Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Kemper 
Lafayette 
Lamar 
Lauderdale 
Lawrence 
Leake 
Lee 
Leflore 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
378 
449 
424 
373 
397 
637 
525 
300 
2007 
455 
487 
500 
409 
460 
735 
590 
296 
acres, 2012 
123,797 
108,842 
64,111 
69,033 
72,709 
106,124 
133,025 
293,155 
2007 
136,134 
114,378 
73,065 
83,588 
79,946 
127,443 
146,441 
314,989 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
182 
185 
205 
173 
198 
297 
285 
180 
2007 
205 
206 
216 
165 
197 
343 
289 
181 
acres, 2012 
9,719 
17,888 
8,856 
6,688 
15,397 
15,056 
78,998 
218,731 
TENURE 
2007 
11,959 
1 7,646 
7,589 
6,237 
14,204 
15,477 
71,089 
232,866 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
260 
348 
307 
304 
290 
488 
363 
146 
2007 
336 
389 
353 
307 
346 
535 
403 
150 
acres, 2012 
94,172 
67,488 
44,116 
48,015 
37,141 
71,196 
(D) 
50,837 
2007 
96,827 
80,459 
50,787 
55,425 
48,030 
83,489 
47,296 
71,827 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
111 
119 
141 
135 
121 
190 
168 
35 
2007 
122 
140 
122 
102 
120 
197 
151 
48 
acres, 2012 
4,786 
3,899 
5,435 
(D) 
3,114 
5,718 
(D) 
10,099 
2007 
5,816 
5,992 
3,382 
2,546 
4,343 
6,010 
5,856 
27,598 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
85 
83 
109 
59 
93 
130 
147 
70 
2007 
109 
86 
127 
76 
105 
169 
166 
76 
acres, 2012 
24,928 
38,722 
19,324 
20,622 
34,370 
33,636 
73,601 
127,307 
2007 
38,567 
32,002 
21,396 
26,257 
31,303 
41,265 
89,279 
135,259 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
14,566 
17,257 
12,206 
13,510 
17,085 
19,940 
25,881 
59,760 
2007 
22,800 
15,662 
12,087 
18,533 
15,663 
26,039 
42,762 
69,207 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
10,362 
21,465 
7,118 
7,112 
17,285 
13,696 
47,720 
67,547 
2007 
15,767 
16,340 
9,309 
7,724 
15,640 
15,226 
46,517 
66,052 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
58 
61 
61 
37 
74 
100 
113 
65 
2007 
75 
58 
79 
54 
74 
131 
123 
67 
acres, 2012 
4,492 
13,873 
3,406 
3,478 
12,229 
9,136 
46,974 
101,505 
2007 
5,956 
1 1 ,449 
3,858 
3,367 
9,819 
9,004 
57,283 
103,976 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
33 
18 
8 
10 
14 
19 
15 
84 
2007 
10 
12 
20 
26 
9 
31 
21 
70 
acres, 2012 
4,697 
2,632 
671 
396 
1,198 
1,292 
(D) 
115,011 
2007 
740 
1,917 
882 
1,906 
613 
2,689 
9,866 
107,903 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
13 
5 
3 
1 
3 
7 
4 
80 
2007 
8 
8 
15 
9 
3 
15 
15 
66 
acres, 2012 
441 
116 
15 
(D) 
54 
202 
(D) 
107,127 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
187 
205 
349 
324 
42 
463 
7,950 
101,292 
Total operators 
number 
512 
663 
620 
559 
604 
895 
787 
430 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
263 
266 
258 
203 
212 
416 
325 
203 
2 operators 
104 
152 
141 
155 
163 
192 
143 
75 
3 operators 
8 
31 
20 
14 
22 
23 
52 
15 
4 operators 
1 
- 
5 
1 
- 
4 
5 
4 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
146 
203 
189 
176 
198 
265 
225 
73 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
141 
185 
163 
152 
182 
229 
213 
69 
2 operators 
1 
9 
13 
12 
2 
14 
6 
2 
3 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
619 
704 
733 
588 
668 
1,059 
806 
433 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
305 
311 
301 
249 
278 
470 
401 
199 
2 operators 
140 
146 
167 
143 
162 
214 
170 
67 
3 operators 
6 
23 
30 
15 
17 
47 
12 
23 
4 operators 
4 
4 
2 
2 
1 
- 
6 
4 
5 or more operators 
- 
3 
- 
- 
2 
4 
1 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
189 
213 
226 
202 
189 
306 
212 
86 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
167 
196 
202 
180 
183 
281 
198 
78 
2 operators 
8 
5 
12 
11 
3 
11 
7 
4 
3 operators 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
320 
363 
373 
338 
352 
540 
447 
279 
2007 
387 
402 
441 
343 
409 
626 
515 
257 
acres, 2012 
115,404 
94,613 
58,172 
64,890 
65,719 
94,358 
126,178 
289,918 
2007 
126,071 
99,820 
65,607 
78,406 
73,634 
112,417 
137,851 
303,580 
Female 
farms, 2012 
58 
86 
51 
35 
45 
97 
78 
21 
2007 
68 
85 
59 
66 
51 
109 
75 
39 
acres, 2012 
8,393 
14,229 
5,939 
4,143 
6,990 
11,766 
6,847 
3,237 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
10,063 
14,558 
7,458 
5,182 
6,312 
15,026 
8,590 
1 1 ,409 
Farming 
2012 
158 
181 
145 
156 
168 
280 
254 
164 
2007 
186 
132 
181 
151 
190 
329 
202 
164 
Other 
2012 
220 
268 
279 
217 
229 
357 
271 
136 
Place of residence: 
2007 
269 
355 
319 
258 
270 
406 
388 
132 
On farm operated 
2012 
257 
274 
368 
310 
345 
526 
425 
140 
2007 
313 
310 
421 
331 
372 
546 
412 
134 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
121 
175 
56 
63 
52 
111 
100 
160 
2007 
142 
177 
79 
78 
88 
189 
178 
162 
--continued 
550 Mississippi 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
