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 
383 
442 
Land in farms acres 
23,073 
39,500 
Other crop farming (1 119) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
242 
272 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
11 
18 
1 0 to 49 acres 
86 
110 
50 to 1 79 acres 
30 
36 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
92 
73 
1 80 to 499 acres 
14 
16 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
- 
2 
500 acres or more 
11 
8 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
4 
5 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
4 
9 
Owned land in farms farms 
279 
320 
Sheep and goat farming (1 124) 
13 
25 
acres 
4,767 
7,244 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
156 
185 
production (1125, 1129) 
12 
29 
acres 
18,306 
32,256 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
227 
257 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
2,818 
6,646 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
52 
63 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
10,117 
6,546 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
364 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
104 
122 
acres 
10,138 
26,308 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
38 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
340 
389 
Total farms 
383 
442 
Partnerships 
15 
26 
$1,000 
30,493 
14,894 
Corporations 
20 
25 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
8 
2 
sold farms 
383 
442 
$1,000 
30,221 
(D) 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
197 
245 
and greenhouse crops farms 
251 
295 
2 operators 
166 
168 
$1,000 
20,093 
11,690 
3 operators 
18 
27 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
- 
1 
their products farms 
104 
100 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
$1,000 
10,128 
(D) 
Government payments farms 
37 
17 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
272 
(D) 
1 operator 
199 
226 
2 operators 
11 
10 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
4 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
51 
95 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
66 
68 
$2,500 to $4,999 
58 
44 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
55 
73 
Internet access 
257 
228 
$10,000 to $24,999 
70 
59 
Dial-up service 
21 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
44 
46 
DSL service 
95 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
39 
57 
Cable modem service 
104 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
9 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
43 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
22 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
2 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
11 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
27 
29 
Programs payments farms 
- 
- 
acres 
3,957 
4,172 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
37 
17 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
272 
(D) 
1 household 
296 
345 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
73 
66 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
8 
13 
4 households 
2 
15 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1 
- 
5 or more households 
4 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
26 
14 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
168 
195 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
52 
72 
Less than 25 percent 
293 
314 
25 to 49 percent 
37 
28 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
11 
18 
50 to 74 percent 
22 
50 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
9 
17 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
22 
33 
40 Hawaii 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
