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 
_ 
_ 
1,216 
1,198 
9 
5 
Land in farms 
acres 
- 
- 
69,400 
67,640 
(D) 
41 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
_ 
_ 
410 
337 
8 
4 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
447 
479 
1 
1 
50 to 1 79 acres 
- 
- 
278 
308 
- 
- 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
70 
67 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
11 
7 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
_ 
_ 
1,115 
1,085 
9 
5 
acres 
- 
- 
56,818 
53,562 
(D) 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
- 
- 
302 
310 
1 
acres 
- 
- 
12,582 
14,078 
- 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
_ 
_ 
914 
888 
9 
4 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
43,014 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
- 
201 
197 
- 
1 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
- 
101 
113 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
4,402 
(D) 
- 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
_ 
_ 
1,216 
1,198 
9 
5 
$1,000 
- 
- 
61,808 
66,483 
(D) 
12 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
- 
- 
1,216 
1,198 
9 
5 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
65,741 
(D) 
12 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
- 
- 
644 
688 
- 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
48,822 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
- 
- 
521 
440 
3 
3 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
- 
- 
188 
101 
2 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
743 
(D) 
- 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
_ 
290 
344 
6 
2 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
105 
127 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
167 
134 
1 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
161 
145 
2 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
- 
200 
179 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
85 
89 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
208 
180 
- 
- 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
38 
- 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
- 
180 
101 
2 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
743 
(D) 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
7 
2 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
- 
- 
131 
133 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
65 
92 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
251 
243 
- 
2 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
- 
192 
218 
- 
- 
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) 
- 
- 
192 
218 
- 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
- 
147 
101 
7 
1 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
7 
8 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
13 
34 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
20 
31 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
86 
47 
2 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
54 
53 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
- 
243 
236 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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