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 
4,137 
3,131 
344 
390 
13 
7 
9 
3 
Land in farms 
acres 
5,913,761 
5,865,392 
1 ,357,494 
1 ,075,375 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
30 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,003 
631 
34 
45 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,197 
898 
118 
164 
7 
4 
7 
3 
50 to 1 79 acres 
745 
571 
87 
111 
4 
1 
1 
- 
1 80 to 499 acres 
409 
367 
62 
47 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
783 
664 
43 
23 
- 
1 
1 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
3,858 
2,955 
287 
356 
12 
3 
8 
_ 
acres 
5,216,886 
4,896,610 
(D) 
(D) 
456 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
910 
641 
112 
49 
1 
4 
1 
3 
acres 
696,875 
968,782 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
30 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
3,227 
2,490 
232 
341 
12 
3 
8 
_ 
acres 
4,462,979 
3,803,488 
1,331,071 
1,061,861 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Part owners 
farms 
631 
465 
55 
15 
- 
acres 
1,221,527 
1,968,715 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tenants 
farms 
279 
176 
57 
34 
1 
4 
1 
3 
acres 
229,255 
93,189 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
30 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
4,137 
3,131 
344 
390 
13 
7 
9 
3 
$1,000 
767,397 
517,275 
12,294 
8,007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
4,137 
3,131 
344 
390 
13 
7 
9 
3 
$1,000 
764,144 
513,269 
12,251 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
1,494 
1,051 
144 
109 
11 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
366,010 
219,341 
8,435 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
2,488 
1,808 
121 
190 
1 
6 
7 
3 
$1,000 
398,134 
293,928 
3,817 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
340 
331 
42 
73 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
3,253 
4,007 
42 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,101 
814 
117 
87 
1 
_ 
7 
_ 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
300 
306 
20 
56 
1 
4 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
434 
276 
26 
46 
7 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
554 
334 
52 
51 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
405 
376 
43 
87 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$25,000 to $49,999 
220 
225 
32 
31 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$50,000 or more 
1,123 
800 
54 
32 
4 
3 
1 
- 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
10 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
62 
42 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
338 
327 
42 
73 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
3,191 
3,964 
42 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
20 
9 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
82 
31 
6 
2 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
79 
38 
6 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
71 
41 
6 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
994 
910 
143 
153 
1 
- 
2 
- 
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) 
994 
910 
143 
153 
1 
- 
2 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,242 
1,067 
119 
153 
1 
6 
1 
3 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
12 
20 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
26 
35 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
22 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
72 
64 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
340 
184 
6 
2 
- 
- 
6 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,177 
717 
46 
75 
- 
- 
- 
- 
--continued 
44 Nevada 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
