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 
68,050 
79,280 
281 
296 
87 
74 
992 
1,052 
Land in farms 
acres 
10,867,812 
10,969,798 
28,447 
32,866 
4,003 
4,410 
102,196 
98,064 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,230 
5,814 
8 
42 
3 
2 
62 
101 
1 0 to 49 acres 
23,563 
29,396 
108 
99 
59 
47 
396 
426 
50 to 1 79 acres 
27,037 
29,588 
126 
116 
22 
20 
442 
450 
180 to 499 acres 
10,464 
10,847 
35 
28 
3 
5 
75 
57 
500 acres or more 
3,756 
3,635 
4 
11 
" 
- 
17 
18 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
65,779 
76,684 
272 
292 
85 
74 
944 
999 
acres 
7,052,031 
7,261,778 
22,520 
24,678 
3,554 
3,778 
68,870 
64,378 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
19,316 
21,329 
59 
63 
11 
11 
230 
262 
acres 
3,815,781 
3,708,020 
5,927 
8,188 
449 
632 
33,326 
33,686 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
48,734 
57,951 
222 
233 
76 
63 
762 
790 
acres 
4,667,905 
(D) 
18,455 
18,862 
3,230 
3,350 
51,722 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
17,045 
18,733 
50 
59 
9 
11 
182 
209 
acres 
5,719,914 
5,439,691 
8,952 
13,676 
(D) 
1,060 
44,838 
44,496 
Tenants 
farms 
2,271 
2,596 
9 
4 
2 
- 
48 
53 
acres 
479,993 
(D) 
1,040 
328 
(D) 
" 
5,636 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
68,050 
79,280 
281 
296 
87 
74 
992 
1,052 
$1,000 
3,678,702 
2,713,138 
(D) 
6,287 
20,436 
20,197 
19,692 
16,935 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
68,050 
79,280 
281 
296 
87 
74 
992 
1,052 
$1,000 
3,611,037 
2,617,394 
(D) 
6,148 
(D) 
20,168 
18,622 
15,294 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
19,897 
23,108 
110 
75 
39 
16 
232 
235 
$1,000 
2,086,472 
1,147,786 
(D) 
3,686 
(D) 
(D) 
15,570 
9,853 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
39,850 
47,350 
122 
172 
50 
44 
438 
480 
$1,000 
1,524,565 
1,469,608 
(D) 
2,462 
19,855 
(D) 
3,052 
5,441 
Government payments 
farms 
16,173 
17,320 
46 
37 
2 
16 
366 
392 
$1,000 
67,665 
95,744 
(D) 
139 
(D) 
28 
1,070 
1,641 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
18,763 
23,095 
105 
119 
21 
21 
281 
336 
$1,000 to $2,499 
9,988 
12,669 
48 
45 
24 
9 
227 
212 
$2,500 to $4,999 
8,846 
10,936 
28 
38 
5 
4 
178 
175 
$5,000 to $9,999 
9,319 
11,931 
37 
37 
2 
5 
133 
211 
$10,000 to $24,999 
9,999 
9,904 
31 
26 
10 
11 
107 
71 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,753 
4,806 
16 
9 
4 
5 
36 
15 
$50,000 or more 
6,382 
5,939 
16 
22 
21 
19 
30 
32 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
198 
896 
_ 
3 
_ 
_ 
5 
9 
$1,000 
35,736 
56,021 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
105 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
3,437 
5,220 
15 
6 
2 
8 
166 
181 
$1,000 
11,416 
15,836 
(D) 
12 
(D) 
12 
489 
480 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
14,945 
15,037 
38 
36 
2 
15 
297 
292 
$1,000 
56,249 
79,908 
(D) 
127 
(D) 
16 
581 
1,161 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,149 
3,510 
21 
8 
4 
- 
68 
77 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
768 
801 
10 
4 
12 
8 
25 
19 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
605 
467 
12 
6 
- 
- 
9 
2 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,034 
1,431 
8 
7 
2 
2 
- 
3 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
15,889 
17,024 
85 
46 
23 
5 
343 
292 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
573 
975 
1 
4 
- 
- 
11 
17 
Cotton farming (11192) 
221 
420 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
8 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
15,095 
15,629 
84 
42 
23 
5 
322 
267 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
34,457 
41,886 
94 
145 
19 
28 
432 
516 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
37 
37 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
472 
893 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
11 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
251 
504 
- 
- 
- 
- 
22 
42 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,480 
1,694 
4 
12 
20 
25 
17 
3 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,139 
2,023 
10 
5 
- 
3 
31 
22 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,769 
9,010 
37 
57 
7 
3 
45 
65 
-continued 
48 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
