Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
- 
1 
6 
- 
_ 
_ 
1 
4 
10 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
4 
4 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
32 
10 
1 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
_ 
6,435 
7,268 
56 
194 
453 
915 
1,242 
4,960 
Part owners 
.... farms 
- 
1,154 
1,468 
59 
241 
20 
64 
127 
511 
Tenants 
.... farms 
- 
337 
272 
1 
36 
12 
37 
38 
227 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
_ 
7,617 
8,746 
115 
435 
474 
979 
1,369 
5,479 
acres 
- 
3,303,803 
1,281,112 
(D) 
118,733 
23,203 
33,654 
(D) 
332,644 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
7,589 
8,736 
115 
435 
473 
979 
1,369 
5,471 
acres 
- 
2,703,009 
1,203,270 
131,863 
113,930 
11,586 
26,469 
39,866 
306,912 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
_ 
1,502 
1,753 
60 
277 
32 
102 
165 
743 
acres 
- 
719,995 
1,116,268 
42,761 
67,882 
1,529 
3,100 
7,130 
47,955 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
1,491 
1,740 
60 
277 
32 
101 
165 
738 
acres 
- 
695,028 
1,110,156 
42,761 
67,662 
1,529 
3,095 
7,130 
46,083 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
_ 
1,322 
725 
9 
43 
30 
73 
80 
338 
acres 
- 
625,761 
83,954 
42,539 
5,023 
11,617 
7,190 
7,491 
27,604 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
- 
12,213 
14,487 
197 
896 
880 
1,794 
2,433 
9,502 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
4,303 
4,237 
49 
165 
163 
358 
502 
2,333 
2 operators 
- 
3,141 
4,249 
58 
231 
281 
578 
814 
3,067 
3 operators 
- 
375 
405 
6 
57 
25 
53 
71 
231 
4 operators 
- 
78 
76 
2 
9 
6 
18 
16 
41 
5 or more operators 
" 
29 
41 
1 
9 
10 
9 
4 
26 
Total women operators 
. number 
- 
4,195 
5,329 
62 
257 
439 
857 
1,218 
4,588 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
3,802 
4,768 
54 
224 
351 
701 
1,003 
4,018 
2 operators 
- 
164 
236 
2 
8 
18 
61 
95 
232 
3 operators 
- 
16 
23 
- 
3 
4 
10 
5 
19 
4 operators 
- 
3 
5 
1 
- 
10 
1 
- 
4 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
" 
1 
" 
" 
2 
6 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
- 
6,614 
7,666 
94 
434 
338 
641 
828 
3,639 
Female 
1,312 
1,342 
22 
37 
147 
375 
579 
2,059 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
3,249 
3,613 
77 
397 
179 
411 
525 
2,282 
Other 
- 
4,677 
5,395 
39 
74 
306 
605 
882 
3,416 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
- 
5,848 
8,116 
103 
416 
458 
959 
1,336 
5,153 
Not on farm operated 
- 
2,078 
892 
13 
55 
27 
57 
71 
545 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
- 
3,336 
3,178 
54 
326 
103 
336 
472 
2,022 
Any 
- 
4,590 
5,830 
62 
145 
382 
680 
935 
3,676 
1 to 49 days 
- 
771 
720 
8 
15 
33 
82 
141 
445 
50 to 99 days 
- 
327 
357 
3 
9 
4 
51 
62 
240 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
- 
604 
849 
6 
21 
77 
108 
123 
569 
200 days or more 
- 
2,888 
3,904 
45 
100 
268 
439 
609 
2,422 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
277 
298 
1 
15 
48 
62 
79 
175 
3 or 4 years 
- 
407 
501 
2 
17 
56 
123 
119 
263 
5 to 9 years 
- 
1,233 
1,446 
10 
33 
166 
276 
313 
1,206 
1 0 years or more 
- 
6,009 
6,763 
103 
406 
215 
555 
896 
4,054 
Average years on present farm 
- 
23.1 
21.8 
26.8 
25.1 
12.8 
15.2 
16.3 
18.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
215 
238 
1 
10 
43 
57 
55 
128 
3 or 4 years 
- 
336 
390 
- 
11 
49 
111 
94 
230 
5 to 9 years 
- 
1,069 
1,229 
8 
21 
139 
249 
288 
1,006 
1 0 years or more 
- 
6,306 
7,151 
107 
429 
254 
599 
970 
4,334 
Average years operating any farm 
- 
25.3 
24.1 
29.3 
27.5 
15.3 
16.9 
18.4 
20.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
22 
33 
- 
6 
13 
10 
9 
19 
25 to 34 years 
- 
222 
375 
4 
15 
29 
44 
77 
239 
35 to 44 years 
- 
543 
815 
6 
36 
94 
127 
193 
524 
45 to 49 years 
- 
516 
721 
14 
52 
72 
110 
115 
492 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Washington 179 
