Table 46. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Land in farms 
Harvested cropland 
Market 
value of 
agricultural 
products 
sold 
($1,000) 
Farms by economic class and primary occupation 
Farming 
Other than farming 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
State Total 
Mississippi 
5,282 
915,677 
1,437 
105,158 
342,467 
655 
444 
608 
1,726 
1,234 
615 
Counties 
Adams 
18 
3,893 
3 
(D) 
120 
7 
2 
_ 
1 
7 
1 
Alcorn 
47 
8,775 
12 
1,795 
690 
5 
3 
3 
25 
9 
2 
Amite 
88 
15,531 
27 
1,078 
6,031 
13 
11 
20 
20 
22 
2 
Attala 
68 
15,600 
24 
1,104 
454 
5 
3 
7 
24 
18 
11 
Benton 
46 
(D) 
6 
46 
60 
4 
5 
2 
28 
6 
1 
Bolivar 
38 
6,310 
20 
3,006 
1,321 
4 
- 
3 
7 
9 
15 
Calhoun 
95 
14,707 
21 
2,141 
1,719 
13 
4 
4 
32 
31 
11 
Carroll 
57 
10,299 
9 
670 
468 
4 
4 
1 
16 
23 
9 
Chickasaw 
101 
23,456 
10 
508 
1,685 
3 
14 
1 
32 
39 
12 
Choctaw 
39 
1 1 ,024 
3 
111 
145 
- 
1 
3 
20 
13 
2 
Claiborne 
31 
17,847 
2 
(D) 
88 
_ 
2 
3 
8 
8 
10 
Clarke 
37 
8,187 
8 
341 
259 
9 
2 
5 
15 
5 
1 
Clay 
59 
9,583 
7 
243 
435 
11 
8 
7 
17 
9 
7 
Coahoma 
24 
6,356 
11 
3,238 
2,154 
- 
5 
- 
7 
7 
5 
Copiah 
82 
12,333 
28 
822 
489 
9 
5 
4 
31 
25 
8 
Covington 
73 
12,711 
21 
1,022 
6,682 
3 
3 
10 
29 
12 
16 
DeSoto 
60 
4,306 
15 
337 
312 
13 
3 
3 
29 
5 
7 
Forrest 
57 
4,883 
18 
279 
1,869 
10 
5 
9 
24 
3 
6 
Franklin 
26 
5,084 
16 
772 
741 
- 
5 
6 
10 
5 
- 
George 
51 
6,767 
19 
461 
2,290 
12 
10 
8 
11 
4 
6 
Greene 
45 
7,065 
18 
1,726 
13,397 
7 
5 
11 
8 
8 
6 
Grenada 
77 
14,505 
9 
314 
215 
8 
7 
6 
33 
15 
8 
Hancock 
34 
2,039 
10 
216 
219 
3 
3 
4 
16 
2 
6 
Harrison 
60 
6,028 
18 
375 
1,085 
17 
5 
7 
23 
2 
6 
Hinds 
208 
35,373 
39 
1,418 
865 
59 
22 
10 
43 
56 
18 
Holmes 
125 
43,543 
27 
1,324 
913 
7 
2 
8 
47 
36 
25 
Humphreys 
29 
5,508 
8 
1,348 
1,414 
4 
4 
5 
9 
1 
6 
Issaquena 
8 
5,247 
6 
4,870 
4,177 
- 
- 
4 
- 
2 
2 
Itawamba 
43 
7,617 
11 
462 
865 
6 
- 
7 
12 
13 
5 
Jackson 
48 
4,398 
16 
248 
319 
9 
11 
6 
9 
5 
8 
Jasper 
64 
8,962 
15 
657 
8,088 
13 
3 
8 
19 
15 
6 
Jefferson 
22 
7,308 
5 
259 
954 
3 
- 
5 
4 
5 
5 
Jefferson Davis 
55 
5,687 
15 
412 
8,587 
2 
10 
12 
20 
8 
3 
Jones 
116 
19,753 
21 
581 
20,757 
8 
3 
27 
40 
23 
15 
Kemper 
58 
8,393 
6 
209 
(D) 
8 
4 
1 
22 
22 
1 
Lafayette 
86 
14,229 
32 
1,994 
392 
19 
12 
13 
29 
10 
3 
Lamar 
51 
5,939 
19 
626 
4,208 
10 
4 
6 
15 
12 
4 
Lauderdale 
35 
4,143 
9 
213 
258 
8 
5 
4 
10 
5 
3 
Lawrence 
45 
6,990 
19 
512 
3,712 
2 
2 
12 
19 
5 
5 
Leake 
97 
1 1 ,766 
37 
1,048 
34,227 
10 
7 
