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 
179 
39 
29 
2 
49,886 
414 
Land in farms 
acres 
111,291 
14,895 
5,289 
(D) 
45,290,943 
277,315 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
12 
6 
3 
- 
3,510 
49 
1 0 to 49 acres 
53 
8 
15 
2 
8,103 
104 
50 to 1 79 acres 
47 
12 
4 
- 
9,720 
86 
180 to 499 acres 
23 
6 
2 
- 
9,728 
46 
500 acres or more 
44 
7 
5 
18,825 
129 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
161 
38 
24 
2 
43,662 
382 
acres 
76,441 
12,721 
4,816 
(D) 
25,423,157 
171,621 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
58 
14 
5 
25,044 
152 
acres 
34,850 
2,174 
473 
- 
19,867,786 
105,694 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
121 
25 
24 
2 
24,842 
262 
acres 
49,692 
9,113 
4,816 
(D) 
11,826,227 
73,680 
Part owners 
farms 
40 
13 
- 
18,820 
120 
acres 
55,449 
(D) 
- 
- 
28,657,179 
164,418 
Tenants 
farms 
18 
1 
5 
- 
6,224 
32 
acres 
6,150 
(D) 
473 
4,807,537 
39,217 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
179 
39 
29 
2 
49,886 
414 
$1,000 
14,184 
1,760 
618 
- 
23,457,865 
105,820 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
179 
39 
29 
2 
49,886 
414 
$1,000 
13,196 
1,543 
578 
- 
23,066,071 
103,530 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
98 
17 
15 
- 
33,342 
240 
$1,000 
8,038 
788 
535 
- 
11,376,726 
59,764 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
102 
29 
9 
- 
24,619 
206 
$1,000 
5,158 
756 
43 
- 
11,689,345 
43,765 
Government payments 
farms 
95 
16 
12 
- 
34,276 
245 
$1,000 
988 
217 
39 
- 
391,794 
2,291 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
21 
_ 
14 
2 
4,856 
42 
$1,000 to $2,499 
13 
- 
- 
- 
2,747 
32 
$2,500 to $4,999 
17 
10 
3 
- 
2,863 
40 
$5,000 to $9,999 
23 
6 
2 
- 
3,592 
59 
$10,000 to $24,999 
46 
1 
3 
- 
4,946 
53 
$25,000 to $49,999 
13 
- 
- 
- 
3,943 
28 
$50,000 or more 
46 
22 
7 
- 
26,939 
160 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
451 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
33,472 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
34 
5 
- 
- 
10,436 
99 
$1,000 
388 
(D) 
- 
- 
49,849 
482 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
89 
16 
12 
- 
32,252 
227 
$1,000 
600 
(D) 
39 
- 
341,944 
1,809 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
28 
12 
3 
- 
20,831 
122 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
3 
- 
1 
- 
190 
8 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1 
2 
- 
- 
188 
5 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1 
- 
- 
- 
382 
1 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
48 
3 
15 
- 
9,502 
120 
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) 
48 
3 
15 
- 
9,502 
120 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
74 
16 
2 
- 
11,764 
87 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1,083 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
3 
- 
- 
- 
244 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
644 
13 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
282 
7 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
7 
- 
- 
- 
837 
8 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
10 
6 
8 
2 
3,939 
40 
-continued 
52 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
