Table 58. Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin Principai Operators - Seiected Farm Characteristics: 
2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
2012 
2007 
Characteristics 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
67,000 
55,570 
Land in farms acres 
21,018,041 
17,054,007 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
16,046 
12,139 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1 1 ,269 
8,838 
1 0 to 49 acres 
22,966 
19,687 
50 to 1 79 acres 
14,569 
12,169 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
24,213 
19,185 
1 80 to 499 acres 
6,930 
6,215 
Cattle feedlots (1 1 21 1 2) 
206 
494 
500 acres or more 
6,489 
5,360 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
481 
581 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
456 
478 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,451 
1,831 
Owned land in farms farms 
62,274 
51,680 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
3,907 
2,676 
acres 
13,182,186 
10,960,899 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
15,498 
12,774 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,904 
6,667 
acres 
7,835,855 
6,093,108 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
51,376 
42,796 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
9,438,098 
7,621,925 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
10,785 
8,884 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
9,030,443 
7,787,437 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
64,439 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
4,839 
3,890 
acres 
2,549,500 
1,644,645 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
3,600 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
58,244 
48,150 
Total farms 
67,000 
55,570 
Partnerships 
4,403 
4,506 
$1,000 
8,717,913 
6,730,853 
Corporations 
3,307 
2,240 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
1,046 
674 
sold farms 
67,000 
55,570 
$1,000 
8,612,936 
6,648,073 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
39,769 
33,710 
and greenhouse crops farms 
26,605 
21,744 
2 operators 
22,686 
18,108 
$1,000 
5,380,190 
4,066,957 
3 operators 
3,614 
2,818 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
557 
599 
their products farms 
29,268 
24,561 
5 or more operators 
374 
335 
$1,000 
3,232,746 
2,581,116 
Government payments farms 
12,002 
8,562 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
104,976 
82,780 
1 operator 
25,479 
20,713 
2 operators 
1,391 
1,170 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
148 
119 
4 operators 
25 
28 
Less than $1 ,000 
20,328 
17,078 
5 or more operators 
21 
17 
$1,000 to $2,499 
8,744 
7,481 
$2,500 to $4,999 
7,911 
6,549 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,794 
6,172 
Internet access 
40,664 
24,641 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,856 
6,505 
Dial-up service 
3,406 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,352 
3,756 
DSL service 
15,145 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
10,015 
8,029 
Cable modem service 
6,984 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1,417 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
7,835 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
8,552 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
133 
388 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,352 
(NA) 
$1 ,000 
15,717 
31,727 
Other Internet service 
1,116 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
4,010 
2,930 
Programs payments farms 
2,548 
2,605 
acres 
3,229,501 
2,703,672 
$1,000 
13,323 
13,502 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
10,991 
7,281 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
91,653 
69,278 
1 household 
52,499 
41,928 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
10,604 
9,888 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
1,910 
1,880 
4 households 
1,040 
1,034 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,605 
1,842 
5 or more households 
947 
840 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
2,149 
1,385 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
9,477 
8,871 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
2,471 
2,341 
Less than 25 percent 
54,016 
44,836 
25 to 49 percent 
3,874 
3,394 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1 1 ,680 
9,219 
50 to 74 percent 
4,163 
3,494 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
66 
62 
75 to 99 percent 
2,348 
2,157 
Cotton farming (11192) 
345 
319 
1 00 percent 
2,599 
1,689 
56 United States 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - UNiTED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
