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 
_ 
7 
22,954 
23,393 
92 
187 
Land in farms 
acres 
- 
(D) 
4,744,625 
4,676,240 
17,346 
20,053 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
- 
1 
1,850 
1,665 
8 
22 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
4 
8,041 
7,898 
32 
68 
50 to 179 acres 
- 
1 
7,583 
8,177 
35 
61 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
1 
3,501 
3,766 
11 
30 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
1,979 
1,887 
6 
6 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
- 
5 
22,074 
22,521 
87 
178 
acres 
- 
(D) 
3,498,346 
3,446,662 
10,142 
16,249 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
- 
2 
5,411 
5,680 
21 
50 
acres 
- 
(D) 
1,246,279 
1,229,578 
7,204 
3,804 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
- 
5 
17,543 
17,713 
71 
137 
acres 
- 
(D) 
2,602,797 
2,551,810 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
4,531 
4,808 
16 
41 
acres 
- 
- 
1,967,622 
1,925,876 
9,023 
5,326 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
2 
880 
872 
5 
9 
acres 
- 
(D) 
174,206 
198,554 
(D) 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
_ 
7 
22,954 
23,393 
92 
187 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
2,977,010 
2,362,613 
10,785 
11,526 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
- 
7 
22,954 
23,393 
92 
187 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
2,932,568 
2,299,135 
10,735 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
- 
1 
9,112 
7,766 
22 
60 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
1,258,101 
779,440 
347 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
- 
- 
9,112 
9,679 
26 
87 
$1,000 
- 
1,674,467 
1,519,696 
10,388 
10,219 
Government payments 
farms 
_ 
- 
5,991 
6,853 
23 
33 
$1,000 
" 
44,441 
63,478 
50 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
6 
7,567 
7,790 
50 
66 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
3,209 
3,896 
8 
31 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
2,910 
2,882 
12 
25 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
2,716 
2,797 
6 
14 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
1 
2,529 
2,315 
6 
24 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
1,132 
1,212 
1 
16 
$50,000 or more 
- 
" 
2,891 
2,501 
9 
11 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
- 
103 
297 
- 
1 
$1,000 
- 
- 
7,896 
24,008 
- 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
. 
. 
2,482 
3,632 
12 
18 
$1,000 
- 
- 
5,361 
8,530 
14 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
- 
4,907 
4,986 
17 
29 
$1,000 
- 
- 
39,080 
54,948 
36 
90 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
1,816 
1,743 
2 
9 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
- 
- 
820 
758 
5 
13 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
” 
" 
865 
788 
8 
3 
production (1114) 
- 
1 
748 
801 
1 
6 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
- 
4 
7,066 
7,013 
29 
46 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
50 
153 
- 
4 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
" 
" 
328 
118 
“ 
2 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
- 
4 
6,688 
6,742 
29 
40 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
- 
5,271 
6,294 
19 
55 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
136 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
74 
96 
- 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
161 
227 
- 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
1,179 
1,153 
10 
16 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
” 
982 
790 
5 
7 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
2 
3,972 
3,594 
13 
29 
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