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 
674 
615 
Land in farms acres 
80,220 
54,795 
Other crop farming (1119) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
128 
81 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
134 
166 
1 0 to 49 acres 
245 
284 
50 to 1 79 acres 
218 
182 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
89 
47 
180 to 499 acres 
48 
49 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
6 
6 
500 acres or more 
35 
19 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
11 
10 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
6 
2 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
29 
25 
Owned land in farms farms 
652 
589 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
36 
9 
acres 
46,984 
39,541 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
159 
104 
production (1125, 1129) 
79 
65 
acres 
33,236 
15,254 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
515 
511 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
27,522 
29,319 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
137 
78 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
49,755 
24,181 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
658 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
22 
26 
acres 
2,943 
1,295 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
60 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
602 
545 
Total farms 
674 
615 
Partnerships 
40 
42 
$1,000 
63,783 
41,252 
Corporations 
26 
23 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
6 
5 
sold farms 
674 
615 
$1,000 
62,727 
40,662 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
357 
360 
and greenhouse crops farms 
397 
342 
2 operators 
278 
227 
$1,000 
43,265 
26,808 
3 operators 
28 
22 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
10 
5 
their products farms 
226 
150 
5 or more operators 
1 
1 
$1,000 
19,462 
13,854 
Government payments farms 
189 
187 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
1,056 
590 
1 operator 
309 
260 
2 operators 
19 
17 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
121 
195 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
93 
75 
$2,500 to $4,999 
113 
55 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
62 
54 
Internet access 
437 
318 
$10,000 to $24,999 
79 
68 
Dial-up service 
60 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
84 
63 
DSL service 
132 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
122 
105 
Cable modem service 
89 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
5 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
87 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
80 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
6 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
22 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
139 
Other Internet service 
16 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
38 
13 
Programs payments farms 
57 
80 
acres 
7,572 
1,270 
$1,000 
156 
189 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
172 
134 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
900 
402 
1 household 
548 
490 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
98 
97 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
20 
11 
4 households 
6 
10 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
106 
72 
5 or more households 
2 
7 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
36 
18 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
83 
146 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
59 
49 
Less than 25 percent 
477 
435 
25 to 49 percent 
48 
63 
Other crop farming (1119) 
134 
166 
50 to 74 percent 
55 
65 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
42 
25 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
1 00 percent 
52 
27 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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