16 
31 
27 
6 
Lee 
78 
6,847 
30 
1,041 
431 
12 
7 
11 
34 
5 
9 
Leflore 
21 
3,237 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
- 
1 
2 
11 
4 
Lincoln 
70 
9,441 
18 
565 
4,891 
10 
2 
9 
33 
13 
3 
Lowndes 
48 
7,666 
11 
85 
259 
6 
1 
- 
21 
10 
10 
Madison 
148 
24,988 
42 
2,300 
1,389 
16 
18 
12 
58 
26 
18 
Marion 
65 
9,522 
13 
472 
7,613 
8 
7 
12 
13 
17 
8 
Marshall 
118 
18,598 
42 
2,470 
1,131 
16 
7 
17 
31 
38 
9 
Monroe 
104 
24,133 
23 
3,312 
1,964 
9 
11 
4 
47 
18 
15 
Montgomery 
33 
5,542 
8 
788 
7,152 
7 
3 
5 
8 
8 
2 
Neshoba 
59 
7,446 
26 
959 
22,508 
5 
4 
10 
11 
17 
12 
Newton 
64 
10,525 
29 
1,622 
9,447 
3 
4 
16 
22 
16 
3 
Noxubee 
84 
21,087 
4 
257 
129 
3 
2 
3 
32 
40 
4 
Oktibbeha 
64 
9,362 
23 
762 
251 
8 
4 
4 
24 
18 
6 
Panola 
86 
19,706 
18 
471 
494 
3 
6 
4 
30 
27 
16 
Pearl River 
99 
1 1 ,496 
34 
1,235 
1,580 
20 
9 
14 
24 
19 
13 
Perry 
29 
2,528 
13 
393 
144 
3 
2 
4 
12 
5 
3 
Pike 
76 
7,048 
25 
880 
6,397 
11 
5 
18 
24 
10 
8 
Pontotoc 
163 
19,221 
33 
2,114 
1,075 
17 
8 
2 
57 
67 
12 
Prentiss 
79 
1 1 ,339 
15 
505 
303 
- 
2 
1 
48 
18 
10 
Quitman 
63 
13,957 
13 
3,895 
2,186 
- 
6 
3 
16 
22 
16 
Rankin 
91 
1 1 ,426 
21 
480 
1 1 ,279 
25 
4 
7 
34 
15 
6 
Scott 
103 
17,391 
47 
1,914 
23,973 
13 
22 
21 
28 
8 
11 
Sharkey 
9 
3,078 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
4 
2 
3 
Simpson 
94 
10,492 
21 
747 
9,756 
11 
15 
11 
31 
24 
2 
Smith 
56 
8,651 
16 
571 
20,226 
3 
7 
20 
15 
7 
4 
Stone 
30 
(D) 
10 
143 
213 
3 
4 
7 
8 
4 
4 
Sunflower 
27 
6,542 
11 
5,749 
3,692 
1 
- 
8 
10 
7 
1 
Tallahatchie 
91 
31,289 
22 
14,484 
7,430 
5 
2 
5 
22 
31 
26 
Tate 
71 
10,434 
21 
847 
324 
3 
5 
7 
24 
27 
5 
Tippah 
84 
9,730 
12 
397 
232 
5 
4 
2 
47 
20 
6 
Tishomingo 
44 
6,843 
11 
312 
82 
9 
- 
3 
15 
16 
1 
Tunica 
3 
360 
3 
99 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Union 
66 
7,268 
13 
288 
214 
12 
6 
- 
26 
19 
3 
Walthall 
115 
18,820 
35 
934 
6,131 
15 
10 
22 
32 
24 
12 
Warren 
40 
18,052 
9 
447 
180 
2 
4 
4 
14 
8 
8 
Washington 
28 
7,264 
10 
4,635 
3,948 
- 
1 
12 
5 
6 
4 
Wayne 
90 
14,163 
46 
1,364 
33,987 
15 
11 
25 
14 
11 
14 
Webster 
65 
12,020 
26 
1,413 
3,117 
6 
2 
9 
9 
20 
19 
Wilkinson 
20 
7,976 
6 
194 
544 
5 
4 
4 
- 
5 
2 
Winston 
67 
10,283 
23 
1,495 
8,172 
15 
7 
8 
16 
14 
7 
Yalobusha 
43 
7,922 
13 
1,026 
435 
6 
10 
3 
10 
8 
6 
Yazoo 
91 
20,416 
17 
4,850 
3,037 
13 
14 
9 
20 
18 
17 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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