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 
49,969 
47,712 
66 
33 
16 
13 
25 
9 
Land in farms 
acres 
45,331,783 
45,480,358 
40,389 
30,244 
3,546 
2,845 
5,249 
(D) 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,520 
2,270 
3 
- 
6 
- 
1 
3 
1 0 to 49 acres 
8,125 
6,581 
16 
6 
6 
4 
13 
3 
50 to 1 79 acres 
9,742 
10,104 
19 
9 
- 
4 
4 
3 
180 to 499 acres 
9,735 
9,838 
9 
6 
3 
4 
2 
- 
500 acres or more 
18,847 
18,919 
19 
12 
1 
1 
5 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
43,734 
41,947 
56 
27 
16 
13 
22 
6 
acres 
25,457,753 
25,590,160 
28,532 
20,939 
3,160 
(D) 
4,786 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
25,071 
23,723 
21 
11 
8 
1 
3 
3 
acres 
19,874,030 
19,890,198 
11,857 
9,305 
386 
(D) 
463 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
24,898 
23,989 
45 
22 
8 
12 
22 
6 
acres 
11,859,293 
11,495,017 
27,431 
14,944 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
18,836 
17,958 
11 
5 
8 
1 
acres 
28,659,615 
29,625,265 
7,621 
12,140 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Tenants 
farms 
6,235 
5,765 
10 
6 
3 
3 
acres 
4,812,875 
4,360,076 
5,337 
3,160 
- 
- 
(D) 
486 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
49,969 
47,712 
66 
33 
16 
13 
25 
9 
$1,000 
23,461,184 
15,893,376 
2,799 
1,410 
681 
(D) 
592 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
49,969 
47,712 
66 
33 
16 
13 
25 
9 
$1,000 
23,068,756 
15,506,035 
2,279 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
33,375 
31,099 
31 
10 
3 
6 
15 
2 
$1,000 
11,377,933 
6,843,325 
995 
701 
136 
(D) 
535 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
24,658 
23,869 
35 
14 
14 
3 
7 
7 
$1,000 
11,690,823 
8,662,710 
1,284 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
34,316 
34,924 
31 
23 
4 
13 
12 
- 
$1,000 
392,428 
387,340 
520 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
4,876 
3,964 
12 
4 
_ 
_ 
12 
1 
$1,000 to $2,499 
2,747 
2,936 
2 
5 
- 
4 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,875 
2,911 
4 
- 
6 
- 
3 
1 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,596 
3,515 
6 
3 
- 
1 
2 
1 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,962 
4,882 
22 
9 
- 
4 
1 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,945 
4,221 
2 
5 
- 
3 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
26,968 
25,283 
18 
7 
10 
1 
7 
4 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
451 
3,366 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
33,472 
289,640 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
10,456 
12,511 
19 
10 
2 
5 
- 
- 
$1,000 
50,200 
73,108 
305 
108 
(D) 
32 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
32,290 
31,590 
29 
18 
4 
10 
12 
- 
$1,000 
342,228 
314,232 
215 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
20,838 
21,475 
4 
5 
3 
3 
3 
2 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
191 
188 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
189 
214 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
382 
356 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
9,534 
8,431 
22 
12 
- 
7 
15 
- 
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) 
9,534 
8,431 
22 
12 
- 
7 
15 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,788 
10,775 
33 
13 
6 
3 
- 
4 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
1,083 
1,534 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
247 
267 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
644 
936 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
282 
489 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
837 
558 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,954 
2,489 
4 
1 
6 
" 
6 
- 
-continued 
48 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
