Table 58. Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin Principai Operators - Seiected 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 
23,689 
20,351 
Land in farms acres 
6,726,294 
5,189,774 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
3,413 
2,845 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
3,453 
2,993 
1 0 to 49 acres 
8,711 
7,166 
50 to 1 79 acres 
6,157 
5,338 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13,194 
10,785 
1 80 to 499 acres 
2,940 
2,908 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
82 
219 
500 acres or more 
2,468 
2,094 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
36 
95 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
124 
146 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
500 
628 
Owned land in farms farms 
22,415 
19,190 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,238 
1,537 
acres 
4,149,612 
3,613,403 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
5,046 
4,423 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,469 
2,356 
acres 
2,576,682 
1,576,371 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
18,643 
15,928 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
3,400,683 
3,009,638 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
3,772 
3,262 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
2,106,164 
1,553,462 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
23,005 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
1,274 
1,161 
acres 
1,219,447 
626,674 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
914 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
21,530 
17,961 
Total farms 
23,689 
20,351 
Partnerships 
1,406 
1,750 
$1,000 
1 ,004,879 
803,309 
Corporations 
535 
405 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
218 
235 
sold farms 
23,689 
20,351 
$1,000 
971,201 
780,514 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
14,624 
13,015 
and greenhouse crops farms 
4,801 
3,941 
2 operators 
7,566 
6,091 
$1,000 
363,747 
274,769 
3 operators 
1,234 
961 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
164 
181 
their products farms 
13,320 
11,104 
5 or more operators 
101 
103 
$1,000 
607,454 
505,745 
Government payments farms 
4,176 
2,845 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
33,677 
22,795 
1 operator 
8,214 
6,813 
2 operators 
402 
307 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
41 
21 
4 operators 
8 
11 
Less than $1 ,000 
8,656 
8,342 
5 or more operators 
- 
5 
$1,000 to $2,499 
3,968 
3,280 
$2,500 to $4,999 
3,224 
2,692 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,921 
2,268 
Internet access 
12,888 
7,159 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,549 
1,965 
Dial-up service 
1,094 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,035 
773 
DSL service 
3,912 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
1,336 
1,031 
Cabie modem service 
2,237 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
378 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
2,719 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
3,010 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
27 
96 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
453 
(NA) 
$1,000 
2,681 
8,004 
Other Internet service 
455 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
968 
765 
Programs payments farms 
778 
823 
acres 
838,882 
495,562 
$1,000 
4,805 
5,021 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
3,853 
2,424 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
28,873 
17,774 
1 household 
18,754 
15,238 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
3,627 
3,756 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
621 
688 
4 households 
358 
402 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
500 
417 
5 or more households 
329 
267 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
168 
176 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
481 
564 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
178 
212 
Less than 25 percent 
21,159 
18,267 
25 to 49 percent 
1,017 
830 
Other crop farming (1119) 
3,719 
3,216 
50 to 74 percent 
792 
686 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
343 
376 
Cotton farming (1 1 1 92) 
266 
223 
1 00 percent 
378 
192 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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