Table 61. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race: 2012 
[Data were collected for a maximum of three operators. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
American Indian 
or Alaska Native 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Asian 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Black or African 
American 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Native Hawaiian 
or Other Pacific 
Islander alone or 
in combination with 
other races 
White 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
. number 
402 
26 
10 
12 
3,849 
240 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,381,244 
1,130 
1,126 
(D) 
5,157,218 
438,210 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
56 
5 
_ 
7 
979 
59 
1 0 to 49 acres 
130 
16 
7 
- 
1,086 
78 
50 to 1 79 acres 
106 
4 
2 
4 
684 
45 
1 80 to 499 acres 
62 
1 
- 
- 
359 
14 
500 acres or more 
48 
- 
1 
1 
741 
44 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
345 
25 
9 
12 
3,605 
223 
acres 
1,360,175 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
4,477,400 
387,839 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
117 
1 
1 
832 
51 
acres 
21,069 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
679,818 
50,371 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
285 
25 
9 
12 
3,017 
189 
acres 
1,349,171 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,729,177 
385,293 
Part owners 
farms 
60 
588 
34 
acres 
23,901 
- 
- 
- 
1,206,276 
4,957 
Tenants 
farms 
57 
1 
1 
- 
244 
17 
acres 
8,172 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
221,765 
47,960 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
402 
26 
10 
12 
3,849 
240 
$1,000 
14,569 
579 
414 
111 
758,582 
26,594 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
402 
26 
10 
12 
3,849 
240 
$1,000 
14,526 
579 
414 
111 
755,365 
26,532 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
154 
16 
2 
1 
1,390 
95 
$1,000 
10,378 
500 
(D) 
(D) 
360,879 
20,568 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
165 
11 
7 
10 
2,385 
139 
$1,000 
4,149 
79 
(D) 
(D) 
394,486 
5,964 
Government payments 
farms 
42 
_ 
_ 
_ 
311 
15 
$1,000 
42 
- 
- 
- 
3,218 
62 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
147 
2 
7 
4 
990 
61 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
21 
1 
- 
- 
285 
36 
$2,500 to $4,999 
33 
8 
- 
3 
408 
14 
$5,000 to $9,999 
58 
5 
- 
3 
516 
25 
$10,000 to $24,999 
48 
6 
- 
1 
380 
41 
$25,000 to $49,999 
38 
- 
1 
- 
193 
4 
$50,000 or more 
57 
4 
2 
1 
1,077 
59 
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 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
62 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
42 
- 
- 
- 
309 
15 
$1,000 
42 
- 
- 
- 
3,156 
62 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
6 
4 
- 
- 
82 
4 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
7 
9 
- 
- 
67 
1 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
7 
1 
- 
- 
65 
15 
Other crop farming (1119) 
148 
3 
3 
1 
893 
59 
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) 
148 
3 
3 
1 
893 
59 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
127 
1 
1 
2 
1,129 
72 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
26 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1 
- 
- 
- 
22 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
22 
- 
- 
3 
66 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
17 
- 
6 
- 
334 
43 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
67 
8 
- 
6 
1,133 
45 
--continued 
48 Nevada 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
