Table 58. Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin Principai Operators - Seiected Farm Characteristics: 
2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
2012 
2007 
Characteristics 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
397 
451 
Land in farms acres 
70,289 
113,300 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
42 
41 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
102 
104 
1 0 to 49 acres 
129 
106 
50 to 1 79 acres 
140 
179 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
114 
166 
1 80 to 499 acres 
57 
82 
Cattle feedlots (1 1 21 1 2) 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
29 
43 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
2 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
2 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
31 
39 
Owned land in farms farms 
381 
423 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
10 
7 
acres 
49,826 
72,019 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
67 
122 
production (1125, 1129) 
78 
52 
acres 
20,463 
41,281 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
330 
329 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
42,344 
57,135 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
51 
94 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
16,824 
35,683 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
390 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
16 
28 
acres 
11,121 
20,482 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
28 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status tor tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
367 
405 
Total farms 
397 
451 
Partnerships 
20 
36 
$1,000 
46,368 
80,962 
Corporations 
7 
8 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
3 
2 
sold farms 
397 
451 
$1,000 
45,641 
79,090 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
260 
326 
and greenhouse crops farms 
126 
117 
2 operators 
121 
96 
$1,000 
12,755 
21,983 
3 operators 
13 
21 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
3 
4 
their products farms 
167 
228 
5 or more operators 
- 
4 
$1,000 
32,886 
57,107 
Government payments farms 
96 
158 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
727 
1,872 
1 operator 
134 
130 
2 operators 
13 
23 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
117 
113 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
61 
74 
$2,500 to $4,999 
61 
64 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
44 
41 
Internet access 
251 
214 
$10,000 to $24,999 
42 
55 
Dial-up service 
25 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
28 
22 
DSL service 
117 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
44 
82 
Cable modem service 
30 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
5 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
39 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
51 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
5 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
6 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
152 
Other Internet service 
6 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
20 
11 
Programs payments farms 
46 
75 
acres 
6,371 
1,870 
$1,000 
152 
231 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
73 
111 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
575 
1,641 
1 household 
334 
385 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
48 
58 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
8 
5 
4 households 
7 
2 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
8 
25 
5 or more households 
- 
1 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
4 
20 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
29 
13 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
18 
14 
Less than 25 percent 
347 
351 
25 to 49 percent 
16 
24 
Other crop farming (1119) 
103 
109 
50 to 74 percent 
16 
31 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
5 
16 
Cotton farming (11192) 
1 
5 
1 00 percent 
13 
29 
44 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
