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 
538 
394 
Land in farms acres 
107,934 
63,035 
Other crop farming (1119) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
101 
70 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
105 
65 
1 0 to 49 acres 
196 
183 
50 to 1 79 acres 
141 
78 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
182 
137 
180 to 499 acres 
49 
33 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
51 
30 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
2 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
5 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
15 
13 
Owned land in farms farms 
494 
360 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
25 
6 
acres 
65,578 
34,901 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
150 
96 
production (1125, 1129) 
114 
93 
acres 
42,356 
28,134 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
388 
298 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
51,678 
32,437 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
106 
62 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
42,948 
19,405 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
519 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
44 
34 
acres 
13,308 
11,193 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
39 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
471 
325 
Total farms 
538 
394 
Partnerships 
30 
48 
$1,000 
47,287 
20,580 
Corporations 
32 
21 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
5 
- 
sold farms 
538 
394 
$1,000 
45,050 
18,714 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
289 
243 
and greenhouse crops farms 
163 
83 
2 operators 
233 
118 
$1,000 
34,875 
13,242 
3 operators 
13 
30 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
3 
2 
their products farms 
257 
186 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
$1,000 
10,175 
5,472 
Government payments farms 
148 
121 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
2,237 
1,866 
1 operator 
237 
137 
2 operators 
8 
7 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
- 
5 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
146 
142 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
54 
47 
$2,500 to $4,999 
75 
58 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
103 
54 
Internet access 
388 
215 
$10,000 to $24,999 
58 
46 
Dial-up service 
26 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
42 
12 
DSL service 
200 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
60 
35 
Cable modem service 
63 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
4 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
48 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
88 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
3 
2 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
7 
(NA) 
$1,000 
1,363 
(D) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
11 
15 
Programs payments farms 
42 
28 
acres 
7,880 
5,818 
$1,000 
293 
145 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
134 
114 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
1,944 
1,721 
1 household 
433 
275 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
83 
93 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
8 
11 
4 households 
5 
6 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
30 
23 
5 or more households 
9 
9 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
13 
13 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
13 
15 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
38 
20 
Less than 25 percent 
455 
333 
25 to 49 percent 
23 
35 
Other crop farming (1119) 
106 
69 
50 to 74 percent 
23 
14 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
20 
8 
Cotton farming (11192) 
1 
4 
1 00 percent 
17 
4 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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