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 
2 
1 
39,586 
45,124 
301 
400 
Land in farms 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
8,473,499 
8,655,095 
54,480 
43,127 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
_ 
_ 
2,508 
2,940 
17 
41 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1 
- 
12,013 
14,753 
84 
167 
50 to 1 79 acres 
- 
1 
14,678 
16,523 
137 
131 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
6,795 
7,255 
38 
51 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
3,592 
3,653 
25 
10 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2 
1 
37,805 
43,202 
290 
381 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
6,202,812 
6,417,341 
(D) 
30,715 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1 
1 1 ,054 
12,542 
87 
104 
acres 
- 
(D) 
2,270,687 
2,237,754 
(D) 
12,412 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
2 
_ 
28,532 
32,582 
214 
296 
acres 
(D) 
- 
4,541,993 
4,838,541 
(D) 
24,194 
Part owners 
farms 
1 
9,273 
10,620 
76 
85 
acres 
- 
(D) 
3,488,517 
3,412,547 
(D) 
16,319 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
1,781 
1,922 
11 
19 
acres 
- 
- 
442,989 
404,007 
(D) 
2,614 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2 
1 
39,586 
45,124 
301 
400 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
5,499,881 
4,438,969 
36,259 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
2 
1 
39,586 
45,124 
301 
400 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
5,416,772 
4,317,645 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
1 
- 
12,232 
12,706 
97 
120 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
1 ,274,299 
660,783 
9,509 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
1 
1 
22,372 
25,997 
184 
242 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
4,142,473 
3,656,861 
(D) 
23,742 
Government payments 
farms 
_ 
_ 
11,863 
13,517 
104 
84 
$1,000 
- 
- 
83,109 
121,324 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
_ 
8,947 
10,953 
56 
144 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1 
- 
5,267 
6,922 
38 
41 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
1 
5,152 
6,167 
35 
50 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
5,763 
5,941 
48 
29 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1 
- 
5,523 
6,434 
58 
64 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
2,644 
2,633 
20 
14 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
6,290 
6,074 
46 
58 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
176 
353 
2 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
27,926 
24,387 
(D) 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
- 
4,878 
6,364 
32 
26 
$1,000 
- 
- 
16,371 
20,747 
(D) 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
- 
9,572 
10,016 
95 
73 
$1,000 
- 
- 
66,739 
100,577 
446 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
1,663 
866 
10 
6 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1 
- 
834 
837 
10 
17 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
1,222 
1,347 
12 
20 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
625 
624 
2 
4 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
- 
9,768 
11,571 
72 
57 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
349 
398 
7 
1 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
- 
- 
9,419 
11,173 
65 
56 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1 
1 
15,831 
18,511 
121 
150 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
16 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
82 
110 
1 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
145 
235 
- 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
3,608 
3,645 
25 
44 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
1,740 
1,474 
14 
29 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
- 
4,068 
5,888 
34 
69 
-continued 
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