Table 49. Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with a Spanish, 
Hispanic, or Latino operator 1 
Farms with a Spanish, Hispanic, 
or Latino principal operator 
Farms 
Spanish, Hispanic, 
or Latino operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
California 
12,030 
15,123 
2,430,874 
9,815 
1,608,488 
Counties 
Alameda 
69 
89 
19,238 
43 
7,374 
Alpine 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Amador 
49 
51 
5,281 
36 
4,687 
Butte 
251 
295 
28,993 
227 
26,413 
Calaveras 
62 
68 
44,105 
50 
43,471 
Colusa 
115 
151 
42,911 
90 
26,544 
Contra Costa 
67 
83 
4,369 
54 
3,716 
Del Norte 
7 
8 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
El Dorado 
89 
114 
9,803 
55 
7,620 
Fresno 
1,250 
1,616 
294,108 
1,086 
180,969 
Glenn 
216 
272 
23,024 
193 
15,773 
Humboldt 
32 
39 
19,470 
23 
3,000 
Imperial 
122 
148 
78,123 
107 
65,708 
Inyo 
9 
9 
354 
9 
354 
Kern 
268 
364 
273,518 
210 
199,514 
Kings 
180 
235 
24,551 
148 
13,607 
Lake 
80 
96 
8,438 
67 
3,639 
Lassen 
22 
40 
36,429 
15 
32,415 
Los Angeles 
354 
483 
36,943 
280 
8,364 
Madera 
246 
320 
114,025 
197 
100,992 
Marin 
19 
22 
4,398 
11 
2,122 
Mariposa 
40 
52 
11,905 
37 
10,537 
Mendocino 
107 
117 
42,950 
77 
11,141 
Merced 
430 
572 
69,524 
380 
43,777 
Modoc 
32 
33 
47,032 
26 
38,577 
Mono 
5 
6 
3,480 
4 
(D) 
Monterey 
254 
349 
102,512 
205 
78,728 
Napa 
225 
270 
31,698 
126 
10,481 
Nevada 
29 
29 
4,009 
18 
3,610 
Orange 
56 
80 
4,507 
36 
1,176 
Placer 
102 
110 
2,707 
71 
1,789 
Plumas 
21 
22 
16,250 
10 
7,928 
Riverside 
650 
831 
90,846 
514 
67,894 
Sacramento 
145 
159 
19,610 
124 
15,857 
San Benito 
154 
179 
24,526 
134 
8,318 
San Bernardino 
240 
300 
11,153 
211 
9,235 
San Diego 
993 
1,172 
72,971 
752 
33,724 
San Francisco 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
San Joaquin 
484 
580 
53,932 
387 
33,603 
San Luis Obispo 
373 
433 
85,949 
291 
53,376 
San Mateo 
46 
51 
1,527 
35 
1,043 
Santa Barbara 
345 
438 
138,088 
281 
94,533 
Santa Clara 
118 
147 
10,776 
99 
9,350 
Santa Cruz 
124 
158 
13,347 
109 
8,738 
Shasta 
149 
169 
18,677 
134 
6,208 
Sierra 
11 
11 
(D) 
10 
2,077 
Siskiyou 
51 
63 
14,190 
34 
9,777 
Solano 
122 
161 
36,168 
115 
22,811 
Sonoma 
314 
375 
46,964 
217 
25,855 
Stanislaus 
612 
762 
45,645 
524 
26,710 
Sutter 
129 
179 
56,159 
109 
35,136 
Tehama 
225 
285 
42,514 
198 
38,205 
Trinity 
7 
7 
1,287 
- 
- 
Tulare 
1,249 
1,664 
74,451 
1,143 
60,205 
Tuolumne 
37 
47 
2,445 
27 
2,066 
Ventura 
405 
515 
38,399 
289 
19,612 
Yolo 
173 
222 
102,374 
127 
61,680 
Yuba 
66 
72 
9,576 
59 
7,434 
Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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