Table 61. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race: 2012 
[Data were collected for a maximum of three operators. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
American Indian 
or Alaska Native 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Asian 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Black or African 
American 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Native Hawaiian 
or Other Pacific 
Islander alone or 
in combination with 
other races 
White 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
. number 
5,509 
71 
86 
35 
19,558 
9,962 
Land in farms 
acres 
7,836,365 
10,317 
107,196 
8,735 
35,829,394 
7,283,651 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,796 
42 
41 
14 
6,174 
3,722 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,045 
12 
13 
8 
3,819 
2,200 
50 to 1 79 acres 
664 
10 
12 
2 
2,757 
1,471 
1 80 to 499 acres 
458 
2 
7 
8 
2,024 
963 
500 acres or more 
1,546 
5 
13 
3 
4,784 
1,606 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
5,425 
71 
85 
33 
18,659 
9,567 
acres 
7,308,665 
(D) 
(D) 
4,395 
24,093,287 
4,879,854 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
375 
2 
2 
4 
4,945 
2,383 
acres 
527,700 
(D) 
(D) 
4,340 
11,736,107 
2,403,797 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,112 
68 
78 
29 
14,549 
7,465 
acres 
3,509,001 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
14,750,391 
2,973,645 
Part owners 
farms 
675 
2 
1 
2 
4,057 
1,998 
acres 
1,201,812 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
18,439,347 
3,842,946 
Tenants 
farms 
3,722 
1 
7 
4 
952 
499 
acres 
3,125,552 
(D) 
70,326 
2,561 
2,639,656 
467,060 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
5,509 
71 
86 
35 
19,558 
9,962 
$1,000 
153,008 
785 
955 
329 
2,542,264 
513,729 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
5,509 
71 
86 
35 
19,558 
9,962 
$1,000 
149,479 
685 
808 
(D) 
2,474,071 
499,206 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
1,233 
50 
40 
27 
7,528 
4,246 
$1,000 
44,881 
633 
347 
(D) 
575,954 
131,859 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
2,629 
19 
36 
15 
8,589 
3,757 
$1,000 
104,598 
52 
461 
187 
1,898,116 
367,347 
Government payments 
farms 
1,342 
13 
18 
2 
4,215 
1,505 
$1,000 
3,530 
100 
147 
(D) 
68,194 
14,523 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,986 
20 
28 
5 
6,394 
3,976 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
835 
6 
11 
7 
2,516 
1,498 
$2,500 to $4,999 
653 
15 
17 
13 
2,205 
1,223 
$5,000 to $9,999 
497 
13 
17 
- 
2,199 
1,188 
$10,000 to $24,999 
339 
15 
6 
6 
2,033 
875 
$25,000 to $49,999 
113 
- 
- 
2 
1,190 
451 
$50,000 or more 
86 
2 
7 
2 
3,021 
751 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
22 
9 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,764 
1,282 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
18 
- 
4 
- 
825 
93 
$1,000 
209 
- 
24 
- 
1 1 ,898 
491 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
1,334 
13 
17 
2 
3,924 
1,460 
$1,000 
3,321 
100 
123 
(D) 
56,296 
14,032 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
123 
- 
1 
1 
200 
37 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
396 
3 
8 
- 
924 
482 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
41 
27 
16 
6 
2,382 
1,459 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
5 
4 
- 
- 
178 
38 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,036 
23 
26 
19 
5,021 
2,725 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
55 
28 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
1,036 
23 
26 
19 
4,966 
2,697 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
2,146 
8 
17 
3 
6,967 
3,689 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
67 
23 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
24 
- 
- 
- 
181 
57 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
11 
- 
- 
- 
65 
7 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
7 
2 
2 
- 
129 
40 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
828 
2 
1 
1 
404 
165 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
890 
2 
15 
5 
3,040 
1,240 
--continued 
50 New Mexico 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
