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 
_ 
3 
8,018 
8,014 
55 
31 
Land in farms 
acres 
- 
(D) 
1,436,156 
1,332,781 
8,138 
3,814 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
_ 
_ 
1,159 
1,015 
6 
1 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
2,258 
2,341 
16 
13 
50 to 1 79 acres 
- 
2 
2,749 
28 
14 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
1 
1,314 
1,172 
1 
1 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
538 
507 
4 
2 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
_ 
3 
7,619 
7,659 
46 
31 
acres 
- 
(D) 
1,189,723 
1,097,293 
5,902 
3,277 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
- 
1,957 
2,029 
27 
6 
acres 
- 
- 
246,433 
235,488 
2,236 
537 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
_ 
3 
6,061 
5,985 
28 
25 
acres 
- 
(D) 
778,019 
725,365 
2,524 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
1,558 
1,674 
18 
6 
acres 
- 
- 
612,003 
567,430 
4,849 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
- 
399 
355 
9 
acres 
- 
- 
46,134 
39,986 
765 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
_ 
3 
8,018 
8,014 
55 
31 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
763,572 
619,950 
(D) 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
- 
3 
8,018 
8,014 
55 
31 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
753,637 
611,185 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
- 
1 
4,794 
4,363 
26 
12 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
466,069 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
- 
2 
3,629 
3,196 
35 
13 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
287,568 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
- 
- 
1,316 
1,434 
12 
7 
$1,000 
- 
- 
9,935 
8,765 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
_ 
1,932 
2,398 
24 
13 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
- 
2 
1,081 
1,217 
- 
2 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
1,037 
940 
4 
11 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
1,071 
888 
1 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
- 
1,115 
965 
7 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
1 
607 
503 
7 
3 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
1,175 
1,103 
12 
2 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
10 
8 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
361 
(D) 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
- 
285 
684 
6 
1 
$1,000 
- 
- 
579 
1,484 
(D) 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
- 
1,146 
993 
12 
7 
$1,000 
- 
- 
9,356 
7,281 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
45 
34 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
- 
- 
815 
631 
7 
2 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
1 
672 
942 
5 
5 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
944 
668 
9 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
- 
2,333 
2,560 
4 
8 
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) 
- 
- 
2,333 
2,560 
4 
8 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
2 
944 
758 
1 
5 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
14 
119 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
298 
395 
10 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
153 
97 
6 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
199 
321 
3 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
318 
350 
8 
4 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
- 
1,283 
1,139 
2 
4 
-continued 
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