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 
10 
14 
25,305 
27,820 
151 
92 
Land in farms 
acres 
242 
521 
7,658,631 
7,911,050 
17,461 
11,751 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3 
2 
2,480 
2,856 
32 
9 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3 
10 
8,109 
9,369 
60 
44 
50 to 179 acres 
4 
2 
7,839 
7,861 
38 
19 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
3,695 
4,361 
13 
18 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
3,182 
3,373 
8 
2 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
10 
11 
22,958 
25,451 
141 
87 
acres 
242 
246 
3,611,863 
3,909,669 
13,199 
10,109 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
- 
6 
8,394 
8,933 
33 
23 
acres 
275 
4,046,768 
4,001,381 
4,262 
1,642 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
10 
8 
16,911 
18,887 
118 
69 
acres 
242 
151 
2,598,201 
2,802,369 
12,073 
8,555 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
3 
6,047 
6,564 
23 
18 
acres 
- 
265 
3,390,310 
3,509,986 
(D) 
3,008 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
3 
2,347 
2,369 
10 
5 
acres 
- 
105 
1,670,120 
1,598,695 
(D) 
188 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
10 
14 
25,305 
27,820 
151 
92 
$1,000 
210 
(D) 
3,857,264 
2,727,841 
5,336 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
10 
14 
25,305 
27,820 
151 
92 
$1,000 
210 
(D) 
3,725,083 
2,562,330 
5,140 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
7 
5 
8,079 
7,694 
40 
32 
$1,000 
197 
42 
2,717,071 
1,575,642 
2,226 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
7 
7 
12,324 
13,997 
78 
43 
$1,000 
14 
(D) 
1,008,012 
986,688 
2,914 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
_ 
3 
8,514 
10,000 
43 
21 
$1,000 
(D) 
132,180 
165,510 
196 
153 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
1 
5,978 
6,714 
46 
24 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
5 
3,094 
3,527 
17 
14 
$2,500 to $4,999 
3 
2 
3,217 
3,500 
27 
21 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
1 
3,440 
4,026 
29 
8 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3 
3 
3,545 
3,773 
15 
15 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4 
- 
1,663 
1,870 
7 
6 
$50,000 or more 
- 
2 
4,368 
4,410 
10 
4 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
— 
3 
112 
520 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
3 
18,154 
92,616 
(D) 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
- 
2,842 
3,987 
13 
10 
$1,000 
- 
- 
16,231 
22,867 
38 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
3 
7,341 
8,357 
41 
18 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
115,950 
142,643 
158 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
3 
2,254 
2,442 
11 
4 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
- 
3 
423 
452 
2 
2 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
4 
- 
743 
724 
11 
10 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
3 
- 
580 
632 
4 
3 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
- 
- 
6,284 
6,694 
24 
28 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
135 
265 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
- 
- 
6,149 
6,429 
24 
28 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
3 
2 
9,683 
10,634 
49 
23 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
23 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
110 
275 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
187 
186 
3 
3 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
668 
761 
7 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
2 
560 
603 
7 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
4 
3,790 
4,417 
33 
16 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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