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 
31,989 
31,169 
817 
748 
5 
19 
6 
10 
Land in farms 
acres 
43,257,079 
43,666,403 
3,338,935 
3,357,973 
(D) 
6,481 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,300 
920 
43 
21 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,976 
3,898 
83 
67 
3 
5 
2 
3 
50 to 1 79 acres 
6,419 
5,909 
154 
143 
1 
6 
- 
1 
1 80 to 499 acres 
5,353 
5,874 
115 
93 
1 
4 
3 
- 
500 acres or more 
13,941 
14,568 
422 
424 
- 
4 
1 
5 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
29,215 
28,380 
692 
606 
5 
18 
5 
10 
acres 
26,207,242 
26,518,078 
1 ,834,979 
1,667,789 
(D) 
5,472 
(D) 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
15,576 
15,543 
417 
449 
4 
4 
5 
acres 
17,049,837 
17,148,325 
1,503,956 
1,690,184 
- 
1,009 
1,530 
3,400 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
16,413 
15,626 
400 
299 
5 
15 
2 
5 
acres 
11,965,042 
1 1 ,646,998 
1,487,196 
1,297,966 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
215 
Part owners 
farms 
12,802 
12,754 
292 
307 
3 
3 
5 
acres 
28,350,099 
28,889,546 
1,408,253 
1,558,350 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
2,774 
2,789 
125 
142 
- 
1 
1 
acres 
2,941,938 
3,129,859 
443,486 
501,657 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
31,989 
31,169 
817 
748 
5 
19 
6 
10 
$1,000 
10,454,024 
6,841,197 
106,065 
64,512 
69 
(D) 
271 
1,135 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
31,989 
31,169 
817 
748 
5 
19 
6 
10 
$1,000 
10,170,227 
6,570,450 
100,381 
61,793 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
19,574 
18,146 
253 
159 
5 
12 
6 
6 
$1,000 
6,072,922 
3,383,497 
32,695 
17,462 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
17,249 
17,573 
559 
523 
- 
4 
3 
7 
$1,000 
4,097,304 
3,186,953 
67,686 
44,331 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,001 
Government payments 
farms 
22,793 
22,911 
358 
263 
2 
10 
5 
6 
$1,000 
283,797 
270,748 
5,684 
2,719 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,838 
3,269 
133 
182 
_ 
2 
2 
2 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,931 
1,971 
48 
60 
- 
4 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,182 
1,974 
55 
31 
3 
2 
- 
1 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,643 
2,366 
52 
35 
- 
2 
- 
1 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,536 
3,193 
115 
73 
1 
3 
- 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,518 
2,642 
101 
87 
1 
2 
1 
2 
$50,000 or more 
16,341 
15,754 
313 
280 
- 
4 
3 
3 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
312 
2,019 
_ 
4 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
34,716 
170,262 
- 
44 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
10,596 
10,602 
90 
51 
1 
5 
4 
4 
$1,000 
53,074 
63,038 
519 
260 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
19,912 
19,689 
321 
258 
2 
9 
3 
6 
$1,000 
230,723 
207,710 
5,165 
2,459 
(D) 
18 
(D) 
42 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
10,661 
10,752 
25 
37 
2 
3 
3 
_ 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
69 
74 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
45 
65 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
100 
123 
3 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,996 
6,595 
166 
80 
3 
9 
3 
3 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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) 
7,996 
6,595 
166 
80 
3 
9 
3 
3 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,288 
9,031 
424 
428 
- 
3 
- 
3 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
646 
794 
4 
11 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
276 
348 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
223 
313 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
186 
274 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
690 
706 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,809 
2,094 
186 
178 
- 
2 
- 
1 
--continued 
46 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
