Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
42 
1 
10 
7 
2 
1 
- 
Ethanol farms 
14 
5 
- 
2 
2 
2 
- 
Other farms 
20 
2 
5 
- 
2 
4 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
94 
44 
- 
2 
- 
32 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
29,070 
865 
1,351 
3,883 
1,448 
6,435 
_ 
Part owners farms 
5,927 
1,146 
320 
679 
138 
1,154 
- 
Tenants farms 
2,252 
609 
253 
263 
167 
337 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
35,098 
2,034 
1,691 
4,570 
1,589 
7,617 
_ 
acres 
10,316,870 
2,049,498 
437,746 
1,781,842 
(D) 
3,303,803 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
34,997 
2,011 
1,671 
4,562 
1,586 
7,589 
- 
acres 
9,160,193 
1,841,491 
(D) 
1,678,497 
(D) 
2,703,009 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
8,222 
1,758 
574 
949 
307 
1,502 
_ 
acres 
5,667,806 
3,260,183 
254,732 
124,620 
21,651 
719,995 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
8,179 
1,755 
573 
942 
305 
1,491 
- 
acres 
5,587,914 
3,232,843 
243,718 
116,630 
21,279 
695,028 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
3,838 
470 
235 
392 
121 
1,322 
_ 
acres 
1,236,569 
235,347 
61,830 
1 1 1 ,335 
16,878 
625,761 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
60,912 
4,316 
3,430 
7,836 
2,928 
12,213 
- 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
17,360 
1,298 
749 
2,395 
808 
4,303 
- 
2 operators 
17,243 
1,029 
966 
2,031 
798 
3,141 
- 
3 operators 
2,025 
236 
152 
308 
106 
375 
- 
4 operators 
404 
48 
30 
56 
24 
78 
- 
5 or more operators 
217 
9 
27 
35 
17 
29 
- 
Total women operators number 
22,840 
1,064 
1,383 
2,224 
1,224 
4,195 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
20,043 
946 
1,142 
1,990 
1,044 
3,802 
- 
2 operators 
1,118 
56 
84 
97 
65 
164 
- 
3 operators 
122 
2 
21 
9 
10 
16 
- 
4 operators 
29 
- 
- 
2 
3 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
14 
" 
2 
1 
1 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29,730 
2,503 
1,450 
4,247 
1,276 
6,614 
- 
Female 
7,519 
117 
474 
578 
477 
1,312 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
17,650 
2,096 
1,041 
2,874 
906 
3,249 
- 
Other 
19,599 
524 
883 
1,951 
847 
4,677 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
30,701 
1,880 
1,559 
3,478 
1,395 
5,848 
- 
Not on farm operated 
6,548 
740 
365 
1,347 
358 
2,078 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,862 
1,506 
745 
2,061 
723 
3,336 
- 
Any 
22,387 
1,114 
1,179 
2,764 
1,030 
4,590 
- 
1 to 49 days 
3,247 
195 
182 
434 
221 
771 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1,596 
92 
113 
237 
101 
327 
- 
100 to 199 days 
3,364 
180 
228 
426 
173 
604 
- 
200 days or more 
14,180 
647 
656 
1,667 
535 
2,888 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,449 
68 
172 
198 
56 
277 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,200 
119 
242 
271 
80 
407 
- 
5 to 9 years 
6,451 
273 
355 
829 
311 
1,233 
- 
10 years or more 
27,149 
2,160 
1,155 
3,527 
1,306 
6,009 
- 
Average years on present farm 
20.9 
25.6 
16.9 
20.7 
19.7 
23.1 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,086 
44 
124 
131 
40 
215 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,769 
89 
185 
205 
69 
336 
- 
5 to 9 years 
5,500 
211 
334 
668 
278 
1,069 
- 
10 years or more 
28,894 
2,276 
1,281 
3,821 
1,366 
6,306 
" 
Average years operating any farm 
23.2 
28.3 
19.4 
23.7 
21.9 
25.3 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
181 
3 
22 
15 
29 
22 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,526 
167 
132 
152 
70 
222 
- 
35 to 44 years 
3,502 
264 
309 
441 
150 
543 
- 
45 to 49 years 
3,026 
206 
183 
438 
107 
516 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
178 Washington 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
