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 
Washington 
21,251 
22,376 
4,854,850 
7,519 
776,047 
Counties 
Adams 
327 
346 
472,425 
108 
49,376 
Asotin 
108 
111 
197,720 
28 
31,387 
Benton 
878 
921 
200,005 
242 
17,731 
Chelan 
391 
402 
32,066 
121 
13,790 
Clallam 
343 
360 
13,981 
158 
4,830 
Clark 
1,200 
1,265 
28,561 
446 
9,099 
Columbia 
168 
176 
127,609 
56 
15,331 
Cowlitz 
256 
270 
16,253 
99 
4,672 
Douglas 
385 
400 
323,442 
113 
61,202 
Ferry 
190 
200 
63,689 
81 
18,059 
Franklin 
414 
423 
230,739 
125 
25,121 
Garfield 
100 
101 
128,151 
20 
7,036 
Grant 
649 
677 
259,503 
161 
35,946 
Grays Flarbor 
328 
347 
33,452 
124 
5,087 
Island 
275 
290 
9,074 
133 
2,725 
Jefferson 
137 
155 
6,616 
54 
3,299 
King 
1,300 
1,417 
26,865 
609 
9,864 
Kitsap 
537 
573 
6,749 
243 
3,308 
Kittitas 
579 
596 
58,867 
212 
13,033 
Klickitat 
444 
464 
235,891 
189 
81,000 
Lewis 
1,064 
1,101 
69,238 
307 
15,548 
Lincoln 
488 
506 
526,564 
111 
58,171 
Mason 
232 
250 
6,527 
104 
1,880 
Okanogan 
777 
808 
195,857 
260 
38,616 
Pacific 
175 
179 
19,863 
33 
3,729 
Pend Oreille 
179 
190 
17,567 
50 
3,507 
Pierce 
1,029 
1,090 
32,309 
516 
10,672 
San Juan 
204 
231 
9,705 
110 
4,785 
Skagit 
663 
708 
51,047 
257 
9,530 
Skamania 
86 
91 
3,858 
31 
354 
Snohomish 
1,023 
1,085 
39,561 
477 
19,129 
Spokane 
1,462 
1,541 
221,542 
406 
28,123 
Stevens 
671 
691 
146,692 
201 
17,464 
Thurston 
836 
895 
38,023 
353 
8,201 
Wahkiakum 
55 
55 
3,846 
6 
475 
Walla Walla 
470 
499 
305,322 
151 
61,924 
Whatcom 
875 
935 
44,655 
320 
7,427 
Whitman 
540 
577 
473,732 
187 
49,403 
Yakima 
1,413 
1,450 
177,284 
317 
25,213 
1 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
430 Washington 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
