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 
58,695 
60,938 
91 
152 
30 
48 
53 
49 
Land in farms 
acres 
14,720,396 
14,773,184 
14,461 
20,639 
2,752 
8,382 
5,704 
(D) 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
6,607 
9,720 
9 
43 
10 
7 
5 
14 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,770 
19,533 
42 
60 
9 
15 
26 
17 
50 to 1 79 acres 
16,396 
15,993 
28 
30 
10 
20 
16 
10 
1 80 to 499 acres 
7,420 
8,012 
5 
12 
- 
3 
3 
5 
500 acres or more 
7,502 
7,680 
7 
7 
1 
3 
3 
3 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
55,444 
56,730 
88 
143 
28 
44 
47 
48 
acres 
6,860,194 
6,743,493 
6,474 
12,933 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
19,930 
20,388 
30 
36 
3 
15 
17 
7 
acres 
7,860,202 
8,029,691 
7,987 
7,706 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
38,765 
40,550 
61 
116 
27 
33 
36 
42 
acres 
3,080,850 
3,123,539 
4,177 
9,708 
(D) 
2,582 
4,105 
4,439 
Part owners 
farms 
16,679 
16,180 
27 
27 
1 
11 
11 
6 
acres 
10,446,253 
10,341,144 
10,134 
10,531 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
3,251 
4,208 
3 
9 
2 
4 
6 
1 
acres 
1,193,293 
1,308,501 
150 
400 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
58,695 
60,938 
91 
152 
30 
48 
53 
49 
$1,000 
11,478,105 
8,532,100 
7,901 
19,549 
3,853 
3,173 
2,083 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
58,695 
60,938 
91 
152 
30 
48 
53 
49 
$1,000 
11,210,818 
8,271,291 
7,678 
19,260 
3,765 
3,023 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
35,577 
36,142 
50 
76 
15 
29 
29 
23 
$1,000 
7,530,097 
5,319,019 
5,963 
5,438 
821 
2,849 
1,982 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
22,409 
23,677 
31 
39 
10 
21 
14 
13 
$1,000 
3,680,721 
2,952,272 
1,715 
13,821 
2,945 
175 
(D) 
105 
Government payments 
farms 
32,083 
35,864 
34 
68 
14 
28 
21 
21 
$1,000 
267,287 
260,809 
222 
289 
88 
150 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
9,595 
10,989 
24 
35 
8 
8 
19 
12 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
6,990 
8,188 
7 
21 
5 
2 
5 
11 
$2,500 to $4,999 
6,390 
6,764 
16 
16 
- 
7 
8 
6 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,348 
6,478 
19 
31 
5 
3 
8 
9 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,327 
6,644 
3 
13 
7 
11 
4 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,237 
4,643 
7 
7 
2 
5 
1 
- 
$50,000 or more 
18,808 
17,232 
15 
29 
3 
12 
8 
9 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
680 
2,756 
_ 
6 
_ 
2 
_ 
1 
$1,000 
92,094 
293,157 
- 
482 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
12,167 
14,127 
15 
44 
5 
11 
12 
12 
$1,000 
25,984 
32,264 
40 
92 
42 
15 
16 
35 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
28,426 
30,467 
26 
53 
13 
25 
13 
14 
$1,000 
241,303 
228,545 
182 
197 
45 
135 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
24,002 
25,150 
30 
37 
2 
21 
21 
18 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
688 
665 
- 
8 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
402 
541 
- 
11 
2 
- 
2 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
794 
877 
- 
7 
5 
3 
- 
2 
Other crop farming (1119) 
11,636 
1 1 ,889 
25 
37 
10 
9 
13 
13 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
86 
153 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
11,550 
1 1 ,736 
25 
35 
10 
8 
13 
13 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,394 
8,676 
22 
10 
2 
4 
4 
4 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
319 
1,114 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
1,459 
1,462 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
1,301 
1,959 
3 
11 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,336 
1,442 
4 
3 
3 
- 
- 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,719 
1,547 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,645 
5,616 
4 
24 
- 
7 
13 
7 
--continued 
48 Indiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
