Table 61. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race: 2012 
[Data were collected for a maximum of three operators. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
American Indian 
or Alaska Native 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Asian 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Black or African 
American 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Native Hawaiian 
or Other Pacific 
Islander alone or 
in combination with 
other races 
White 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
. number 
92 
120 
180 
14 
12,021 
207 
Land in farms 
acres 
7,549 
4,807 
18,343 
408 
2,020,631 
22,884 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
12 
16 
38 
- 
1,443 
52 
1 0 to 49 acres 
54 
81 
86 
12 
4,408 
103 
50 to 1 79 acres 
21 
22 
38 
2 
3,651 
30 
180 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
8 
- 
1,588 
11 
500 acres or more 
3 
1 
10 
- 
931 
11 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
90 
117 
163 
14 
11,025 
190 
acres 
4,308 
4,614 
12,805 
408 
1,171,556 
14,757 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
24 
6 
50 
- 
3,648 
40 
acres 
3,241 
193 
5,538 
- 
849,075 
8,127 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
68 
114 
130 
14 
8,373 
167 
acres 
(D) 
3,569 
8,331 
408 
734,143 
1 1 ,424 
Part owners 
farms 
22 
3 
33 
- 
2,652 
23 
acres 
4,244 
(D) 
7,431 
- 
1,070,459 
8,670 
Tenants 
farms 
2 
3 
17 
- 
996 
17 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
2,581 
216,029 
2,790 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
92 
120 
180 
14 
12,021 
207 
$1,000 
15,939 
127,010 
16,957 
(D) 
2,191,445 
40,904 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
92 
120 
180 
14 
12,021 
207 
$1,000 
15,801 
126,783 
16,359 
(D) 
2,155,705 
40,557 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
45 
23 
87 
6 
6,298 
98 
$1,000 
4,198 
737 
8,638 
15 
1,048,829 
15,906 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
35 
85 
53 
2 
5,041 
76 
$1,000 
1 1 ,603 
126,046 
7,721 
(D) 
1,106,876 
24,651 
Government payments 
farms 
21 
34 
56 
- 
4,565 
42 
$1,000 
138 
227 
599 
- 
35,741 
347 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
31 
16 
54 
7 
2,511 
57 
$1,000 to $2,499 
18 
10 
20 
3 
1,438 
35 
$2,500 to $4,999 
9 
11 
23 
2 
1,305 
26 
$5,000 to $9,999 
17 
8 
29 
1 
1,385 
26 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3 
5 
15 
- 
1,314 
16 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4 
4 
12 
- 
1,019 
7 
$50,000 or more 
10 
66 
27 
1 
3,049 
40 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
3 
1 
5 
- 
48 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
665 
- 
5,299 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
14 
18 
31 
- 
2,464 
21 
$1,000 
40 
36 
73 
- 
9,470 
102 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
10 
19 
36 
- 
3,236 
25 
$1,000 
99 
191 
525 
- 
26,271 
245 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
14 
1 
35 
2 
2,531 
16 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
2 
7 
22 
- 
398 
18 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
7 
4 
7 
- 
260 
15 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3 
7 
3 
5 
483 
18 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
22 
13 
52 
2 
2,873 
46 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
23 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
22 
13 
52 
2 
2,850 
46 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
17 
6 
22 
- 
1,632 
15 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
45 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
1 
- 
417 
7 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1 
- 
1 
- 
75 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
7 
67 
9 
2 
855 
20 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
4 
5 
8 
3 
472 
13 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
15 
10 
20 
- 
1,980 
39 
-continued 
52 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
