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 
246 
201 
Land in farms acres 
269,547 
312,576 
Other crop farming (1119) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
31 
15 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
69 
53 
1 0 to 49 acres 
88 
68 
50 to 1 79 acres 
33 
31 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
73 
72 
180 to 499 acres 
37 
35 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
7 
2 
500 acres or more 
57 
52 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
1 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
2 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2 
7 
Owned land in farms farms 
214 
187 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
5 
6 
acres 
156,656 
233,934 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
60 
56 
production (1125, 1129) 
60 
40 
acres 
112,891 
78,642 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
186 
145 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
104,333 
94,327 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
28 
42 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
138,037 
196,585 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
235 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
32 
14 
acres 
27,177 
21,664 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
6 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
214 
160 
Total farms 
246 
201 
Partnerships 
16 
21 
$1,000 
19,894 
16,434 
Corporations 
15 
16 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
1 
4 
sold farms 
246 
201 
$1,000 
19,052 
15,544 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
112 
102 
and greenhouse crops farms 
101 
57 
2 operators 
109 
82 
$1,000 
7,465 
5,259 
3 operators 
19 
13 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
6 
4 
their products farms 
117 
107 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 
11,587 
10,285 
Government payments farms 
63 
65 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
842 
890 
1 operator 
132 
88 
2 operators 
5 
9 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
59 
63 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
31 
18 
$2,500 to $4,999 
30 
15 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
27 
24 
Internet access 
181 
114 
$10,000 to $24,999 
42 
27 
Dial-up service 
13 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
12 
13 
DSL service 
73 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
45 
41 
Cable modem service 
13 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
2 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
39 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
59 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
2 
1 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
4 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
4 
6 
Programs payments farms 
28 
33 
acres 
1,046 
38,925 
$1,000 
466 
489 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
53 
44 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
376 
401 
1 household 
204 
158 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
22 
29 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
15 
12 
4 households 
1 
1 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
15 
13 
5 or more households 
4 
1 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
2 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
9 
5 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
1 
1 
Less than 25 percent 
188 
133 
25 to 49 percent 
15 
21 
Other crop farming (1119) 
69 
53 
50 to 74 percent 
10 
15 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
11 
15 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
22 
17 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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