Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race - Con. 
Operators 
Characteristics 
Native Hawaiian 
or other 
Pacific Islander 
White 
reporting 
more than 
one race 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
6 
5 
58,951 
62,722 
151 
163 
Land in farms 
acres 
(D) 
436 
7,663,584 
7,756,174 
25,507 
23,499 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5 
_ 
5,530 
5,558 
9 
14 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1 
4 
17,572 
20,113 
60 
62 
50 to 1 79 acres 
- 
- 
24,711 
25,873 
61 
58 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
1 
8,726 
8,746 
13 
22 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
2,412 
2,432 
8 
7 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
6 
5 
54,780 
58,523 
143 
156 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
5,349,090 
5,434,213 
18,544 
17,587 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1 
18,436 
18,442 
42 
56 
acres 
- 
(D) 
2,314,494 
2,321,961 
6,963 
5,912 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
6 
4 
40,515 
44,280 
109 
107 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
3,431,054 
3,545,296 
12,175 
8,823 
Part owners 
farms 
1 
14,265 
14,243 
34 
49 
acres 
- 
(D) 
3,756,913 
3,737,553 
12,107 
14,316 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
4,171 
4,199 
8 
7 
acres 
- 
- 
475,617 
473,325 
1,225 
360 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
6 
5 
58,951 
62,722 
151 
163 
$1,000 
13 
26 
7,441,021 
5,849,288 
30,654 
1 7,749 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
6 
5 
58,951 
62,722 
151 
163 
$1,000 
13 
26 
7,355,047 
5,773,910 
30,425 
17,447 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
5 
5 
36,758 
32,890 
79 
85 
$1,000 
(D) 
2 
2,766,321 
1,858,415 
4,137 
3,364 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
1 
5 
29,213 
31,009 
64 
84 
$1,000 
(D) 
24 
4,588,726 
3,915,494 
26,288 
14,082 
Government payments 
farms 
_ 
_ 
15,936 
17,345 
40 
33 
$1,000 
- 
- 
85,974 
75,378 
229 
302 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
_ 
11,437 
17,558 
45 
55 
$1,000 to $2,499 
5 
3 
5,650 
7,480 
13 
33 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1 
- 
6,042 
6,552 
10 
11 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
1 
6,756 
6,325 
25 
17 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
1 
8,192 
6,798 
23 
13 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
4,945 
4,216 
12 
5 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
15,929 
13,793 
23 
29 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
136 
431 
_ 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
7,764 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
- 
6,504 
6,734 
20 
13 
$1,000 
- 
- 
19,641 
19,893 
77 
81 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
- 
12,256 
13,351 
34 
27 
$1,000 
- 
- 
66,333 
55,485 
152 
221 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
8,409 
5,824 
16 
9 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
- 
- 
1,683 
1,867 
6 
7 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
1,951 
2,122 
10 
4 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
5 
- 
3,000 
2,991 
3 
5 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
- 
17,232 
18,899 
41 
47 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
143 
133 
- 
1 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
- 
- 
17,089 
18,766 
41 
46 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
1 
7,626 
8,294 
25 
27 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
721 
1,598 
3 
4 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
1 
6,584 
7,404 
11 
16 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
759 
1,065 
1 
3 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
2,118 
2,671 
5 
6 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
3 
2,055 
1,997 
1 
5 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1 
- 
6,813 
7,990 
29 
30 
-continued 
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