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 
- 
7 
5,902 
4,830 
34 
14 
Land in farms 
acres 
- 
(D) 
433,228 
402,040 
1,450 
637 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
- 
- 
1,739 
9 
4 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
7 
2,374 
17 
5 
50 to 179 acres 
- 
- 
1,303 
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8 
5 
180 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
376 
395 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
110 
103 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
- 
5 
5,496 
4,504 
33 
14 
acres 
- 
110 
(D) 
(D) 
1,443 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
- 
2 
1,378 
1,413 
4 
4 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
_ 
5 
4,524 
3,417 
30 
10 
acres 
- 
(D) 
208,424 
178,977 
(D) 
557 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
972 
1,087 
3 
4 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
80 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
2 
406 
326 
1 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
_ 
7 
5,902 
4,830 
34 
14 
$1,000 
- 
83 
553,271 
555,276 
493 
16 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
- 
7 
5,902 
4,830 
34 
14 
$1,000 
- 
83 
548,475 
551,154 
(D) 
16 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
- 
- 
3,196 
2,900 
28 
6 
$1,000 
- 
- 
387,064 
401,131 
451 
3 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
- 
6 
2,391 
2,005 
14 
6 
$1,000 
83 
161,411 
150,023 
(D) 
14 
Government payments 
farms 
- 
- 
515 
352 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
4,796 
4,122 
(D) 
- 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
1 
1,820 
1,249 
12 
8 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
743 
620 
3 
3 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
827 
704 
3 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
699 
554 
9 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
6 
742 
641 
5 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
359 
329 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
712 
733 
2 
" 
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 
- 
- 
14 
38 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
38 
57 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
- 
509 
335 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
4,758 
4,065 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
78 
37 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
- 
1 
558 
376 
7 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
252 
327 
17 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
1,097 
751 
2 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
- 
1,004 
1,299 
1 
- 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
39 
70 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
- 
- 
965 
1,229 
1 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
- 
693 
477 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
6 
32 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
146 
212 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
160 
66 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
173 
265 
1 
4 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
241 
196 
5 
2 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
6 
1,494 
792 
1 
8 
-continued 
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