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 
75,462 
75,861 
113 
80 
87 
78 
146 
181 
Land in farms 
acres 
13,960,604 
13,956,563 
15,949 
6,550 
6,336 
1 1 ,930 
1 1 ,883 
14,673 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
6,796 
7,767 
13 
14 
15 
6 
12 
25 
1 0 to 49 acres 
24,220 
24,361 
47 
26 
41 
28 
60 
63 
50 to 1 79 acres 
26,890 
25,809 
37 
34 
21 
28 
59 
73 
1 80 to 499 acres 
11,291 
11,190 
10 
4 
9 
10 
12 
16 
500 acres or more 
6,265 
6,734 
6 
2 
1 
6 
3 
4 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
71,654 
71 ,803 
105 
75 
87 
74 
139 
173 
acres 
7,771,676 
7,630,751 
12,380 
4,912 
5,649 
9,353 
8,836 
9,244 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
24,309 
24,687 
29 
22 
6 
22 
28 
41 
acres 
6,188,928 
6,325,812 
3,569 
1,638 
687 
2,577 
3,047 
5,429 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
51,153 
51,174 
84 
58 
81 
56 
118 
140 
acres 
4,108,277 
4,206,870 
5,197 
2,538 
5,300 
(D) 
7,034 
7,750 
Part owners 
farms 
20,501 
20,629 
21 
17 
6 
18 
21 
33 
acres 
8,884,504 
8,826,308 
10,186 
3,694 
1,036 
6,506 
(D) 
6,330 
Tenants 
farms 
3,808 
4,058 
8 
5 
- 
4 
7 
8 
acres 
967,823 
923,385 
566 
318 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
593 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
75,462 
75,861 
113 
80 
87 
78 
146 
181 
$1,000 
10,292,942 
7,302,396 
4,899 
(D) 
4,265 
4,417 
3,069 
3,029 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
75,462 
75,861 
113 
80 
87 
78 
146 
181 
$1,000 
10,064,085 
7,070,212 
4,596 
(D) 
4,185 
4,179 
2,870 
2,852 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
47,771 
45,060 
68 
33 
62 
49 
78 
77 
$1,000 
6,597,946 
4,109,722 
4,076 
957 
(D) 
3,596 
(D) 
1,509 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
31,423 
33,031 
44 
36 
29 
24 
51 
84 
$1,000 
3,466,139 
2,960,490 
520 
(D) 
(D) 
583 
(D) 
1,343 
Government payments 
farms 
34,658 
38,069 
41 
15 
21 
41 
64 
63 
$1,000 
228,858 
232,184 
303 
(D) 
79 
238 
199 
177 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
12,229 
14,119 
34 
41 
10 
13 
25 
30 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
9,253 
9,845 
17 
12 
21 
8 
12 
25 
$2,500 to $4,999 
8,923 
8,930 
11 
3 
14 
8 
44 
43 
$5,000 to $9,999 
8,337 
8,720 
10 
10 
12 
13 
21 
38 
$10,000 to $24,999 
9,012 
9,507 
11 
4 
17 
17 
23 
25 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,270 
6,678 
12 
2 
2 
6 
10 
9 
$50,000 or more 
21,438 
18,062 
18 
8 
11 
13 
11 
11 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
518 
1,733 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
4 
$1,000 
78,672 
165,193 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
12,418 
13,734 
13 
10 
6 
15 
18 
35 
$1,000 
33,603 
35,319 
50 
(D) 
38 
36 
51 
105 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
30,327 
32,987 
39 
13 
17 
36 
60 
48 
$1,000 
195,255 
196,865 
253 
37 
41 
202 
148 
72 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
25,392 
24,492 
23 
10 
20 
24 
32 
32 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,111 
1,525 
6 
- 
8 
2 
3 
9 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,001 
1,147 
1 
1 
3 
- 
6 
9 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,680 
2,115 
3 
5 
1 
5 
3 
9 
Other crop farming (1119) 
18,534 
16,774 
30 
17 
33 
29 
46 
39 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
109 
241 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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) 
18,425 
16,533 
30 
17 
33 
29 
46 
39 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1 1 ,445 
12,297 
19 
12 
8 
9 
28 
49 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
548 
1,890 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
2,850 
2,955 
4 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
1,170 
1,594 
- 
6 
1 
- 
3 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,472 
1,650 
6 
1 
3 
2 
2 
4 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,188 
2,227 
3 
3 
5 
3 
6 
10 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
8,071 
7,195 
18 
21 
5 
2 
15 
17 
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48 Ohio 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
