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 
Native Hawaiian 
reporting 
Characteristics 
or other 
White 
more than 
Pacific Islander 
one race 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
_ 
2 
49,807 
47,611 
55 
44 
Land in farms 
acres 
- 
(D) 
45,260,608 
45,431,551 
21,991 
15,144 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
- 
2 
3,508 
2,262 
2 
3 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
8,068 
6,560 
22 
8 
50 to 179 acres 
- 
- 
9,702 
10,074 
17 
14 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
9,712 
9,816 
9 
12 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
18,817 
18,899 
5 
7 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
_ 
2 
43,587 
41,863 
53 
36 
acres 
- 
(D) 
25,402,610 
25,559,871 
18,665 
6,517 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
- 
25,026 
23,690 
13 
18 
acres 
- 
- 
19,857,998 
19,871,680 
3,326 
8,627 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
_ 
2 
24,781 
23,921 
42 
26 
acres 
- 
(D) 
11,807,329 
11,471,497 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
18,806 
17,942 
11 
10 
acres 
- 
- 
28,646,708 
29,608,134 
(D) 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
- 
6,220 
5,748 
2 
8 
acres 
- 
- 
4,806,571 
4,351,920 
(D) 
4,510 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
_ 
2 
49,807 
47,611 
55 
44 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
23,453,587 
15,887,046 
3,525 
3,566 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
- 
2 
49,807 
47,611 
55 
44 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
23,061,976 
15,500,180 
3,374 
3,305 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
- 
2 
33,296 
31,059 
30 
20 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
11,373,557 
6,839,402 
2,711 
2,717 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
- 
- 
24,574 
23,824 
28 
21 
$1,000 
- 
11,688,419 
8,660,778 
664 
587 
Government payments 
farms 
_ 
- 
34,236 
34,865 
33 
23 
$1,000 
" 
391,610 
386,866 
151 
261 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
_ 
4,846 
3,952 
6 
7 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
2 
2,741 
2,924 
4 
1 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
2,858 
2,902 
4 
8 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
3,578 
3,503 
10 
7 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
- 
4,922 
4,860 
17 
7 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
3,940 
4,209 
3 
4 
$50,000 or more 
- 
" 
26,922 
25,261 
11 
10 
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 
. 
. 
10,431 
12,484 
4 
12 
$1,000 
- 
- 
49,813 
72,882 
(D) 
86 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
- 
32,212 
31,545 
33 
17 
$1,000 
- 
- 
341,797 
313,984 
(D) 
175 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
20,813 
21,452 
15 
13 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
- 
- 
189 
188 
1 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
” 
2 
186 
212 
2 
“ 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
382 
356 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
- 
- 
9,483 
8,398 
14 
14 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
" 
" 
“ 
“ 
“ 
" 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
- 
- 
9,483 
8,398 
14 
14 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
- 
11,737 
10,746 
12 
9 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
1,083 
1,531 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
244 
267 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
644 
936 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
280 
489 
2 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
” 
832 
554 
5 
2 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
" 
3,934 
2,482 
4 
6 
-continued 
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