Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification 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 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
- 
6 
13 
- 
16 
- 
5 
- 
5 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
- 
22 
16 
11 
59 
2 
5 
- 
3 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
_ 
13,970 
7,433 
424 
2,980 
370 
1,370 
1,305 
4,251 
Part owners 
.... farms 
- 
1,504 
2,453 
416 
6,889 
80 
177 
163 
420 
Tenants 
.... farms 
- 
188 
355 
52 
532 
25 
44 
87 
143 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
_ 
15,493 
9,906 
840 
9,876 
450 
1,549 
1,469 
4,672 
acres 
- 
1,990,345 
1,145,605 
176,021 
2,737,318 
40,245 
137,294 
87,189 
334,748 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
15,474 
9,886 
840 
9,869 
450 
1,547 
1,468 
4,671 
acres 
- 
(D) 
958,675 
158,722 
2,693,821 
30,949 
109,878 
68,809 
271,041 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
_ 
1,734 
2,844 
469 
7,428 
109 
223 
255 
566 
acres 
- 
(D) 
270,270 
72,939 
1 ,544,540 
9,309 
25,614 
6,266 
33,453 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
- 
1,692 
2,808 
468 
7,421 
105 
221 
250 
563 
acres 
- 
(D) 
266,644 
72,576 
1,539,945 
8,583 
25,362 
6,067 
33,249 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
_ 
5,255 
2,920 
145 
572 
111 
464 
405 
1,263 
acres 
- 
355,087 
190,556 
17,662 
48,092 
10,022 
27,668 
18,579 
63,911 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
_ 
23,983 
16,091 
1,397 
19,094 
791 
2,680 
2,660 
7,932 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
8,717 
5,062 
472 
4,119 
213 
672 
611 
2,058 
2 operators 
- 
6,100 
4,650 
355 
4,535 
220 
797 
824 
2,498 
3 operators 
- 
586 
430 
51 
1,325 
36 
95 
95 
190 
4 operators 
- 
160 
71 
11 
287 
2 
17 
12 
48 
5 or more operators 
- 
99 
28 
3 
135 
4 
10 
13 
20 
Total women operators 
. number 
_ 
7,764 
5,326 
339 
5,200 
286 
1,072 
1,219 
3,516 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
6,976 
4,905 
319 
4,521 
244 
904 
1,006 
3,071 
2 operators 
- 
282 
172 
10 
262 
17 
68 
87 
177 
3 operators 
- 
33 
18 
- 
35 
- 
4 
9 
24 
4 operators 
- 
17 
2 
- 
10 
2 
2 
3 
2 
5 or more operators 
- 
10 
3 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
2 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
- 
13,579 
9,215 
853 
10,003 
442 
1,279 
1,083 
3,409 
Female 
- 
2,083 
1,026 
39 
398 
33 
312 
472 
1,405 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
4,393 
4,288 
604 
9,714 
169 
609 
613 
1,680 
Other 
- 
11,269 
5,953 
288 
687 
306 
982 
942 
3,134 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
- 
11,499 
9,070 
787 
9,550 
397 
1,430 
1,427 
4,261 
Not on farm operated 
- 
4,163 
1,171 
105 
851 
78 
161 
128 
553 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
- 
5,493 
3,021 
406 
8,089 
105 
510 
410 
1,435 
Any 
- 
10,169 
7,220 
486 
2,312 
370 
1,081 
1,145 
3,379 
1 to 49 days 
- 
1,257 
671 
76 
668 
13 
92 
138 
323 
50 to 99 days 
- 
528 
353 
22 
157 
11 
73 
64 
164 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
- 
1,222 
895 
71 
253 
39 
139 
147 
473 
200 days or more 
- 
7,162 
5,301 
317 
1,234 
307 
777 
796 
2,419 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
- 
382 
351 
10 
269 
25 
71 
81 
118 
3 or 4 years 
- 
482 
530 
16 
325 
45 
98 
113 
138 
5 to 9 years 
- 
1,793 
1,401 
96 
926 
67 
254 
252 
760 
1 0 years or more 
- 
13,005 
7,959 
770 
8,881 
338 
1,168 
1,109 
3,798 
Average years on present farm 
- 
23.6 
21.7 
27.4 
25.4 
18.3 
18.5 
18.6 
19.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
- 
294 
238 
6 
156 
23 
45 
51 
80 
3 or 4 years 
- 
399 
376 
12 
208 
32 
75 
85 
88 
5 to 9 years 
- 
1,587 
1,283 
71 
695 
64 
210 
215 
621 
1 0 years or more 
- 
13,382 
8,344 
803 
9,342 
356 
1,261 
1,204 
4,025 
Average years operating any farm 
- 
25.1 
24.1 
30.0 
27.9 
20.1 
20.6 
20.9 
21.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
18 
63 
10 
107 
13 
5 
15 
17 
25 to 34 years 
- 
363 
656 
56 
911 
39 
71 
94 
212 
35 to 44 years 
- 
1,257 
1,282 
106 
1,432 
100 
244 
238 
528 
45 to 49 years 
- 
1,381 
1,235 
101 
1,494 
85 
223 
189 
546 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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