Table 54. White Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with 
a White operator 1 
Farms with a White 
principal operator 
Farms 
White 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
California 
71,920 
111,141 
24,727,738 
70,537 
24,500,865 
Counties 
Alameda 
433 
697 
175,609 
423 
175,499 
Alpine 
3 
6 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
Amador 
449 
743 
147,491 
445 
(D) 
Butte 
1,937 
2,908 
365,448 
1,893 
363,034 
Calaveras 
644 
1,033 
210,001 
633 
207,347 
Colusa 
746 
1,246 
437,187 
738 
429,976 
Contra Costa 
566 
834 
118,811 
566 
118,811 
Del Norte 
120 
203 
(D) 
116 
19,712 
El Dorado 
1,302 
2,061 
123,781 
1,258 
122,496 
Fresno 
4,617 
6,964 
1,602,549 
4,465 
1,582,980 
Glenn 
1,250 
1,935 
656,099 
1,234 
651,936 
Humboldt 
912 
1,408 
578,209 
902 
(D) 
Imperial 
396 
602 
504,098 
392 
493,360 
Inyo 
123 
172 
(D) 
123 
(D) 
Kern 
1,787 
2,908 
2,279,273 
1,744 
2,251,598 
Kings 
988 
1,621 
669,410 
973 
667,374 
Lake 
802 
1,185 
148,616 
800 
148,432 
Lassen 
441 
742 
475,085 
435 
474,858 
Los Angeles 
1,155 
1,778 
90,701 
1,123 
90,360 
Madera 
1,331 
2,106 
630,719 
1,314 
624,596 
Marin 
323 
527 
170,876 
323 
170,876 
Mariposa 
355 
551 
281,359 
347 
276,690 
Mendocino 
1,180 
1,839 
700,933 
1,165 
699,938 
Merced 
2,228 
3,585 
934,967 
2,193 
931,273 
Modoc 
427 
687 
502,469 
420 
493,743 
Mono 
72 
116 
56,386 
71 
(D) 
Monterey 
1,089 
1,725 
1,242,004 
1,066 
1,239,732 
Napa 
1,654 
2,629 
252,009 
1,639 
244,143 
Nevada 
716 
1,179 
40,874 
713 
40,849 
Orange 
247 
353 
57,221 
233 
56,958 
Placer 
1,289 
2,080 
87,844 
1,244 
86,796 
Plumas 
129 
209 
172,354 
128 
171,774 
Riverside 
2,683 
4,204 
327,358 
2,635 
325,940 
Sacramento 
1,171 
1,855 
231,018 
1,136 
228,221 
San Benito 
600 
939 
603,276 
595 
602,926 
San Bernardino 
1,120 
1,742 
73,705 
1,098 
73,360 
San Diego 
5,381 
7,741 
212,187 
5,302 
181,773 
San Francisco 
5 
5 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
San Joaquin 
3,335 
5,051 
761,080 
3,270 
754,403 
San Luis Obispo 
2,561 
3,981 
1,327,502 
2,519 
1,321,575 
San Mateo 
315 
474 
47,630 
304 
47,407 
Santa Barbara 
1,505 
2,291 
686,986 
1,469 
685,481 
Santa Clara 
800 
1,154 
224,617 
784 
221,465 
Santa Cruz 
602 
937 
91,905 
592 
89,666 
Shasta 
1,476 
2,283 
374,000 
1,426 
371,804 
Sierra 
48 
68 
39,141 
47 
(D) 
Siskiyou 
908 
1,484 
711,641 
878 
703,597 
Solano 
820 
1,280 
395,877 
801 
389,472 
Sonoma 
3,472 
5,406 
584,177 
3,434 
580,529 
Stanislaus 
3,926 
6,089 
738,891 
3,875 
734,512 
Sutter 
1,037 
1,641 
340,274 
999 
329,734 
Tehama 
1,678 
2,638 
599,569 
1,630 
596,777 
Trinity 
228 
345 
(D) 
222 
(D) 
Tulare 
4,508 
6,710 
1,191,861 
4,446 
1,187,416 
Tuolumne 
385 
606 
(D) 
383 
(D) 
Ventura 
1,985 
2,971 
267,081 
1,953 
260,900 
Yolo 
941 
1,486 
430,124 
922 
428,367 
Yuba 
719 
1,128 
170,548 
690 
168,022 
Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
548 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
