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 
4,391 
4,166 
3 
11 
6 
8 
28 
5 
Land in farms 
acres 
474,065 
471,911 
421 
2,264 
60 
(D) 
84 
(D) 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
953 
754 
_ 
_ 
3 
3 
23 
4 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,482 
1,405 
- 
6 
3 
2 
5 
- 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,292 
1,304 
2 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 80 to 499 acres 
512 
546 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
152 
157 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
4,164 
3,968 
3 
11 
3 
8 
5 
4 
acres 
414,109 
392,264 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
60 
16 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
904 
1,002 
1 
1 
3 
23 
1 
acres 
59,956 
79,647 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
24 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
3,487 
3,164 
2 
10 
3 
8 
5 
4 
acres 
321,972 
285,030 
(D) 
(D) 
54 
(D) 
60 
16 
Part owners 
farms 
677 
804 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
141,133 
160,767 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tenants 
farms 
227 
198 
3 
- 
23 
1 
acres 
10,960 
26,114 
- 
- 
6 
- 
24 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
4,391 
4,166 
3 
11 
6 
8 
28 
5 
$1,000 
194,379 
201,525 
69 
(D) 
25 
(D) 
82 
263 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
4,391 
4,166 
3 
11 
6 
8 
28 
5 
$1,000 
190,907 
199,051 
69 
(D) 
25 
(D) 
82 
263 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
2,356 
2,259 
3 
1 
3 
5 
22 
3 
$1,000 
100,714 
106,467 
(D) 
(D) 
15 
(D) 
47 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
1,936 
1,827 
2 
1 
3 
3 
6 
2 
$1,000 
90,193 
92,584 
(D) 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
35 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
467 
423 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
3,472 
2,474 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,417 
1,378 
_ 
10 
_ 
3 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
616 
625 
- 
- 
1 
- 
15 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
602 
482 
- 
- 
4 
3 
8 
1 
$5,000 to $9,999 
548 
475 
1 
- 
1 
- 
5 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
516 
501 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
255 
268 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$50,000 or more 
437 
437 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
6 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
3 
26 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
462 
410 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
3,469 
2,448 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
20 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
340 
251 
1 
- 
- 
- 
22 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
211 
277 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
497 
408 
- 
- 
3 
3 
- 
2 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,174 
1,265 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
1,174 
1,265 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
383 
328 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
150 
194 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
88 
62 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
224 
247 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
300 
257 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,003 
864 
- 
10 
- 
- 
6 
2 
--continued 
46 New Hampshire 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
