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 
4,459 
3,161 
Land in farms acres 
510,243 
352,184 
Other crop farming (1119) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
2,077 
1,578 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
170 
77 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,750 
1,185 
50 to 1 79 acres 
374 
253 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,108 
627 
180 to 499 acres 
153 
92 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
13 
500 acres or more 
105 
53 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
8 
6 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
49 
22 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
150 
135 
Owned land in farms farms 
4,207 
3,002 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
250 
95 
acres 
440,529 
241,470 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
611 
429 
production (1125, 1129) 
710 
481 
acres 
69,714 
110,714 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
3,848 
2,732 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
412,959 
127,634 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
359 
270 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
67,575 
208,813 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
4,182 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
252 
159 
acres 
29,709 
15,737 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
346 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
3,334 
2,474 
Total farms 
4,459 
3,161 
Partnerships 
213 
129 
$1,000 
798,030 
723,540 
Corporations 
843 
538 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
69 
20 
sold farms 
4,459 
3,161 
$1,000 
792,062 
719,770 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
2,492 
1,714 
and greenhouse crops farms 
2,098 
1,727 
2 operators 
1,608 
1,165 
$1,000 
679,987 
630,732 
3 operators 
279 
222 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
51 
41 
their products farms 
1,644 
1,021 
5 or more operators 
29 
19 
$1,000 
112,075 
89,038 
Government payments farms 
266 
167 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
5,968 
3,770 
1 operator 
1,894 
1,389 
2 operators 
140 
94 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
17 
11 
4 operators 
6 
4 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,188 
810 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
466 
297 
$2,500 to $4,999 
460 
371 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
527 
365 
Internet access 
2,990 
1,570 
$10,000 to $24,999 
646 
438 
Dial-up service 
183 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
338 
241 
DSL service 
1,537 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
834 
639 
Cable modem service 
628 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
122 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
467 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
329 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
1 
1 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
84 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
Other Internet service 
28 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
350 
208 
Programs payments farms 
11 
12 
acres 
128,068 
79,958 
$1,000 
33 
17 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
259 
155 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
5,935 
3,752 
1 household 
3,400 
2,397 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
787 
560 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
127 
116 
4 households 
107 
48 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
6 
3 
5 or more households 
38 
40 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
98 
90 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
999 
889 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
909 
717 
Less than 25 percent 
3,510 
2,486 
25 to 49 percent 
243 
165 
Other crop farming (1119) 
172 
83 
50 to 74 percent 
341 
202 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
143 
161 
Cotton farming (11192) 
2 
6 
1 00 percent 
222 
147 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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