Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Calhoun 
Carroll 
Chickasaw 
Choctaw 
Claiborne 
Clarke 
Clay 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
621 
503 
575 
254 
249 
329 
420 
2007 
708 
581 
657 
293 
261 
373 
505 
acres, 2012 
175,418 
168,967 
165,942 
63,435 
83,092 
56,372 
130,092 
2007 
202,217 
190,140 
178,338 
72,110 
93,932 
64,731 
142,293 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
271 
208 
257 
104 
100 
140 
184 
2007 
323 
225 
268 
111 
84 
201 
228 
acres, 2012 
67,485 
45,911 
48,598 
4,943 
14,810 
7,658 
18,988 
TENURE 
2007 
67,763 
42,529 
42,452 
9,013 
16,874 
9,251 
22,398 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
469 
367 
431 
214 
187 
243 
291 
2007 
544 
430 
489 
243 
198 
246 
354 
acres, 2012 
85,240 
94,891 
94,955 
46,678 
53,250 
35,958 
68,394 
2007 
103,846 
118,107 
113,859 
56,606 
62,238 
39,341 
77,047 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
160 
109 
145 
70 
63 
82 
104 
2007 
188 
130 
140 
75 
46 
110 
134 
acres, 2012 
9,345 
7,892 
12,205 
2,295 
2,762 
3,402 
5,998 
2007 
11,765 
7,769 
13,085 
(D) 
(D) 
3,930 
8,620 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
118 
107 
113 
35 
40 
78 
105 
2007 
135 
111 
137 
44 
44 
108 
115 
acres, 2012 
80,181 
63,383 
67,364 
15,724 
21,658 
19,878 
59,226 
2007 
91,517 
52,510 
56,807 
15,434 
20,686 
23,427 
57,113 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
35,695 
26,355 
31,016 
13,492 
9,398 
11,740 
32,163 
2007 
52,210 
26,467 
28,731 
10,736 
9,378 
13,633 
33,191 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
44,486 
37,028 
36,348 
2,232 
12,260 
8,138 
27,063 
2007 
39,307 
26,043 
28,076 
4,698 
1 1 ,308 
9,794 
23,922 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
94 
79 
93 
30 
23 
54 
69 
2007 
117 
78 
100 
35 
29 
80 
75 
acres, 2012 
50,694 
28,773 
35,355 
2,373 
7,760 
4,224 
12,497 
2007 
50,785 
21,699 
25,800 
5,062 
6,947 
5,035 
12,486 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
34 
29 
31 
5 
22 
8 
24 
2007 
29 
40 
31 
6 
19 
19 
36 
acres, 2012 
9,997 
10,693 
3,623 
1,033 
8,184 
536 
2,472 
2007 
6,854 
19,523 
7,672 
70 
1 1 ,008 
1,963 
8,133 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
17 
20 
19 
4 
14 
4 
11 
2007 
18 
17 
28 
1 
9 
11 
19 
acres, 2012 
7,446 
9,246 
1,038 
275 
4,288 
32 
493 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
5,213 
13,061 
3,567 
(D) 
(D) 
286 
1,292 
Total operators 
number 
876 
728 
784 
356 
343 
470 
572 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
422 
307 
401 
169 
177 
211 
293 
2 operators 
151 
171 
148 
71 
54 
98 
108 
3 operators 
42 
22 
19 
11 
16 
17 
15 
4 operators 
4 
2 
6 
3 
- 
3 
2 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
1 
- 
2 
- 
2 
Total women operators 
number 
244 
217 
212 
92 
65 
136 
159 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
217 
178 
196 
86 
63 
118 
139 
2 operators 
6 
12 
6 
3 
1 
9 
7 
3 operators 
5 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
983 
837 
909 
416 
371 
521 
660 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
501 
357 
450 
189 
178 
244 
379 
2 operators 
149 
195 
173 
87 
59 
114 
100 
3 operators 
51 
26 
23 
15 
22 
13 
24 
4 operators 
4 
3 
11 
2 
1 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
226 
244 
273 
101 
84 
160 
150 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
218 
210 
226 
101 
69 
156 
146 
2 operators 
1 
17 
16 
- 
6 
2 
2 
3 operators 
2 
- 
5 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
526 
446 
474 
215 
218 
292 
361 
2007 
628 
490 
536 
258 
226 
318 
434 
acres, 2012 
160,711 
158,668 
142,486 
52,411 
65,245 
48,185 
120,509 
2007 
188,057 
166,495 
153,688 
64,616 
78,714 
54,267 
128,505 
Female 
farms, 2012 
95 
57 
101 
39 
31 
37 
59 
2007 
80 
91 
121 
35 
35 
55 
71 
acres, 2012 
14,707 
10,299 
23,456 
1 1 ,024 
17,847 
8,187 
9,583 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
14,160 
23,645 
24,650 
7,494 
15,218 
10,464 
13,788 
Farming 
2012 
207 
169 
198 
109 
121 
156 
192 
2007 
236 
199 
212 
82 
108 
138 
199 
Other 
2012 
414 
334 
377 
145 
128 
173 
228 
Place of residence: 
2007 
472 
382 
445 
211 
153 
235 
306 
On farm operated 
2012 
399 
288 
348 
173 
137 
277 
262 
2007 
427 
358 
402 
200 
162 
287 
331 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
222 
215 
227 
81 
112 
52 
158 
2007 
281 
223 
255 
93 
99 
86 
174 
--continued 
546 Mississippi 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
