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 
99,171 
107,825 
442 
397 
235 
228 
176 
179 
Land in farms 
acres 
28,266,137 
29,026,573 
89,876 
63,713 
20,198 
27,195 
20,107 
19,865 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,544 
3,868 
15 
29 
7 
6 
17 
11 
1 0 to 49 acres 
21,706 
25,186 
139 
130 
81 
66 
70 
67 
50 to 1 79 acres 
37,013 
40,246 
161 
153 
129 
118 
64 
76 
1 80 to 499 acres 
23,301 
24,537 
78 
54 
16 
31 
19 
20 
500 acres or more 
13,607 
13,988 
49 
31 
2 
7 
6 
5 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
94,488 
102,532 
430 
386 
224 
220 
163 
172 
acres 
18,506,370 
19,178,714 
72,353 
46,376 
17,506 
22,825 
16,703 
15,626 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
28,724 
30,440 
107 
102 
34 
23 
37 
30 
acres 
9,759,767 
9,847,859 
17,523 
17,337 
2,692 
4,370 
3,404 
4,239 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
70,447 
77,385 
335 
295 
201 
205 
139 
149 
acres 
11,950,973 
12,618,001 
54,174 
33,217 
15,486 
19,290 
12,530 
12,402 
Part owners 
farms 
24,041 
25,147 
95 
91 
23 
15 
24 
23 
acres 
14,683,771 
14,705,982 
33,762 
28,600 
(D) 
(D) 
6,634 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
4,683 
5,293 
12 
11 
11 
8 
13 
7 
acres 
1,631,393 
1,702,590 
1,940 
1,896 
(D) 
(D) 
943 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
99,171 
107,825 
442 
397 
235 
228 
176 
179 
$1,000 
9,488,839 
7,832,445 
13,778 
11,549 
153,064 
128,189 
4,115 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
99,171 
107,825 
442 
397 
235 
228 
176 
179 
$1,000 
9,164,886 
7,512,926 
13,224 
11,216 
152,778 
127,924 
3,755 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
45,711 
44,864 
137 
144 
67 
62 
73 
76 
$1,000 
4,566,953 
3,494,938 
4,385 
2,064 
1,097 
928 
2,617 
2,565 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
54,484 
60,300 
241 
233 
164 
158 
64 
67 
$1,000 
4,597,933 
4,017,988 
8,839 
9,153 
151,681 
126,996 
1,138 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
41,354 
45,102 
113 
65 
50 
53 
71 
75 
$1,000 
323,953 
319,519 
554 
333 
286 
265 
359 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
15,856 
19,946 
134 
124 
39 
44 
47 
32 
$1,000 to $2,499 
9,641 
1 1 ,437 
58 
53 
24 
16 
26 
33 
$2,500 to $4,999 
10,739 
13,007 
50 
65 
24 
16 
19 
47 
$5,000 to $9,999 
13,274 
15,327 
52 
45 
13 
23 
29 
27 
$10,000 to $24,999 
17,588 
17,865 
61 
43 
29 
18 
25 
14 
$25,000 to $49,999 
11,418 
11,005 
31 
39 
13 
11 
11 
17 
$50,000 or more 
20,655 
19,238 
56 
28 
93 
100 
19 
9 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
444 
2,075 
2 
4 
- 
1 
- 
3 
$1,000 
81,051 
180,035 
(D) 
153 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
17,136 
20,678 
41 
25 
16 
32 
24 
28 
$1,000 
97,355 
106,800 
153 
44 
73 
123 
83 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
36,885 
36,882 
105 
60 
46 
42 
63 
68 
$1,000 
226,598 
212,719 
401 
289 
213 
142 
277 
208 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
18,408 
17,067 
35 
15 
9 
9 
32 
37 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
648 
649 
4 
9 
13 
1 
8 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
868 
559 
1 
11 
2 
5 
1 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
758 
747 
- 
- 
2 
2 
2 
2 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
24,197 
27,350 
98 
98 
37 
34 
52 
55 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
11 
51 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
196 
283 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
23,990 
27,016 
98 
98 
37 
32 
51 
54 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
40,724 
44,336 
192 
198 
75 
59 
65 
51 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
730 
1,300 
6 
9 
1 
5 
- 
5 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,153 
1,705 
3 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
689 
1,056 
2 
3 
- 
- 
3 
6 
Poultry and egg production (1 1 23) 
1,645 
2,245 
10 
11 
90 
98 
1 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,086 
1,595 
15 
4 
2 
7 
1 
4 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,265 
9,216 
76 
32 
4 
8 
11 
18 
-continued 
48 Missouri 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
