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 
9 
11 
76,116 
83,803 
253 
568 
Land in farms 
acres 
502 
1,719 
12,959,245 
13,818,427 
29,064 
71,315 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
- 
_ 
4,244 
4,453 
22 
42 
1 0 to 49 acres 
7 
4 
23,400 
24,727 
84 
202 
50 to 179 acres 
- 
3 
30,796 
34,803 
108 
222 
1 80 to 499 acres 
2 
4 
12,923 
14,885 
31 
80 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
4,753 
4,935 
8 
22 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
9 
11 
72,989 
80,577 
248 
552 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
8,995,696 
10,157,143 
23,112 
54,768 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2 
1 
18,263 
19,533 
32 
114 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
3,963,549 
3,661,284 
5,952 
16,547 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
7 
10 
57,853 
64,270 
221 
454 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
6,362,846 
7,578,270 
19,612 
41,826 
Part owners 
farms 
2 
1 
15,136 
16,307 
27 
98 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
6,027,433 
5,710,532 
8,938 
26,809 
Tenants 
farms 
3,127 
3,226 
5 
16 
acres 
- 
- 
568,966 
529,625 
514 
2,680 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
9 
11 
76,116 
83,803 
253 
568 
$1,000 
111 
667 
5,209,638 
4,849,316 
5,701 
16,056 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
9 
11 
76,116 
83,803 
253 
568 
$1,000 
111 
659 
5,041,104 
4,747,422 
5,159 
15,429 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
7 
2 
35,639 
34,479 
114 
264 
$1,000 
44 
(D) 
2,274,172 
1,392,920 
3,592 
7,625 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
4 
8 
40,678 
46,129 
119 
285 
$1,000 
68 
(D) 
2,766,932 
3,354,502 
1,567 
7,805 
Government payments 
farms 
_ 
5 
33,043 
29,033 
93 
180 
$1,000 
" 
8 
168,534 
101,895 
542 
627 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
3 
2 
15,402 
20,295 
80 
151 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
3 
9,453 
11,580 
26 
80 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2 
- 
9,546 
10,872 
32 
80 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2 
2 
11,300 
11,820 
36 
88 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
- 
12,819 
13,074 
49 
72 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2 
1 
6,895 
6,475 
15 
41 
$50,000 or more 
3 
10,701 
9,687 
15 
56 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
- 
165 
517 
- 
4 
$1,000 
- 
- 
9,459 
33,057 
- 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
- 
6,833 
8,334 
26 
42 
$1,000 
- 
- 
35,336 
26,642 
216 
110 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
5 
31,329 
25,724 
81 
167 
$1,000 
- 
8 
133,198 
75,253 
325 
517 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
7,157 
4,513 
18 
31 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
2 
- 
1,272 
1,117 
11 
21 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
690 
559 
6 
6 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
850 
850 
2 
12 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
3 
1 
23,772 
27,598 
86 
193 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
2,516 
4,924 
2 
39 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
3 
1 
21,256 
22,674 
84 
154 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4 
7 
29,675 
33,407 
89 
188 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
541 
1,061 
- 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
882 
1,613 
- 
10 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
253 
339 
1 
3 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
1,576 
1,565 
11 
11 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
1,731 
2,001 
3 
11 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
3 
7,717 
9,180 
26 
79 
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