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 
20,005 
15,637 
11,190 
8,436 
97 
64 
25 
40 
Land in farms 
acres 
26,249,195 
26,117,899 
20,544,743 
20,764,749 
29,904 
18,477 
1,941 
1,616 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
11,911 
9,873 
8,422 
7,456 
58 
27 
5 
13 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,082 
2,657 
1,708 
797 
27 
17 
13 
18 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,517 
1,221 
487 
89 
- 
2 
3 
8 
1 80 to 499 acres 
882 
626 
217 
16 
3 
8 
4 
1 
500 acres or more 
1,613 
1,260 
356 
78 
9 
10 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
19,072 
14,902 
11,112 
8,385 
91 
52 
19 
37 
acres 
24,478,736 
24,248,912 
20,450,909 
20,668,812 
3,690 
10,894 
561 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,089 
1,648 
201 
79 
8 
13 
9 
4 
acres 
1 ,770,459 
1,868,987 
93,834 
95,937 
26,214 
7,583 
1,380 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
8,298 
13,989 
1,382 
8,357 
89 
51 
16 
36 
acres 
22,798,557 
23,861,031 
19,323,938 
20,667,154 
(D) 
9,894 
531 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
2,653 
913 
1,617 
28 
2 
1 
3 
1 
acres 
1 ,726,962 
1,091,864 
140,294 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
90 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
9,054 
735 
8,191 
51 
6 
12 
6 
3 
acres 
1,723,676 
1,165,004 
1,080,511 
(D) 
22,500 
(D) 
1,320 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
20,005 
15,637 
11,190 
8,436 
97 
64 
25 
40 
$1,000 
3,763,442 
3,290,499 
70,624 
91,009 
79,228 
77,115 
281 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
20,005 
15,637 
11,190 
8,436 
97 
64 
25 
40 
$1,000 
3,732,113 
3,234,552 
66,551 
84,813 
78,783 
(D) 
204 
416 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
4,907 
4,513 
2,137 
2,583 
58 
44 
14 
9 
$1,000 
2,076,568 
1,913,014 
51,023 
74,875 
78,667 
76,912 
188 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
9,239 
8,301 
5,031 
4,528 
42 
10 
12 
18 
$1,000 
1,655,545 
1,321,538 
15,528 
9,939 
115 
(D) 
16 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
3,058 
1,140 
1,853 
227 
19 
5 
3 
7 
$1,000 
31,329 
55,947 
4,073 
6,196 
445 
(D) 
77 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
10,134 
7,139 
7,400 
4,762 
15 
10 
9 
17 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
2,297 
2,373 
1,319 
1,566 
25 
10 
2 
9 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,895 
1,749 
966 
971 
17 
- 
4 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,522 
1,378 
676 
715 
6 
9 
- 
4 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,507 
1,088 
571 
327 
10 
9 
4 
3 
$25,000 to $49,999 
700 
453 
115 
38 
12 
- 
6 
5 
$50,000 or more 
1,950 
1,457 
143 
57 
12 
26 
- 
2 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
20 
70 
3 
1 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
1,916 
16,498 
(Z) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
5 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
16 
107 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
3,056 
1,139 
1,853 
227 
19 
5 
3 
7 
$1,000 
31,313 
55,840 
4,073 
6,196 
445 
(D) 
77 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
718 
77 
523 
6 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,625 
2,008 
1,357 
1,850 
31 
7 
7 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
877 
850 
16 
247 
20 
17 
3 
6 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floricuiture 
production (1114) 
400 
258 
- 
2 
1 
17 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,489 
1,209 
399 
191 
15 
6 
4 
12 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
195 
173 
2 
6 
1 
5 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
1,294 
1,036 
397 
185 
14 
1 
4 
12 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,201 
4,901 
2,472 
2,645 
8 
11 
2 
10 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
14 
65 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
102 
146 
10 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
213 
86 
47 
26 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
267 
468 
9 
89 
- 
- 
- 
6 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
4,593 
2,513 
4,220 
2,263 
5 
- 
5 
4 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,506 
3,056 
2,137 
1,114 
17 
4 
1 
- 
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48 Arizona 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
