Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Operators reporting one race - Con. 
Operators 
reporting 
more than 
one race 
Native Hawaiian 
or other 
Pacific Islander 
White 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms number 
_ 
9 
47,627 
50,503 
179 
185 
Land in farms acres 
- 
759 
8,141,735 
8,240,516 
14,789 
18,876 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
_ 
- 
3,909 
4,670 
19 
21 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
4 
18,851 
19,752 
89 
96 
50 to 179 acres 
- 
5 
16,396 
17,029 
55 
46 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
5,155 
5,600 
12 
17 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
3,316 
3,452 
4 
5 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms farms 
_ 
9 
44,800 
47,513 
173 
170 
acres 
- 
759 
4,684,314 
4,785,060 
11,650 
1 1 ,924 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
- 
- 
16,305 
17,524 
58 
66 
acres 
- 
" 
3,457,421 
3,455,456 
3,139 
6,952 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
_ 
9 
31,322 
32,979 
121 
119 
acres 
- 
759 
2,780,278 
2,942,589 
8,946 
8,974 
Part owners farms 
- 
- 
13,478 
14,534 
52 
51 
acres 
- 
- 
4,810,915 
4,758,620 
5,473 
8,901 
Tenants farms 
- 
- 
2,827 
2,990 
6 
15 
acres 
- 
- 
550,542 
539,307 
370 
1,001 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
_ 
9 
47,627 
50,503 
179 
185 
$1,000 
- 
70 
12,347,893 
10,207,433 
8,868 
13,065 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold farms 
- 
9 
47,627 
50,503 
179 
185 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
12,233,225 
10,064,846 
8,682 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops farms 
- 
7 
23,263 
22,362 
72 
59 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
4,206,023 
2,559,893 
2,386 
4,938 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products farms 
- 
1 
22,992 
25,523 
91 
101 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
8,027,202 
7,504,953 
6,296 
(D) 
Government payments farms 
_ 
1 
13,330 
12,921 
37 
31 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
114,668 
142,587 
186 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
1 
10,334 
12,519 
50 
57 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
3 
6,374 
7,734 
32 
32 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
6,253 
6,160 
31 
24 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
1 
6,318 
5,691 
30 
19 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
4 
5,573 
5,805 
10 
22 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
2,789 
2,686 
10 
9 
$50,000 or more 
- 
" 
9,986 
9,908 
16 
22 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
266 
694 
- 
1 
$1,000 
- 
- 
22,320 
41,019 
- 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments farms 
- 
- 
3,047 
3,991 
9 
10 
$1,000 
- 
- 
6,257 
9,329 
(D) 
37 
Other Federal farm program payments farms 
- 
1 
11,936 
10,706 
32 
24 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
108,411 
133,258 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
2 
5,070 
4,607 
12 
10 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
- 
5 
1,855 
2,269 
8 
8 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
1,423 
1,324 
4 
2 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
3,031 
2,876 
11 
14 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
- 
- 
11,397 
11,199 
42 
27 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
1,002 
1,748 
1 
3 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
492 
427 
1 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
- 
- 
9,903 
9,024 
40 
24 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
1 
13,386 
13,963 
41 
48 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
10 
2 
- 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
254 
366 
3 
5 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
1,120 
1,546 
6 
8 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
3,225 
3,894 
7 
12 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
1 
1,832 
2,336 
17 
9 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
" 
5,024 
6,121 
28 
41 
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