Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
Operators reporting one race 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms number 
762 
686 
28 
25 
4 
3 
_ 
_ 
Land in farms acres 
833,861 
881 ,585 
307,213 
314,141 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
247 
165 
6 
2 
1 
1 
_ 
_ 
1 0 to 49 acres 
181 
164 
9 
7 
2 
1 
- 
- 
50 to 1 79 acres 
145 
156 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 80 to 499 acres 
103 
111 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
86 
90 
10 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms farms 
668 
602 
20 
14 
3 
2 
_ 
_ 
acres 
200,333 
217,750 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
216 
194 
12 
15 
1 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
633,528 
663,835 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
546 
492 
16 
10 
3 
2 
_ 
_ 
acres 
178,328 
195,755 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Part owners farms 
122 
110 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
77,769 
86,370 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tenants farms 
94 
84 
8 
11 
1 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
577,764 
599,460 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
762 
686 
28 
25 
4 
3 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
61,357 
58,664 
842 
2,104 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold farms 
762 
686 
28 
25 
4 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
58,925 
57,019 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops farms 
471 
384 
9 
3 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
24,857 
24,749 
(D) 
16 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products farms 
333 
303 
21 
18 
4 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
34,068 
32,271 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Government payments farms 
195 
78 
6 
1 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
2,432 
1,645 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
115 
120 
1 
6 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
94 
84 
2 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
86 
85 
4 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
99 
88 
5 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
162 
101 
10 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
71 
76 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
135 
132 
5 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
25 
38 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
621 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments farms 
192 
56 
6 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,812 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
108 
64 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
15 
10 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
147 
111 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
207 
209 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
207 
209 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
51 
41 
5 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
9 
14 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
26 
32 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
27 
19 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
158 
167 
12 
17 
2 
1 
- 
- 
--continued 
42 Alaska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
