Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race - Con. 
Operators 
Characteristics 
Native Hawaiian 
or other 
Pacific Islander 
White 
reporting 
more than 
one race 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
_ 
_ 
725 
656 
5 
2 
Land in farms 
acres 
- 
- 
526,053 
567,038 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
_ 
_ 
237 
162 
3 
_ 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
170 
155 
- 
1 
50 to 1 79 acres 
- 
- 
141 
154 
2 
1 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
101 
109 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
76 
76 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
_ 
_ 
640 
584 
5 
2 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
- 
- 
203 
178 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
_ 
_ 
522 
478 
5 
2 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
- 
118 
106 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
- 
85 
72 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
_ 
_ 
725 
656 
5 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
60,426 
56,516 
(D) 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
- 
- 
725 
656 
5 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse creps 
farms 
- 
- 
456 
378 
5 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
24,721 
(D) 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
- 
- 
307 
282 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Government payments 
farms 
- 
- 
186 
77 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
_ 
113 
114 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
91 
80 
- 
1 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
79 
80 
3 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
93 
83 
1 
1 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
- 
150 
97 
1 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
69 
74 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
130 
128 
- 
- 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
- 
23 
37 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
- 
183 
56 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
1,697 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
7 
9 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
- 
- 
106 
62 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
14 
9 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
140 
111 
3 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
- 
202 
205 
2 
2 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
- 
- 
202 
205 
2 
2 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
- 
46 
37 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
1 
4 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
6 
6 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
7 
14 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
26 
32 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
26 
18 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
- 
144 
149 
- 
- 
-continued 
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