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 
7 
6 
11,932 
12,466 
46 
44 
Land in farms 
acres 
206 
(D) 
2,010,388 
2,024,497 
4,791 
3,426 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
- 
- 
1,428 
1,508 
10 
3 
1 0 to 49 acres 
7 
5 
4,363 
4,369 
25 
28 
50 to 179 acres 
- 
- 
3,627 
3,988 
9 
9 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
1,587 
1,703 
- 
2 
500 acres or more 
- 
1 
927 
898 
2 
2 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
7 
6 
10,937 
1 1 ,454 
46 
41 
acres 
206 
(D) 
1,165,581 
1,167,329 
(D) 
2,545 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
- 
1 
3,632 
3,717 
9 
11 
acres 
- 
(D) 
844,807 
857,168 
(D) 
881 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
7 
5 
8,300 
8,749 
37 
33 
acres 
206 
91 
729,470 
744,146 
946 
2,464 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
1 
2,637 
2,705 
9 
8 
acres 
- 
(D) 
1,066,320 
1,045,488 
3,845 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
995 
1,012 
- 
3 
acres 
- 
214,598 
234,863 
" 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
7 
6 
11,932 
12,466 
46 
44 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
2,161,598 
1,769,599 
10,592 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
7 
6 
11,932 
12,466 
46 
44 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
2,126,031 
1,736,520 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
2 
1 
6,264 
6,599 
20 
26 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
1,042,637 
624,447 
(D) 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
2 
3 
5,007 
5,808 
18 
12 
$1,000 
(D) 
11 
1,083,394 
1,112,072 
6,765 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
_ 
1 
4,544 
4,519 
7 
8 
$1,000 
(D) 
35,567 
33,079 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
3 
2 
2,477 
2,440 
18 
9 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1 
- 
1,422 
1,598 
13 
12 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2 
3 
1,301 
1,526 
3 
10 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
1,377 
1,446 
2 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
- 
1,308 
1,624 
1 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
1,012 
898 
4 
2 
$50,000 or more 
1 
1 
3,035 
2,934 
5 
7 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
48 
134 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
1 
2,456 
2,485 
3 
5 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
9,461 
9,558 
2 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
3,219 
3,071 
4 
4 
$1,000 
- 
- 
26,105 
23,521 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2 
1 
2,521 
2,008 
4 
5 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
- 
- 
394 
487 
1 
7 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
255 
367 
5 
3 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
473 
661 
6 
1 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
- 
- 
2,858 
3,016 
9 
14 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
23 
39 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
- 
- 
2,835 
2,977 
9 
14 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
2 
1,622 
1,546 
9 
4 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
- 
- 
45 
187 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
417 
558 
- 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
75 
104 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2 
- 
844 
935 
5 
1 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
3 
- 
468 
582 
2 
3 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
3 
1,960 
2,015 
5 
5 
-continued 
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