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 
1,096 
33 
12 
7 
31,333 
263 
Land in farms 
acres 
3,989,791 
18,631 
3,830 
993 
40,284,148 
525,818 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
53 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1,261 
1 
1 0 to 49 acres 
133 
14 
2 
4 
4,916 
42 
50 to 1 79 acres 
183 
6 
2 
1 
6,305 
47 
1 80 to 499 acres 
160 
3 
7 
2 
5,266 
38 
500 acres or more 
567 
10 
1 
- 
13,585 
135 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
938 
32 
11 
7 
28,675 
249 
acres 
2,150,417 
4,620 
1,930 
(D) 
24,470,785 
314,048 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
562 
14 
6 
1 
15,237 
134 
acres 
1 ,839,374 
14,011 
1,900 
(D) 
15,813,363 
211,770 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
534 
19 
6 
6 
16,096 
129 
acres 
1,619,415 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
10,496,880 
79,502 
Part owners 
farms 
404 
13 
5 
1 
12,579 
120 
acres 
1,843,676 
(D) 
1,789 
(D) 
27,250,667 
407,674 
Tenants 
farms 
158 
1 
1 
2,658 
14 
acres 
526,700 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2,536,601 
38,642 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
1,096 
33 
12 
7 
31,333 
263 
$1,000 
160,043 
6,084 
534 
(D) 
10,372,338 
119,439 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
1,096 
33 
12 
7 
31,333 
263 
$1,000 
152,433 
5,829 
(D) 
(D) 
10,093,056 
117,540 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
384 
21 
11 
3 
19,395 
145 
$1,000 
56,371 
5,393 
300 
(D) 
6,049,616 
39,116 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
764 
9 
5 
- 
16,804 
175 
$1,000 
96,062 
435 
(D) 
- 
4,043,440 
78,424 
Government payments 
farms 
497 
24 
10 
6 
22,519 
157 
$1,000 
7,609 
256 
(D) 
21 
279,282 
1,899 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
175 
1 
2 
2 
2,717 
17 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
65 
3 
- 
1 
1,895 
19 
$2,500 to $4,999 
60 
7 
- 
2 
2,147 
18 
$5,000 to $9,999 
64 
2 
- 
- 
2,605 
23 
$10,000 to $24,999 
148 
8 
1 
1 
3,440 
15 
$25,000 to $49,999 
127 
2 
4 
- 
2,443 
28 
$50,000 or more 
457 
10 
5 
1 
16,086 
143 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
3 
_ 
_ 
_ 
312 
4 
$1,000 
24 
- 
- 
- 
34,716 
144 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
135 
15 
7 
6 
10,531 
62 
$1,000 
736 
68 
34 
13 
52,756 
310 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
444 
20 
5 
4 
19,667 
147 
$1,000 
6,873 
187 
(D) 
8 
226,526 
1,589 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
61 
12 
4 
2 
10,639 
68 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
5 
- 
- 
- 
69 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1 
- 
- 
- 
44 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
5 
1 
- 
- 
100 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
192 
17 
6 
3 
7,875 
48 
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) 
192 
17 
6 
3 
7,875 
48 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
574 
3 
2 
- 
7,951 
101 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
4 
- 
- 
- 
642 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
274 
5 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
223 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
4 
- 
- 
- 
185 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
7 
- 
- 
- 
690 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
241 
- 
- 
2 
2,641 
35 
--continued 
50 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
