Table 1 . Farm Characteristics of All Farms on Selected Reservations and of All Farms Operated by American 
Indians or Alaska Natives on Selected Reservations: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Mississippi Bands of Choctaw 
Navajo Nation 
Nez Perce 
Characteristics 
Total ^ 
Farms 
operated by 
American 
Indians or 
Alaska 
Natives ^ 
Total ^ 
Farms 
operated by 
American 
Indians or 
Alaska 
Natives ^ 
Total ^ 
Farms 
operated by 
American 
Indians or 
Alaska 
Natives ^ 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
...number 
5 
2 
14,456 
14,362 
529 
14 
Land in farms 
acres 
249 
(D) 
16,971,989 
16,862,014 
535,241 
(D) 
Average size of farm 
acres 
50 
(D) 
1,174 
1,174 
1,012 
(D) 
Reservation acres on farm 
acres 
138 
(D) 
16,909,467 
16,801,971 
317,775 
(D) 
Farms by percent of land on reservation: 
Less than 24.9 percent ^ 
- 
- 
36 
36 
78 
2 
25 to 49.9 percent 
1 
1 
30 
30 
48 
- 
50 to 74.9 percent 
- 
- 
101 
100 
54 
3 
75 to 99.9 percent 
- 
- 
106 
102 
76 
1 
1 00 percent 
4 
1 
13,654 
13,570 
261 
7 
Farms by percent of cropland harvested 
on reservation: 
Less than 24.9 percent ^ 
- 
- 
- 
- 
28 
- 
25 to 49.9 percent 
- 
- 
3 
3 
18 
- 
50 to 74.9 percent 
- 
- 
2 
2 
32 
- 
75 to 99.9 percent 
- 
- 
3 
3 
18 
- 
1 00 percent 
1 
1 
2,774 
2,768 
231 
1 
Farms by percent of livestock 
on reservation: 
Less than 24.9 percent ^ 
- 
- 
42 
40 
49 
- 
25 to 49.9 percent 
- 
- 
21 
20 
11 
1 
50 to 74.9 percent 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
75 to 99.9 percent 
- 
- 
17 
14 
3 
- 
1 00 percent 
1 
1 
13,049 
12,973 
217 
7 
Farms by size: 
0.1 to 9 acres 
1 
1 
9,161 
9,118 
33 
5 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3 
- 
2,235 
2,221 
85 
2 
50 to 179 acres 
- 
- 
908 
906 
91 
1 
1 80 to 499 acres 
1 
1 
574 
567 
91 
4 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
523 
512 
61 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
1,055 
1,038 
168 
2 
Total cropland 
farms 
4 
2 
5,268 
5,247 
430 
7 
acres 
141 
(D) 
162,724 
154,119 
317,790 
2,934 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
2 
2 
2,934 
2,923 
368 
4 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
73,703 
65,975 
275,324 
(D) 
Irrigated land 
farms 
1 
1 
2,402 
2,391 
45 
2 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
74,308 
66,463 
502 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4 
1 
1,560 
1,515 
259 
12 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
12,492,914 
12,490,234 
99,671 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
- 
1,996 
1,990 
198 
2 
acres 
- 
- 
859,389 
838,575 
347,879 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
1 
1 
10,900 
10,857 
72 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
3,619,686 
3,533,205 
87,691 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations 17 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
