Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race - Con. 
Operators 
Characteristics 
Native Hawaiian 
or other 
Pacific Islander 
White 
reporting 
more than 
one race 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
32 
38 
35,498 
36,222 
163 
253 
Land in farms 
acres 
16,349 
41,454 
30,882,868 
30,449,533 
50,178 
116,717 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4 
1 
4,180 
4,160 
18 
45 
1 0 to 49 acres 
21 
12 
9,763 
9,085 
71 
73 
50 to 179 acres 
2 
11 
8,003 
8,287 
31 
60 
1 80 to 499 acres 
1 
6 
4,849 
5,402 
26 
29 
500 acres or more 
4 
8 
8,703 
9,288 
17 
46 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
32 
34 
33,315 
33,868 
148 
240 
acres 
15,509 
14,785 
20,209,329 
20,913,305 
33,790 
62,007 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
4 
12 
9,898 
10,386 
38 
67 
acres 
840 
26,669 
10,673,539 
9,536,228 
16,388 
54,710 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
28 
26 
25,600 
25,836 
125 
186 
acres 
(D) 
4,245 
10,883,838 
12,197,551 
27,676 
35,138 
Part owners 
farms 
4 
8 
7,715 
8,032 
23 
54 
acres 
(D) 
36,179 
17,419,915 
16,091,514 
(D) 
73,476 
Tenants 
farms 
4 
2,183 
2,354 
15 
13 
acres 
- 
1,030 
2,579,115 
2,160,468 
(D) 
8,103 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
32 
38 
35,498 
36,222 
163 
253 
$1,000 
3,774 
9,288 
7,813,437 
6,076,829 
3,712 
16,196 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
32 
38 
35,498 
36,222 
163 
253 
$1,000 
(D) 
9,207 
7,650,126 
5,923,146 
3,358 
15,455 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
9 
15 
13,664 
13,631 
58 
76 
$1,000 
3,634 
8,647 
2,341,424 
1,903,805 
(D) 
6,204 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
12 
13 
16,318 
17,151 
80 
126 
$1,000 
(D) 
559 
5,308,702 
4,019,341 
(D) 
9,251 
Government payments 
farms 
2 
13 
10,942 
1 1 ,382 
32 
56 
$1,000 
(D) 
81 
163,311 
153,683 
354 
742 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
15 
13 
10,341 
10,329 
48 
93 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
6 
3,504 
3,815 
28 
23 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2 
3 
3,226 
3,608 
19 
41 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7 
4 
3,707 
3,861 
16 
22 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3 
3 
4,056 
4,267 
28 
28 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2 
2 
2,664 
2,729 
11 
18 
$50,000 or more 
3 
7 
8,000 
7,613 
13 
28 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
82 
211 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
7,847 
(D) 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
10 
4,448 
5,778 
14 
40 
$1,000 
- 
43 
58,717 
71,495 
93 
467 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
2 
6 
9,411 
8,379 
26 
36 
$1,000 
(D) 
38 
104,594 
82,188 
261 
275 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1 
2 
3,895 
3,351 
8 
11 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
3 
2 
429 
411 
6 
4 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
567 
637 
4 
1 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
2 
2 
557 
552 
7 
1 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
8 
11 
10,139 
11,149 
40 
72 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
8 
11 
10,139 
11,149 
40 
72 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
3 
9 
10,359 
9,409 
38 
66 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
267 
605 
1 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
181 
259 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
332 
439 
7 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
593 
716 
8 
9 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
3 
1 
1,175 
977 
14 
14 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
12 
11 
7,004 
7,717 
30 
73 
-continued 
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