Table 61. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race: 2012 
[Data were collected for a maximum of three operators. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
American Indian 
or Alaska Native 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Asian 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Black or African 
American 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Native Hawaiian 
or Other Pacific 
Islander alone or 
in combination with 
other races 
White 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
. number 
12 
35 
23 
1 
2,402 
36 
Land in farms 
acres 
2,597 
763 
837 
(D) 
505,342 
2,409 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1 
2 
10 
_ 
442 
2 
1 0 to 49 acres 
7 
29 
7 
1 
903 
24 
50 to 1 79 acres 
3 
4 
5 
- 
536 
9 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
1 
- 
282 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
239 
1 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
11 
35 
20 
1 
2,209 
36 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
478 
(D) 
235,752 
2,313 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
3 
1 
6 
778 
6 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
359 
- 
269,590 
96 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
9 
34 
17 
1 
1,624 
30 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
110,647 
2,193 
Part owners 
farms 
2 
1 
3 
- 
585 
6 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
412 
- 
323,731 
216 
Tenants 
farms 
1 
3 
- 
193 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
70,964 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
12 
35 
23 
1 
2,402 
36 
$1,000 
7,815 
37,601 
4,211 
(D) 
1,245,486 
28,235 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
12 
35 
23 
1 
2,402 
36 
$1,000 
(D) 
37,583 
4,205 
(D) 
1,235,851 
28,197 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
4 
5 
7 
1 
1,287 
12 
$1,000 
(D) 
291 
308 
(D) 
426,659 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
9 
30 
12 
- 
1,268 
30 
$1,000 
(D) 
37,292 
3,897 
- 
809,192 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
3 
4 
4 
1 
910 
15 
$1,000 
(D) 
18 
7 
(D) 
9,635 
38 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
1 
2 
5 
1 
356 
_ 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1 
- 
- 
- 
166 
1 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1 
6 
2 
- 
153 
6 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
4 
- 
154 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
1 
7 
- 
237 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2 
1 
- 
- 
195 
14 
$50,000 or more 
7 
25 
5 
- 
1,141 
13 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
6 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
484 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
201 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
768 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
3 
4 
4 
1 
788 
13 
$1,000 
(D) 
18 
7 
(D) 
8,867 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2 
1 
5 
- 
600 
4 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
- 
1 
1 
- 
59 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
19 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
- 
1 
- 
- 
73 
1 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
1 
- 
1 
309 
1 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
- 
1 
- 
1 
309 
1 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1 
- 
2 
- 
135 
7 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
32 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
4 
- 
12 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
6 
24 
4 
- 
623 
6 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
31 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3 
7 
7 
- 
507 
17 
-continued 
48 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
