Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
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 
45,071 
49,346 
507 
448 
354 
315 
1,064 
1,152 
Land in farms 
acres 
13,810,786 
13,872,862 
75,121 
62,896 
26,927 
(D) 
149,530 
155,491 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,918 
2,581 
21 
35 
19 
10 
85 
89 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1 1 ,947 
15,119 
211 
186 
160 
145 
377 
453 
50 to 1 79 acres 
16,631 
16,916 
188 
139 
153 
145 
408 
427 
1 80 to 499 acres 
8,722 
8,590 
58 
59 
21 
13 
149 
133 
500 acres or more 
5,853 
6,140 
29 
29 
1 
2 
45 
50 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
42,012 
46,023 
483 
421 
354 
311 
910 
1,016 
acres 
7,311,338 
7,499,434 
57,260 
40,439 
26,075 
(D) 
75,496 
74,017 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
14,318 
14,610 
132 
95 
15 
20 
412 
449 
acres 
6,499,448 
6,373,428 
17,861 
22,457 
852 
2,297 
74,034 
81,474 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
30,753 
34,736 
375 
353 
339 
295 
652 
703 
acres 
4,845,956 
5,161,325 
41,862 
31,029 
22,913 
(D) 
53,355 
51,317 
Part owners 
farms 
1 1 ,259 
1 1 ,287 
108 
68 
15 
16 
258 
313 
acres 
6,352,486 
6,165,011 
30,716 
25,311 
4,014 
2,294 
63,996 
77,428 
Tenants 
farms 
3,059 
3,323 
24 
27 
- 
4 
154 
136 
acres 
2,612,344 
2,546,526 
2,543 
6,556 
- 
947 
32,179 
26,746 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
45,071 
49,346 
507 
448 
354 
315 
1,064 
1,152 
$1,000 
10,038,726 
7,778,255 
36,172 
48,970 
403,340 
287,118 
56,036 
32,192 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
45,071 
49,346 
507 
448 
354 
315 
1,064 
1,152 
$1,000 
9,775,758 
7,508,806 
35,599 
48,260 
402,901 
286,858 
51,609 
28,774 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
14,781 
15,966 
139 
124 
71 
45 
447 
512 
$1,000 
4,834,879 
2,900,973 
3,111 
6,101 
530 
831 
44,229 
23,427 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
26,820 
29,296 
304 
291 
292 
275 
331 
397 
$1,000 
4,940,880 
4,607,833 
32,489 
42,159 
402,371 
286,026 
7,381 
5,347 
Government payments 
farms 
13,140 
11,461 
109 
48 
69 
39 
571 
490 
$1,000 
262,967 
269,448 
573 
710 
439 
260 
4,426 
3,418 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
9,032 
10,770 
168 
149 
49 
29 
243 
253 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
4,352 
5,622 
67 
49 
2 
12 
135 
172 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,006 
5,789 
67 
45 
27 
21 
138 
155 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,888 
6,614 
50 
61 
12 
16 
178 
192 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,223 
7,419 
75 
51 
11 
8 
147 
194 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,724 
3,188 
40 
22 
5 
6 
83 
77 
$50,000 or more 
9,846 
9,944 
40 
71 
248 
223 
140 
109 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
494 
1,176 
_ 
1 
_ 
1 
13 
26 
$1,000 
124,563 
251,805 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
633 
660 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
2,643 
2,948 
16 
8 
2 
7 
132 
137 
$1,000 
12,930 
17,526 
46 
12 
(D) 
19 
489 
476 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
12,403 
10,331 
99 
41 
67 
35 
533 
444 
$1,000 
250,037 
527 
698 
(D) 
241 
3,937 
2,942 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,234 
4,546 
8 
8 
- 
1 
297 
313 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
441 
597 
1 
4 
- 
1 
34 
61 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
403 
461 
9 
5 
- 
5 
10 
13 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floricuiture 
production (1114) 
252 
362 
1 
6 
- 
- 
1 
8 
Other crop farming (1119) 
8,838 
9,865 
107 
81 
25 
21 
284 
276 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
286 
527 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
12 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
8,552 
9,338 
107 
79 
25 
21 
282 
264 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
22,009 
22,854 
259 
194 
74 
46 
300 
371 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
3 
65 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
106 
291 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
228 
396 
5 
4 
- 
3 
7 
30 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,298 
4,212 
27 
40 
247 
227 
12 
12 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,111 
775 
29 
12 
- 
- 
32 
9 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,148 
4,922 
61 
89 
8 
11 
87 
57 
-continued 
46 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
