Table 58. Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin Principal Operators - Selected 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 
9,815 
9,118 
Land in farms acres 
1,608,488 
1 ,444,764 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
3,500 
3,078 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
749 
570 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3,788 
3,893 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,485 
1,206 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
844 
806 
1 80 to 499 acres 
565 
488 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
8 
26 
500 acres or more 
477 
453 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
107 
115 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
56 
63 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
113 
193 
Owned land in farms farms 
8,354 
8,004 
Sheep and goat farming (1 124) 
368 
261 
acres 
773,003 
689,627 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
2,541 
2,041 
production (1125, 1129) 
697 
770 
acres 
835,485 
755,137 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
7,274 
7,077 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
601,399 
525,516 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
1,080 
927 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
703,966 
679,176 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
9,143 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
1,461 
1,114 
acres 
303,123 
240,072 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
617 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
7,788 
7,518 
Total farms 
9,815 
9,118 
Partnerships 
1,045 
937 
$1,000 
3,564,030 
2,712,092 
Corporations 
730 
505 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
252 
158 
sold farms 
9,815 
9,118 
$1,000 
3,552,323 
2,697,727 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
5,771 
5,302 
and greenhouse crops farms 
7,153 
6,526 
2 operators 
3,241 
3,059 
$1,000 
2,955,447 
2,223,020 
3 operators 
592 
545 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
129 
131 
their products farms 
1,819 
1,875 
5 or more operators 
82 
81 
$1,000 
596,876 
474,708 
Government payments farms 
859 
609 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
11,707 
14,364 
1 operator 
3,541 
3,367 
2 operators 
236 
237 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
24 
47 
4 operators 
3 
3 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,589 
1,447 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
482 
607 
$2,500 to $4,999 
727 
680 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
934 
752 
Internet access 
6,455 
4,579 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,394 
1,382 
Dial-up service 
536 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,094 
1,225 
DSL service 
2,249 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
3,595 
3,025 
Cable modem service 
1,076 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
194 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
1,369 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
1,468 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
46 
78 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
239 
(NA) 
$1,000 
6,774 
8,354 
Other Internet service 
241 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,213 
928 
Programs payments farms 
27 
31 
acres 
490,850 
320,511 
$1,000 
127 
152 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
840 
604 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
11,580 
14,212 
1 household 
7,315 
6,723 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
1,650 
1,591 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
420 
386 
4 households 
212 
185 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
275 
132 
5 or more households 
218 
233 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
725 
457 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
5,158 
4,979 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
688 
719 
Less than 25 percent 
6,358 
6,119 
25 to 49 percent 
849 
864 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
776 
597 
50 to 74 percent 
1,170 
1,001 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
661 
609 
Cotton farming (11192) 
27 
27 
1 00 percent 
777 
525 
56 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
