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 
4 
4 
66,460 
77,384 
226 
470 
Land in farms 
acres 
63 
59 
10,693,946 
10,782,990 
39,157 
51,409 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
- 
1 
3,147 
5,639 
10 
29 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4 
3 
22,910 
28,620 
86 
201 
50 to 179 acres 
- 
- 
26,361 
28,851 
86 
151 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
10,316 
10,679 
35 
78 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
3,726 
3,595 
9 
11 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
4 
4 
64,251 
74,856 
223 
459 
acres 
63 
59 
6,926,653 
7,129,752 
30,371 
39,133 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
- 
- 
18,955 
20,860 
61 
133 
acres 
- 
" 
3,767,293 
3,653,238 
8,786 
12,276 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4 
4 
47,505 
56,524 
165 
337 
acres 
63 
59 
4,571,498 
4,962,033 
22,937 
27,434 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
- 
16,746 
18,332 
58 
122 
acres 
- 
- 
5,649,375 
5,357,021 
(D) 
23,438 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
- 
2,209 
2,528 
3 
11 
acres 
- 
- 
473,073 
463,936 
(D) 
537 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
4 
4 
66,460 
77,384 
226 
470 
$1,000 
(D) 
6 
3,624,820 
2,659,544 
9,309 
10,170 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
4 
4 
66,460 
77,384 
226 
470 
$1,000 
(D) 
6 
3,558,506 
2,565,917 
9,092 
9,861 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
- 
1 
19,449 
22,620 
67 
161 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
2,062,492 
1,132,047 
5,614 
1,991 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
4 
3 
39,100 
46,328 
136 
323 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
1,496,013 
1,433,870 
3,478 
7,870 
Government payments 
farms 
_ 
- 
15,704 
16,790 
55 
85 
$1,000 
" 
- 
66,315 
93,627 
217 
309 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
1 
18,280 
22,503 
76 
115 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1 
2 
9,658 
12,310 
30 
91 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
1 
8,602 
10,639 
33 
79 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3 
- 
9,112 
11,599 
32 
79 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
- 
9,822 
9,743 
29 
53 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
4,690 
4,758 
7 
19 
$50,000 or more 
- 
" 
6,296 
5,832 
19 
34 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
— 
- 
191 
880 
2 
4 
$1,000 
- 
- 
35,705 
55,860 
(D) 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
- 
3,246 
5,003 
8 
22 
$1,000 
- 
- 
10,855 
15,251 
48 
81 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
- 
14,556 
14,615 
52 
79 
$1,000 
- 
- 
55,460 
78,376 
170 
228 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
4,039 
3,406 
17 
19 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
- 
1 
719 
758 
2 
11 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
579 
459 
5 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
1,019 
1,409 
5 
10 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
- 
- 
15,383 
16,589 
55 
92 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
561 
950 
- 
4 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
211 
412 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
- 
- 
14,611 
15,227 
55 
88 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4 
2 
33,815 
40,959 
93 
236 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
36 
37 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
471 
870 
1 
6 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
229 
458 
- 
4 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
1,436 
1,637 
3 
17 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
2,083 
1,974 
15 
19 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
1 
6,651 
8,828 
29 
56 
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