Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Land in vegetables (see text) - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: - Con. 
1 00.0 to 249.9 acres 
38 
9 
22 
7 
28 
10 
250.0 acres or more 
29 
7 
20 
2 
13 
16 
Beans, snap farms 
470 
370 
79 
21 
266 
204 
acres 
(D) 
400 
(D) 
14 
390 
(D) 
Harvested for processing farms 
26 
20 
3 
3 
17 
9 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
1 
(D) 
1 
Peas, green farms 
28 
22 
6 
- 
23 
5 
acres 
65 
30 
35 
- 
52 
13 
Harvested for processing farms 
3 
3 
- 
- 
3 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Potatoes farms 
305 
254 
45 
6 
157 
148 
acres 
229 
193 
32 
4 
153 
76 
Harvested fer processing farms 
21 
15 
6 
- 
13 
8 
acres 
71 
66 
5 
- 
67 
4 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
297 
246 
45 
6 
150 
147 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
7 
7 
- 
- 
6 
1 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sweet corn farms 
530 
415 
89 
26 
292 
238 
acres 
1,065 
857 
167 
42 
686 
379 
Harvested for processing farms 
48 
43 
3 
2 
28 
20 
acres 
296 
289 
(D) 
(D) 
260 
36 
Sweet potatoes farms 
89 
27 
49 
13 
53 
36 
acres 
22,172 
2,525 
17,680 
1,967 
9,997 
12,175 
Harvested for processing farms 
40 
11 
24 
5 
24 
16 
acres 
5,435 
998 
4,346 
92 
3,277 
2,158 
Tomatoes in the open farms 
627 
509 
93 
25 
345 
282 
acres 
444 
354 
74 
16 
266 
179 
Harvested for processing farms 
30 
24 
3 
3 
14 
16 
acres 
17 
13 
2 
2 
7 
10 
Land in orchards farms 
788 
669 
97 
22 
429 
359 
acres 
9,843 
7,033 
1,999 
812 
5,704 
4,139 
Irrigated farms 
115 
104 
6 
5 
52 
63 
acres 
1,530 
1,139 
(D) 
(D) 
686 
843 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
401 
353 
43 
5 
211 
190 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
300 
253 
37 
10 
164 
136 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
70 
53 
12 
5 
43 
27 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
13 
8 
4 
1 
10 
3 
250.0 acres or more 
4 
2 
1 
1 
1 
3 
Apples farms 
132 
118 
12 
2 
72 
60 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
111 
86 
(D) 
(D) 
73 
38 
Grapes farms 
144 
133 
10 
1 
62 
82 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
260 
253 
(D) 
(D) 
55 
205 
Peaches, all farms 
194 
173 
19 
2 
107 
87 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
435 
287 
(D) 
(D) 
258 
176 
Citrus fruit, all farms 
53 
44 
9 
_ 
22 
31 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
246 
229 
17 
- 
66 
181 
Pecans farms 
570 
476 
75 
19 
315 
255 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
8,482 
5,892 
1,798 
791 
5,105 
3,376 
Walnuts, English farms 
4 
2 
_ 
2 
4 
_ 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
493 
429 
54 
10 
203 
290 
acres 
2,675 
1,994 
592 
90 
1,263 
1,411 
' Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
^ Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
224 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
