Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hampden 
Hampshire 
Middlesex 
Nantucket 
Norfolk 
Plymouth 
Suffolk 
Worcester 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
582 
799 
739 
20 
245 
825 
20 
1,560 
2007 
508 
711 
700 
14 
264 
882 
7 
1,547 
acres, 2012 
38,705 
53,951 
28,230 
1,232 
9,448 
64,032 
24 
101,808 
2007 
36,841 
52,756 
33,893 
615 
11,654 
49,612 
99 
106,357 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
344 
525 
506 
11 
125 
568 
17 
1,048 
2007 
340 
482 
452 
14 
147 
592 
6 
974 
acres, 2012 
9,335 
19,263 
9,672 
(D) 
2,765 
15,587 
(D) 
27,333 
TENURE 
2007 
10,219 
19,834 
12,010 
399 
2,569 
15,909 
(D) 
30,065 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
477 
544 
483 
18 
191 
674 
12 
1,227 
2007 
364 
485 
497 
9 
221 
706 
7 
1,226 
acres, 2012 
27,033 
29,976 
16,481 
(D) 
6,629 
50,892 
15 
70,237 
2007 
22,692 
26,558 
17,344 
513 
8,505 
33,538 
99 
69,329 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
270 
345 
316 
10 
92 
477 
9 
755 
2007 
224 
305 
290 
9 
121 
471 
6 
713 
acres, 2012 
4,000 
5,067 
3,744 
368 
1,313 
10,670 
11 
11,869 
2007 
3,648 
5,203 
4,123 
360 
1,605 
8,561 
(D) 
12,878 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
68 
182 
103 
1 
31 
85 
_ 
211 
2007 
92 
181 
117 
2 
25 
101 
- 
261 
acres, 2012 
10,143 
20,538 
9,343 
(D) 
2,382 
10,848 
- 
29,619 
2007 
12,583 
24,282 
12,541 
(D) 
2,791 
13,827 
- 
34,052 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
6,163 
11,652 
5,135 
(D) 
737 
7,540 
- 
18,005 
2007 
7,267 
13,622 
6,249 
(D) 
1,032 
7,742 
- 
21,308 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
3,980 
8,886 
4,208 
(D) 
1,645 
3,308 
- 
11,614 
2007 
5,316 
10,660 
6,292 
(D) 
1,759 
6,085 
- 
12,744 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
58 
130 
69 
1 
25 
61 
- 
178 
2007 
78 
145 
101 
2 
21 
83 
- 
217 
acres, 2012 
4,992 
11,532 
4,907 
(D) 
1,416 
4,002 
- 
14,316 
2007 
5,733 
13,606 
6,880 
(D) 
942 
6,085 
" 
14,955 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
37 
73 
153 
1 
23 
66 
8 
122 
2007 
52 
45 
86 
3 
18 
75 
- 
60 
acres, 2012 
1,529 
3,437 
2,406 
(D) 
437 
2,292 
9 
1,952 
2007 
1,566 
1,916 
4,008 
(D) 
358 
2,247 
- 
2,976 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
16 
50 
121 
8 
30 
8 
115 
2007 
38 
32 
61 
3 
5 
38 
- 
44 
acres, 2012 
343 
2,664 
1,021 
- 
36 
915 
(D) 
1,148 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
838 
1,025 
1,007 
(D) 
22 
1,263 
2,232 
Total operators 
number 
966 
1,260 
1,250 
24 
385 
1,305 
37 
2,520 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
294 
410 
357 
17 
128 
460 
11 
781 
2 operators 
224 
333 
310 
2 
97 
300 
1 
634 
3 operators 
49 
44 
52 
1 
17 
38 
8 
123 
4 operators 
8 
8 
11 
- 
3 
17 
- 
17 
5 or more operators 
7 
4 
9 
- 
- 
10 
5 
Total women operators 
number 
353 
504 
607 
11 
162 
452 
23 
1,090 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
266 
418 
434 
11 
144 
356 
3 
894 
2 operators 
22 
35 
58 
- 
9 
37 
1 
87 
3 operators 
13 
4 
6 
- 
- 
5 
6 
6 
4 operators 
1 
1 
1 
- 
" 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
" 
6 
" 
" 
1 
" 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
829 
1,128 
1,154 
25 
416 
1,348 
9 
2,428 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
244 
370 
381 
6 
150 
517 
5 
824 
2 operators 
211 
285 
237 
6 
88 
303 
2 
606 
3 operators 
49 
36 
62 
1 
18 
42 
- 
84 
4 operators 
4 
20 
12 
1 
6 
12 
- 
28 
5 or more operators 
- 
" 
8 
- 
2 
8 
- 
5 
Total women operators 
number 
319 
409 
516 
8 
194 
485 
5 
996 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
275 
368 
355 
6 
146 
374 
5 
837 
2 operators 
13 
16 
58 
1 
19 
46 
- 
65 
3 operators 
6 
3 
7 
- 
2 
3 
- 
8 
4 operators 
- 
- 
6 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
1 
1 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
427 
573 
402 
9 
152 
612 
13 
1,047 
2007 
373 
525 
435 
11 
168 
647 
4 
1,078 
acres, 2012 
32,657 
45,275 
19,722 
(D) 
6,511 
58,935 
(D) 
83,531 
2007 
31,046 
43,398 
26,891 
(D) 
7,283 
44,897 
(D) 
87,616 
Female 
farms, 2012 
155 
226 
337 
11 
93 
213 
7 
513 
2007 
135 
186 
265 
3 
96 
235 
3 
469 
acres, 2012 
6,048 
8,676 
8,508 
(D) 
2,937 
5,097 
(D) 
18,277 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
5,795 
9,358 
7,002 
(D) 
4,371 
4,715 
(D) 
18,741 
Farming 
2012 
242 
404 
385 
3 
143 
410 
13 
677 
2007 
226 
358 
341 
12 
126 
464 
5 
690 
Other 
2012 
340 
395 
354 
17 
102 
415 
7 
883 
Place of residence: 
2007 
282 
353 
359 
2 
138 
418 
2 
857 
On farm operated 
2012 
475 
635 
546 
16 
190 
566 
2 
1,289 
2007 
415 
581 
550 
5 
219 
562 
5 
1,344 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
107 
164 
193 
4 
55 
259 
18 
271 
2007 
93 
130 
150 
9 
45 
320 
2 
203 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Massachusetts 307 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
