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 
12 
5 
39,736 
45,014 
157 
186 
Land in farms 
acres 
257 
596 
9,322,655 
9,846,049 
25,504 
22,612 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3 
- 
2,723 
3,110 
20 
25 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9 
3 
12,876 
15,168 
49 
78 
50 to 179 acres 
- 
1 
13,793 
15,298 
46 
48 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
1 
6,065 
7,114 
26 
24 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
4,279 
4,324 
16 
11 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
12 
5 
37,887 
43,212 
147 
172 
acres 
257 
596 
6,726,721 
7,406,091 
15,803 
17,843 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
- 
- 
10,006 
10,619 
46 
44 
acres 
- 
2,595,934 
2,439,958 
9,701 
4,769 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
12 
5 
29,730 
34,395 
111 
142 
acres 
257 
596 
4,665,383 
5,492,150 
10,641 
13,305 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
- 
8,157 
8,817 
36 
30 
acres 
- 
- 
4,182,863 
3,896,915 
13,987 
8,500 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
- 
1,849 
1,802 
10 
14 
acres 
- 
- 
474,409 
456,984 
876 
807 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
12 
5 
39,736 
45,014 
157 
186 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
8,906,719 
7,043,359 
(D) 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
12 
5 
39,736 
45,014 
157 
186 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
8,773,641 
6,826,145 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
7 
- 
14,763 
14,420 
66 
51 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
3,587,493 
2,098,872 
8,799 
1,646 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
6 
3 
19,182 
22,038 
78 
101 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
5,186,148 
4,727,273 
(D) 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
1 
- 
13,416 
13,607 
53 
40 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
133,079 
217,215 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
2 
9,997 
13,265 
47 
63 
$1,000 to $2,499 
4 
- 
4,966 
6,278 
28 
34 
$2,500 to $4,999 
3 
2 
4,639 
5,179 
13 
20 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
4,487 
4,840 
10 
17 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4 
- 
4,879 
4,982 
23 
19 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
2,206 
2,320 
5 
6 
$50,000 or more 
1 
1 
8,562 
8,150 
31 
27 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
611 
1,183 
1 
1 
$1,000 
- 
- 
114,514 
114,842 
(D) 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
- 
4,592 
4,832 
12 
4 
$1,000 
- 
- 
12,706 
12,461 
(D) 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
1 
- 
11,561 
11,295 
49 
38 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
120,373 
204,754 
(D) 
467 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
1,727 
1,613 
7 
4 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
2 
- 
911 
798 
5 
5 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1 
- 
2,773 
2,716 
7 
14 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
4 
- 
953 
1,010 
4 
2 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
- 
1 
11,164 
11,715 
49 
39 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
28 
91 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1,130 
1,077 
2 
7 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
- 
1 
10,006 
10,547 
47 
32 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
1 
12,163 
14,987 
38 
67 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
305 
- 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
226 
461 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
190 
317 
5 
4 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1 
1 
3,895 
3,659 
20 
10 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
4 
- 
1,808 
1,398 
3 
15 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
2 
3,926 
6,035 
19 
25 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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