 
21 
1,095 
752 
1 
11 
7 
82 
42 
242 
50 to 99 days 
23 
464 
608 
- 
6 
5 
52 
43 
211 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
24 
931 
1,510 
- 
7 
14 
137 
102 
426 
200 days or more 
78 
4,761 
5,359 
5 
23 
35 
548 
352 
1,902 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
9 
370 
381 
1 
2 
6 
57 
37 
122 
3 or 4 years 
18 
531 
630 
- 
- 
14 
73 
62 
203 
5 to 9 years 
27 
1,421 
1,765 
- 
10 
13 
391 
173 
641 
1 0 years or more 
303 
9,340 
10,265 
7 
132 
84 
1,550 
524 
3,152 
Average years on present farm 
24.6 
24.2 
24.0 
24.4 
29.7 
18.0 
19.2 
18.1 
20.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
259 
290 
- 
1 
6 
34 
27 
78 
3 or 4 years 
5 
426 
508 
- 
- 
12 
60 
53 
162 
5 to 9 years 
33 
1,291 
1,559 
- 
7 
11 
338 
159 
575 
1 0 years or more 
319 
9,686 
10,684 
8 
136 
88 
1,639 
557 
3,303 
Average years operating any farm 
27.3 
25.7 
25.7 
27.9 
31.8 
20.8 
21.0 
19.6 
22.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
18 
78 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
17 
25 to 34 years 
17 
243 
604 
1 
2 
7 
92 
32 
147 
35 to 44 years 
64 
693 
1,200 
1 
13 
18 
302 
96 
490 
45 to 49 years 
31 
652 
912 
1 
5 
9 
245 
68 
377 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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