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] 
Characteristics 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Flispanic, or 
Latino origin 
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 Flawaiian 
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 
16 
16 
9 
_ 
1,227 
17 
Land in farms acres 
614 
258 
73 
- 
69,524 
1,510 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
8 
11 
4 
_ 
419 
1 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5 
3 
5 
- 
449 
6 
50 to 1 79 acres 
3 
2 
- 
- 
278 
7 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
70 
3 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms farms 
16 
5 
9 
_ 
1,125 
17 
acres 
614 
216 
73 
- 
56,933 
1,322 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
- 
13 
- 
- 
304 
5 
acres 
- 
42 
- 
- 
12,591 
188 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
16 
3 
9 
_ 
923 
12 
acres 
614 
97 
73 
- 
48,000 
643 
Part owners farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
202 
5 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
17,118 
867 
Tenants farms 
- 
11 
- 
- 
102 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
4,406 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
16 
16 
9 
_ 
1,227 
17 
$1,000 
59 
147 
36 
- 
61,930 
602 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold farms 
16 
16 
9 
- 
1,227 
17 
$1,000 
(D) 
147 
36 
- 
59,584 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops farms 
4 
14 
4 
- 
646 
15 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
27 
- 
48,920 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products farms 
6 
1 
9 
- 
524 
5 
$1,000 
25 
(D) 
8 
- 
10,664 
(D) 
Government payments farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
190 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
2,345 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
6 
2 
5 
_ 
296 
3 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
105 
8 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1 
10 
- 
- 
168 
1 
$5,000 to $9,999 
9 
1 
4 
- 
163 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
1 
- 
- 
200 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
1 
- 
- 
86 
2 
$50,000 or more 
- 
1 
- 
- 
209 
2 
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 
2 
- 
- 
- 
182 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
2,307 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
- 
8 
- 
- 
132 
2 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
65 
1 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
- 
5 
- 
- 
252 
4 
Other crop farming (1119) 
4 
1 
4 
- 
192 
8 
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) 
4 
1 
4 
- 
192 
8 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
7 
- 
- 
- 
154 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
2 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2 
- 
5 
- 
88 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
54 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3 
2 
- 
- 
243 
- 
-continued 
48 Rhode Island 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
