Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
7,000 
7,521 
32 
41 
2,824 
2,544 
18 
10 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,129,317 
1,121,329 
(D) 
840 
171,609 
163,919 
(D) 
202 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,412 
4,813 
17 
25 
1,932 
1,756 
10 
4 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,752 
1,972 
10 
12 
677 
639 
6 
5 
50 to 1 79 acres 
480 
423 
- 
3 
141 
99 
1 
1 
1 80 to 499 acres 
172 
154 
5 
1 
43 
23 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
184 
159 
- 
- 
31 
27 
1 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
5,322 
5,836 
22 
33 
1,977 
1,803 
14 
9 
acres 
608,146 
594,546 
906 
457 
76,030 
89,312 
224 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,364 
2,460 
12 
11 
1,112 
1,002 
5 
1 
acres 
521,171 
526,783 
(D) 
383 
95,579 
74,607 
(D) 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,636 
5,061 
20 
30 
1,712 
1,542 
13 
9 
acres 
265,459 
300,237 
892 
427 
70,577 
84,075 
114 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
686 
775 
2 
3 
265 
261 
1 
acres 
662,676 
637,776 
(D) 
(D) 
72,086 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Tenants 
farms 
1,678 
1,685 
10 
8 
847 
741 
4 
1 
acres 
201,182 
183,316 
(D) 
(D) 
28,946 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
7,000 
7,521 
32 
41 
2,824 
2,544 
18 
10 
$1,000 
666,575 
516,004 
230 
(D) 
239,969 
171,343 
(D) 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
7,000 
7,521 
32 
41 
2,824 
2,544 
18 
10 
$1,000 
661,347 
513,626 
230 
(D) 
238,464 
170,483 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
5,057 
5,376 
19 
23 
2,378 
2,142 
15 
7 
$1,000 
538,873 
429,916 
(D) 
(D) 
217,403 
150,724 
(D) 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
1,469 
1,531 
14 
10 
305 
275 
2 
- 
$1,000 
122,474 
83,711 
(D) 
(D) 
21,061 
19,759 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
628 
218 
- 
2 
224 
57 
- 
- 
$1,000 
5,228 
2,378 
" 
(D) 
1,505 
860 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,178 
1,612 
6 
14 
296 
319 
2 
3 
$1,000 to $2,499 
860 
1,275 
11 
15 
312 
359 
1 
3 
$2,500 to $4,999 
907 
1,000 
5 
8 
356 
336 
1 
1 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,073 
1,021 
4 
1 
452 
397 
2 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,408 
1,152 
2 
3 
607 
465 
8 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
719 
569 
4 
- 
364 
254 
2 
1 
$50,000 or more 
855 
892 
- 
- 
437 
414 
2 
1 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
16 
2 
- 
- 
6 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
143 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
622 
218 
- 
2 
221 
57 
- 
- 
$1,000 
5,086 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
12 
12 
- 
- 
2 
4 
1 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
744 
574 
- 
1 
499 
359 
1 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
2,976 
3,528 
14 
21 
1,233 
1,201 
11 
8 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,241 
1,393 
5 
3 
610 
556 
2 
1 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
359 
346 
3 
- 
122 
120 
- 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
359 
346 
3 
- 
122 
120 
- 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
976 
860 
7 
13 
175 
146 
2 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
30 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
9 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
91 
116 
- 
- 
36 
35 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
97 
107 
1 
- 
21 
16 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
238 
190 
- 
- 
67 
36 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
257 
359 
2 
3 
59 
69 
1 
- 
-continued 
42 Hawaii 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
