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 
24,721 
20,930 
5,202 
4,493 
29 
26 
39 
50 
Land in farms 
acres 
43,201,023 
43,238,049 
7,418,914 
7,113,408 
8,742 
20,994 
61,300 
(D) 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
7,861 
6,471 
1,698 
2,707 
13 
9 
26 
26 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,811 
4,405 
1,005 
866 
5 
5 
5 
12 
50 to 1 79 acres 
3,357 
3,072 
610 
407 
6 
4 
2 
4 
1 80 to 499 acres 
2,438 
2,141 
414 
218 
1 
4 
- 
6 
500 acres or more 
6,254 
4,841 
1,475 
295 
4 
4 
6 
2 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
23,742 
19,857 
5,121 
4,375 
29 
26 
39 
50 
acres 
31,102,422 
29,196,000 
7,031,789 
6,623,219 
(D) 
20,110 
61,300 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
5,233 
5,080 
308 
265 
1 
4 
- 
11 
acres 
12,098,601 
14,042,049 
387,125 
490,189 
(D) 
884 
- 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
15,409 
15,850 
877 
4,228 
28 
22 
33 
39 
acres 
18,017,855 
17,016,596 
3,325,018 
4,107,316 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
4,643 
4,007 
610 
147 
1 
4 
11 
acres 
19,359,660 
23,307,71 1 
970,176 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
4,669 
1,073 
3,715 
118 
6 
acres 
5,823,508 
2,913,742 
3,123,720 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
24,721 
20,930 
5,202 
4,493 
29 
26 
39 
50 
$1,000 
2,620,735 
2,218,457 
79,319 
68,397 
274 
(D) 
126 
435 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
24,721 
20,930 
5,202 
4,493 
29 
26 
39 
50 
$1,000 
2,550,147 
2,175,080 
76,706 
67,188 
(D) 
320 
126 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
8,640 
7,441 
1,121 
1,302 
18 
16 
17 
19 
$1,000 
616,938 
553,140 
41,125 
42,031 
203 
199 
77 
50 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
11,033 
10,550 
2,496 
2,658 
10 
9 
11 
15 
$1,000 
1 ,933,209 
1,621,940 
35,581 
25,157 
(D) 
121 
49 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
5,502 
3,329 
1,291 
235 
2 
7 
6 
2 
$1,000 
70,588 
43,377 
2,613 
1,208 
(D) 
(D) 
(Z) 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
9,282 
6,690 
2,885 
2,262 
10 
3 
14 
18 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
3,306 
2,994 
797 
852 
3 
2 
2 
10 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,810 
2,689 
622 
651 
2 
6 
11 
10 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,648 
2,454 
452 
461 
4 
7 
11 
3 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,326 
2,259 
303 
180 
9 
6 
1 
4 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,283 
1,199 
96 
47 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$50,000 or more 
3,066 
2,645 
47 
40 
1 
2 
- 
2 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
22 
67 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
1,764 
5,833 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
831 
1,357 
7 
9 
- 
2 
- 
2 
$1,000 
1 1 ,929 
16,556 
32 
173 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
5,206 
2,547 
1,286 
230 
2 
5 
6 
$1,000 
58,659 
26,822 
2,581 
1,035 
(D) 
(D) 
(Z) 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
321 
419 
121 
18 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,291 
1,190 
370 
782 
1 
- 
6 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2,401 
2,060 
8 
38 
16 
5 
9 
10 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floricuiture 
production (1114) 
179 
179 
3 
4 
1 
2 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
5,992 
4,319 
969 
348 
6 
8 
9 
12 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
55 
61 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
5,937 
4,258 
969 
348 
6 
6 
9 
12 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,989 
7,219 
2,046 
1,504 
2 
7 
6 
12 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
68 
102 
1 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
196 
196 
15 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
76 
125 
11 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
134 
396 
5 
38 
1 
2 
1 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,222 
1,634 
822 
1,245 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,852 
3,091 
831 
497 
2 
1 
8 
15 
-continued 
46 New Mexico 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
