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 
Native Hawaiian 
reporting 
Characteristics 
or other 
White 
more than 
Pacific Islander 
one race 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
_ 
1 
31,052 
30,299 
109 
92 
Land in farms 
acres 
- 
(D) 
39,639,096 
40,034,883 
276,444 
252,116 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
_ 
_ 
1,254 
893 
3 
5 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
4,875 
3,815 
13 
8 
50 to 1 79 acres 
- 
- 
6,248 
5,740 
16 
19 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
5,212 
5,760 
22 
17 
500 acres or more 
- 
1 
13,463 
14,091 
55 
43 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
_ 
1 
28,422 
27,662 
91 
83 
acres 
- 
(D) 
24,252,065 
24,699,323 
119,124 
133,944 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
- 
15,096 
15,039 
59 
46 
acres 
- 
- 
15,387,031 
15,335,560 
157,320 
118,172 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
_ 
1 
15,956 
15,260 
50 
46 
acres 
- 
(D) 
10,418,683 
10,257,574 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
12,466 
12,402 
41 
37 
acres 
- 
- 
26,765,744 
27,157,663 
(D) 
163,874 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
- 
2,630 
2,637 
18 
9 
acres 
- 
- 
2,454,669 
2,619,646 
(D) 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
_ 
1 
31,052 
30,299 
109 
92 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
10,328,175 
6,764,945 
19,444 
9,692 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
- 
1 
31,052 
30,299 
109 
92 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
10,050,820 
6,497,509 
18,724 
9,211 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
- 
- 
19,253 
17,928 
57 
41 
$1,000 
- 
- 
6,032,027 
3,362,392 
(D) 
3,221 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
- 
1 
16,617 
16,977 
70 
61 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
4,018,792 
3,135,117 
(D) 
5,990 
Government payments 
farms 
_ 
_ 
22,371 
22,581 
57 
51 
$1,000 
- 
- 
277,355 
267,436 
720 
481 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
_ 
2,689 
3,069 
14 
14 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
1,879 
1,900 
4 
7 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
2,123 
1,937 
1 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
2,587 
2,321 
4 
7 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
- 
3,405 
3,103 
15 
13 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
2,400 
2,546 
15 
5 
$50,000 or more 
- 
1 
15,969 
15,423 
56 
43 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
311 
2,011 
1 
3 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
170,119 
(D) 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
. 
. 
10,477 
10,526 
24 
16 
$1,000 
- 
- 
52,379 
62,568 
165 
157 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
- 
19,536 
19,372 
50 
44 
$1,000 
- 
- 
224,976 
204,867 
555 
325 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
10,611 
10,692 
20 
20 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
- 
- 
67 
72 
- 
2 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
■ 
■ 
44 
63 
■ 
2 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
95 
120 
2 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
- 
7,804 
6,490 
20 
13 
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) 
- 
- 
7,804 
6,490 
20 
13 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
1 
7,804 
8,559 
60 
37 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
642 
778 
- 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
274 
348 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
223 
308 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
185 
267 
- 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
“ 
“ 
686 
702 
1 
1 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
- 
2,617 
1,900 
6 
13 
-continued 
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