Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
7,346 
9,176 
Land in farms acres 
671,997 
860,130 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
1,057 
1,153 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
2,083 
3,120 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,947 
3,502 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,490 
3,350 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,026 
1,135 
1 80 to 499 acres 
738 
1,034 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
39 
197 
500 acres or more 
114 
137 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
398 
555 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
33 
82 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
312 
520 
Owned land in farms farms 
7,027 
8,846 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
472 
445 
acres 
558,526 
741 ,438 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,172 
1,369 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,405 
1,688 
acres 
113,471 
118,692 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
6,174 
7,807 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
441,265 
605,911 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
853 
1,039 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
210,326 
225,130 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
7,133 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
319 
330 
acres 
20,406 
29,089 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
628 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
6,416 
7,989 
Total farms 
7,346 
9,176 
Partnerships 
437 
670 
$1,000 
335,248 
298,738 
Corporations 
289 
354 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
204 
163 
sold farms 
7,346 
9,176 
$1,000 
324,941 
287,523 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
3,561 
4,644 
and greenhouse crops farms 
2,958 
3,172 
2 operators 
3,236 
3,905 
$1,000 
139,781 
95,826 
3 operators 
401 
482 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
101 
98 
their products farms 
2,970 
3,942 
5 or more operators 
47 
47 
$1,000 
185,159 
191,698 
Government payments farms 
2,826 
4,098 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
10,308 
11,214 
1 operator 
6,621 
8,411 
2 operators 
634 
675 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
59 
62 
4 operators 
19 
16 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,297 
2,842 
5 or more operators 
13 
12 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,214 
1,733 
$2,500 to $4,999 
976 
1,377 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
786 
1,066 
Internet access 
5,451 
5,602 
$10,000 to $24,999 
774 
765 
Dial-up service 
531 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
407 
490 
DSL service 
2,530 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
892 
903 
Cable modem service 
611 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
214 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
982 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
900 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
17 
68 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
99 
(NA) 
$1,000 
1,425 
590 
Other Internet service 
163 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
191 
188 
Programs payments farms 
1,402 
2,398 
acres 
51,194 
57,932 
$1,000 
3,527 
6,336 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
2,012 
2,432 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
6,781 
4,878 
1 household 
6,473 
8,001 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
698 
863 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
96 
169 
4 households 
32 
76 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
876 
641 
5 or more households 
47 
67 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
260 
242 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
148 
161 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
288 
383 
Less than 25 percent 
5,755 
7,187 
25 to 49 percent 
478 
598 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,089 
3,127 
50 to 74 percent 
456 
538 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
6 
7 
75 to 99 percent 
327 
379 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
330 
474 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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