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 
Characteristics 
Native Hawaiian 
or other 
Pacific Islander 
White 
reporting 
more than 
one race 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
7 
19 
44,084 
45,150 
129 
262 
Land in farms 
acres 
2,667 
1,225 
8,083,471 
7,855,065 
12,210 
36,670 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
- 
9 
3,190 
3,338 
19 
16 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2 
7 
13,808 
14,420 
53 
102 
50 to 179 acres 
2 
2 
15,980 
16,629 
39 
99 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
7,620 
7,513 
14 
26 
500 acres or more 
3 
1 
3,486 
3,250 
4 
19 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
7 
17 
41,724 
42,842 
124 
255 
acres 
2,667 
1,199 
5,234,665 
5,159,277 
10,329 
23,827 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
- 
3 
14,342 
14,523 
20 
75 
acres 
- 
26 
2,848,806 
2,695,788 
1,881 
12,843 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
7 
16 
29,742 
30,627 
109 
187 
acres 
2,667 
(D) 
3,249,836 
3,372,673 
9,112 
15,634 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
1 
11,982 
12,215 
15 
68 
acres 
- 
(D) 
4,336,800 
3,980,254 
3,083 
19,196 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
2 
2,360 
2,308 
5 
7 
acres 
- 
(D) 
496,835 
502,138 
15 
1,840 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
7 
19 
44,084 
45,150 
129 
262 
$1,000 
11 
(D) 
3,761,959 
2,887,515 
1,678 
25,192 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
7 
19 
44,084 
45,150 
129 
262 
$1,000 
11 
(D) 
3,683,617 
2,834,744 
1,619 
25,036 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
4 
6 
18,743 
15,657 
49 
79 
$1,000 
11 
(D) 
1,334,528 
839,570 
676 
2,831 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
- 
12 
25,691 
26,655 
70 
160 
$1,000 
- 
67 
2,349,089 
1,995,174 
943 
22,205 
Government payments 
farms 
_ 
- 
10,039 
9,260 
20 
42 
$1,000 
- 
- 
78,342 
52,770 
59 
156 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
3 
5 
10,520 
12,975 
38 
81 
$1,000 to $2,499 
2 
3 
5,082 
5,639 
21 
36 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2 
1 
5,018 
5,270 
26 
36 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
2 
6,280 
5,935 
17 
24 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
7 
6,747 
6,409 
12 
39 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
3,697 
3,332 
5 
13 
$50,000 or more 
- 
1 
6,740 
5,590 
10 
33 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
— 
- 
95 
225 
- 
1 
$1,000 
- 
- 
4,959 
9,938 
- 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
- 
2,601 
2,663 
6 
9 
$1,000 
- 
- 
3,172 
3,699 
3 
6 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
- 
8,851 
7,905 
17 
38 
$1,000 
- 
- 
75,170 
49,071 
56 
149 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
2,011 
1,557 
4 
11 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
- 
1 
752 
823 
6 
6 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
986 
939 
8 
13 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
3 
1,414 
1,062 
2 
3 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
7 
3 
10,866 
9,758 
36 
54 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
340 
579 
6 
4 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
105 
73 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
7 
3 
10,421 
9,106 
30 
50 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
3 
17,512 
20,126 
36 
108 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
362 
729 
- 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
683 
900 
- 
9 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
316 
293 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
5 
1,617 
1,721 
10 
11 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
2 
1,508 
1,442 
6 
3 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
2 
6,057 
5,800 
21 
41 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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