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] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
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 Hawaiian 
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 
689 
164 
1,091 
27 
66,869 
672 
Land in farms 
acres 
88,559 
10,140 
118,359 
2,779 
10,748,949 
58,047 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
33 
5 
70 
- 
3,168 
59 
1 0 to 49 acres 
278 
96 
432 
12 
23,069 
307 
50 to 1 79 acres 
276 
51 
475 
10 
26,528 
235 
180 to 499 acres 
79 
12 
93 
5 
10,368 
63 
500 acres or more 
23 
- 
21 
3,736 
8 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
673 
162 
1,041 
27 
64,645 
651 
acres 
70,152 
8,665 
78,001 
2,551 
6,970,259 
46,319 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
147 
20 
263 
4 
19,045 
116 
acres 
18,407 
1,475 
40,358 
228 
3,778,690 
1 1 ,728 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
542 
144 
828 
23 
47,824 
556 
acres 
56,285 
7,879 
57,491 
1,592 
4,607,086 
34,176 
Part owners 
farms 
131 
18 
213 
4 
16,821 
95 
acres 
26,404 
(D) 
55,139 
1,187 
5,667,299 
22,313 
Tenants 
farms 
16 
2 
50 
- 
2,224 
21 
acres 
5,870 
(D) 
5,729 
- 
474,564 
1,558 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
689 
164 
1,091 
27 
66,869 
672 
$1,000 
55,243 
20,922 
27,555 
473 
3,635,707 
20,516 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
689 
164 
1,091 
27 
66,869 
672 
$1,000 
54,843 
20,897 
26,363 
459 
3,569,092 
20,328 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
226 
57 
261 
8 
19,570 
196 
$1,000 
10,641 
754 
18,977 
172 
2,069,182 
8,457 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
355 
90 
500 
23 
39,328 
378 
$1,000 
44,202 
20,143 
7,386 
287 
1,499,910 
11,871 
Government payments 
farms 
127 
12 
396 
6 
15,789 
78 
$1,000 
400 
25 
1,192 
14 
66,615 
187 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
252 
55 
313 
2 
18,424 
259 
$1,000 to $2,499 
105 
37 
234 
3 
9,736 
114 
$2,500 to $4,999 
77 
13 
194 
8 
8,654 
75 
$5,000 to $9,999 
103 
10 
144 
7 
9,169 
83 
$10,000 to $24,999 
72 
19 
118 
2 
9,869 
87 
$25,000 to $49,999 
35 
6 
44 
1 
4,697 
24 
$50,000 or more 
45 
24 
44 
4 
6,320 
30 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
5 
- 
193 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
21 
- 
35,715 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
34 
5 
172 
2 
3,272 
10 
$1,000 
108 
15 
515 
(D) 
10,941 
44 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
109 
12 
326 
6 
14,630 
77 
$1,000 
292 
9 
677 
(D) 
55,674 
143 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
45 
12 
75 
4 
4,062 
22 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
13 
13 
25 
- 
726 
10 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
22 
- 
10 
- 
588 
8 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
16 
3 
3 
1 
1,028 
26 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
187 
34 
362 
1 
15,495 
159 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
4 
- 
13 
- 
561 
4 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
10 
- 
211 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
183 
34 
339 
1 
14,723 
155 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
236 
54 
479 
19 
33,968 
227 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1 
- 
- 
- 
37 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
2 
- 
2 
- 
472 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
22 
- 
229 
7 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
27 
25 
21 
- 
1,444 
25 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
31 
2 
37 
2 
2,111 
62 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
109 
21 
55 
- 
6,709 
125 
-continued 
52 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
