Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms with a woman operator ' 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Mississippi 
15,041 
15,847 
3,173,970 
5,282 
915,677 
Counties 
Adams 
74 
84 
8,289 
18 
3,893 
Alcorn 
154 
165 
19,374 
47 
8,775 
Amite 
266 
284 
49,541 
88 
15,531 
Attala 
189 
205 
46,990 
68 
15,600 
Benton 
123 
134 
31,147 
46 
(D) 
Bolivar 
101 
112 
65,340 
38 
6,310 
Calhoun 
227 
237 
55,034 
95 
14,707 
Carroll 
194 
213 
49,173 
57 
10,299 
Chickasaw 
203 
210 
43,891 
101 
23,456 
Choctaw 
89 
92 
25,610 
39 
1 1 ,024 
Claiborne 
64 
65 
28,537 
31 
17,847 
Clarke 
127 
133 
20,494 
37 
8,187 
Clay 
146 
155 
36,968 
59 
9,583 
Coahoma 
60 
63 
50,498 
24 
6,356 
Copiah 
234 
239 
38,350 
82 
12,333 
Covington 
207 
219 
38,634 
73 
12,711 
DeSoto 
190 
206 
37,882 
60 
4,306 
Forrest 
167 
176 
18,343 
57 
4,883 
Franklin 
93 
99 
18,653 
26 
5,084 
George 
236 
250 
20,696 
51 
6,767 
Greene 
174 
184 
28,182 
45 
7,065 
Grenada 
127 
134 
25,874 
77 
14,505 
Flancock 
116 
128 
10,080 
34 
2,039 
Flarrison 
167 
175 
11,647 
60 
6,028 
Flinds 
491 
523 
96,945 
208 
35,373 
Flolmes 
199 
207 
77,668 
125 
43,543 
Flumphreys 
63 
63 
56,011 
29 
5,508 
Issaquena 
35 
36 
46,319 
8 
5,247 
Itawamba 
146 
154 
23,620 
43 
7,617 
Jackson 
220 
230 
14,069 
48 
4,398 
Jasper 
185 
195 
39,565 
64 
8,962 
Jefferson 
65 
68 
21,342 
22 
7,308 
Jefferson Davis 
142 
142 
21,805 
55 
5,687 
Jones 
424 
436 
56,159 
116 
19,753 
Kemper 
143 
144 
44,110 
58 
8,393 
Lafayette 
194 
203 
34,659 
86 
14,229 
Lamar 
174 
185 
16,816 
51 
5,939 
Lauderdale 
163 
175 
17,684 
35 
4,143 
Lawrence 
188 
198 
25,985 
45 
6,990 
Leake 
245 
261 
38,969 
97 
1 1 ,766 
Lee 
219 
222 
23,362 
78 
6,847 
Leflore 
69 
70 
41,682 
21 
3,237 
Lincoln 
277 
281 
35,443 
70 
9,441 
Lowndes 
137 
144 
26,787 
48 
7,666 
Madison 
280 
306 
64,225 
148 
24,988 
Marion 
215 
233 
29,209 
65 
9,522 
Marshall 
248 
265 
42,231 
118 
18,598 
Monroe 
237 
250 
84,398 
104 
24,133 
Montgomery 
104 
106 
19,528 
33 
5,542 
Neshoba 
276 
285 
38,649 
59 
7,446 
Newton 
229 
236 
38,188 
64 
10,525 
Noxubee 
194 
206 
54,894 
84 
21,087 
Oktibbeha 
168 
177 
26,040 
64 
9,362 
Panola 
222 
234 
73,891 
86 
19,706 
Pearl River 
427 
443 
41,573 
99 
1 1 ,496 
Perry 
119 
127 
18,226 
29 
2,528 
Pike 
264 
274 
26,795 
76 
7,048 
Pontotoc 
406 
423 
50,331 
163 
19,221 
Prentiss 
184 
191 
31,402 
79 
1 1 ,339 
Quitman 
124 
139 
70,664 
63 
13,957 
Rankin 
288 
327 
38,307 
91 
1 1 ,426 
Scott 
296 
314 
38,935 
103 
17,391 
Sharkey 
26 
27 
31,238 
9 
3,078 
Simpson 
273 
288 
44,202 
94 
10,492 
Smith 
282 
291 
38,040 
56 
8,651 
Stone 
143 
145 
20,601 
30 
(D) 
Sunflower 
92 
94 
56,292 
27 
6,542 
Tallahatchie 
152 
159 
82,492 
91 
31,289 
Tate 
244 
257 
48,828 
71 
10,434 
Tippah 
209 
214 
38,480 
84 
9,730 
Tishomingo 
94 
96 
14,057 
44 
6,843 
Tunica 
19 
25 
23,373 
3 
360 
Union 
203 
208 
25,746 
66 
7,268 
Walthall 
257 
264 
40,422 
115 
18,820 
Warren 
100 
110 
43,960 
40 
18,052 
Washington 
71 
73 
65,155 
28 
7,264 
Wayne 
285 
289 
42,812 
90 
14,163 
Webster 
140 
154 
28,689 
65 
12,020 
Wilkinson 
76 
85 
34,197 
20 
7,976 
Winston 
209 
230 
35,989 
67 
10,283 
Yaiobusha 
134 
136 
27,771 
43 
7,922 
Yazoo 
244 
267 
105,913 
91 
20,416 
^ Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
568 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
