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 
_ 
_ 
2,392 
2,484 
4 
5 
Land in farms 
acres 
- 
- 
504,981 
506,366 
70 
587 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
_ 
_ 
441 
637 
_ 
_ 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
896 
768 
4 
1 
50 to 1 79 acres 
- 
- 
534 
558 
- 
3 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
282 
278 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
239 
243 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
_ 
_ 
2,200 
2,236 
3 
5 
acres 
- 
- 
235,459 
235,155 
(D) 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
- 
- 
775 
867 
2 
3 
acres 
- 
- 
269,522 
271,211 
(D) 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
_ 
_ 
1,617 
1,617 
2 
2 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
- 
583 
619 
1 
3 
acres 
- 
- 
323,539 
339,535 
(D) 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
- 
192 
248 
1 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
_ 
_ 
2,392 
2,484 
4 
5 
$1,000 
- 
- 
1 ,239,432 
1,044,103 
(D) 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
- 
- 
2,392 
2,484 
4 
5 
$1,000 
- 
- 
1 ,229,800 
1,035,277 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
- 
- 
1,283 
1,493 
2 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
426,556 
209,532 
(D) 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
- 
- 
1,262 
1,332 
1 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
803,244 
825,744 
(D) 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
_ 
_ 
909 
940 
- 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
9,632 
8,826 
- 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
_ 
353 
332 
2 
1 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
166 
280 
- 
2 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
152 
213 
1 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
154 
167 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
- 
237 
282 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
195 
134 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
1,135 
1,076 
1 
1 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
6 
43 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
484 
1,978 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
- 
201 
224 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
768 
(D) 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
- 
787 
820 
- 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
8,863 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
599 
687 
1 
1 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
- 
- 
59 
113 
- 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
19 
19 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
73 
155 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
- 
308 
235 
- 
1 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
- 
- 
308 
235 
- 
1 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
- 
134 
149 
1 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
2 
21 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
32 
63 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
12 
13 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
617 
745 
1 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
31 
74 
- 
2 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
- 
506 
210 
1 
- 
-continued 
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