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 
35,439 
38,553 
403 
497 
286 
267 
31 
36 
Land in farms 
acres 
16,301,578 
16,399,647 
578,745 
577,470 
(D) 
31,202 
2,481 
2,738 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
9,119 
9,546 
138 
164 
94 
66 
10 
18 
1 0 to 49 acres 
12,663 
14,142 
151 
174 
101 
95 
20 
13 
50 to 1 79 acres 
6,932 
7,430 
71 
95 
59 
70 
- 
3 
1 80 to 499 acres 
2,978 
3,340 
31 
41 
12 
16 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
3,747 
4,095 
12 
23 
20 
20 
1 
2 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
33,339 
36,328 
386 
350 
259 
250 
30 
33 
acres 
11,233,325 
11,302,661 
522,057 
545,323 
(D) 
16,479 
(D) 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
7,540 
8,393 
51 
197 
65 
69 
2 
5 
acres 
5,068,253 
5,096,986 
56,688 
32,147 
(D) 
14,723 
(D) 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
27,899 
30,160 
352 
300 
221 
198 
29 
31 
acres 
7,681,240 
7,449,003 
(D) 
535,561 
12,516 
8,361 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
5,440 
6,168 
34 
50 
38 
52 
1 
2 
acres 
7,046,814 
7,445,870 
15,214 
35,710 
15,758 
21,281 
(D) 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
2,100 
2,225 
17 
147 
27 
17 
1 
3 
acres 
1 ,573,524 
1,504,774 
(D) 
6,199 
(D) 
1,560 
(D) 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
35,439 
38,553 
403 
497 
286 
267 
31 
36 
$1,000 
4,969,514 
4,462,634 
10,569 
25,103 
79,615 
64,318 
708 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
35,439 
38,553 
403 
497 
286 
267 
31 
36 
$1,000 
4,883,674 
4,386,143 
10,216 
24,826 
79,211 
64,008 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
17,120 
16,488 
91 
104 
220 
186 
13 
19 
$1,000 
3,247,432 
2,976,087 
5,607 
19,151 
77,261 
63,341 
(D) 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
17,434 
19,757 
186 
193 
56 
65 
11 
21 
$1,000 
1,636,242 
1,410,055 
4,609 
5,675 
1,950 
668 
(D) 
268 
Government payments 
farms 
5,347 
5,115 
27 
39 
47 
47 
1 
_ 
$1,000 
85,840 
76,491 
353 
277 
404 
309 
(D) 
- 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
8,219 
10,880 
182 
275 
47 
35 
10 
7 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
5,219 
5,835 
43 
38 
26 
37 
8 
12 
$2,500 to $4,999 
4,626 
4,748 
57 
51 
30 
22 
5 
4 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,236 
4,073 
29 
33 
40 
36 
4 
6 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,200 
3,881 
35 
40 
38 
23 
1 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,383 
2,430 
20 
21 
15 
17 
1 
2 
$50,000 or more 
6,556 
6,706 
37 
39 
90 
97 
2 
3 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
42 
86 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
4,058 
4,175 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
1,837 
1,756 
10 
13 
3 
2 
1 
- 
$1,000 
25,693 
27,169 
(D) 
141 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
4,788 
4,494 
21 
32 
44 
47 
- 
- 
$1,000 
60,146 
49,322 
(D) 
136 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,209 
811 
7 
4 
14 
3 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,184 
794 
7 
5 
31 
23 
- 
4 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
3,689 
3,766 
14 
22 
86 
70 
4 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floricuiture 
production (1114) 
3,147 
3,662 
15 
21 
61 
56 
6 
9 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,131 
7,417 
49 
60 
31 
41 
3 
6 
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) 
7,131 
7,417 
49 
60 
31 
41 
3 
6 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,420 
12,071 
150 
192 
23 
29 
9 
10 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
140 
778 
- 
5 
- 
8 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
344 
432 
4 
5 
3 
2 
3 
- 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
447 
425 
7 
6 
- 
- 
2 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
965 
891 
10 
12 
11 
6 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,871 
2,103 
11 
17 
5 
13 
3 
2 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,892 
5,403 
129 
148 
21 
16 
1 
3 
-continued 
50 Oregon 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
