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 
2,318 
1,846 
Land in farms acres 
914,640 
845,517 
Other crop farming (1119) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
233 
167 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
824 
640 
1 0 to 49 acres 
746 
520 
50 to 1 79 acres 
634 
540 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
817 
581 
180 to 499 acres 
338 
318 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
17 
48 
500 acres or more 
367 
301 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
13 
25 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
28 
26 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
31 
38 
Owned land in farms farms 
2,225 
1,775 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
101 
69 
acres 
616,740 
607,500 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
585 
455 
production (1125, 1129) 
364 
314 
acres 
297,900 
238,017 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
1,733 
1,391 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
423,034 
395,547 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
492 
384 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
456,915 
403,794 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
2,230 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
93 
71 
acres 
34,691 
46,176 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
148 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,998 
1,582 
Total farms 
2,318 
1,846 
Partnerships 
156 
170 
$1,000 
535,628 
426,974 
Corporations 
113 
69 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
51 
25 
sold farms 
2,318 
1,846 
$1,000 
532,069 
424,504 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
1,338 
997 
and greenhouse crops farms 
848 
672 
2 operators 
823 
739 
$1,000 
63,212 
42,099 
3 operators 
143 
83 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
9 
16 
their products farms 
1,064 
874 
5 or more operators 
5 
11 
$1,000 
468,858 
382,405 
Government payments farms 
513 
414 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
3,559 
2,470 
1 operator 
928 
767 
2 operators 
54 
39 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
4 
4 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
772 
581 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
$1,000 to $2,499 
291 
244 
$2,500 to $4,999 
257 
227 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
252 
269 
Internet access 
1,464 
958 
$10,000 to $24,999 
296 
214 
Dial-up service 
120 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
153 
109 
DSL service 
527 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
297 
202 
Cable modem service 
151 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
42 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
236 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
443 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
9 
6 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
65 
(NA) 
$1,000 
464 
(D) 
Other Internet service 
32 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
123 
68 
Programs payments farms 
117 
148 
acres 
92,774 
104,575 
$1,000 
854 
771 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
469 
331 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
2,705 
1,699 
1 household 
1,896 
1,332 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
332 
450 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
50 
41 
4 households 
23 
14 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
70 
51 
5 or more households 
17 
9 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
28 
24 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
13 
18 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
12 
12 
Less than 25 percent 
1,856 
1,491 
25 to 49 percent 
164 
162 
Other crop farming (1119) 
824 
640 
50 to 74 percent 
142 
101 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
90 
55 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
66 
37 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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