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 
9 
14 
32,756 
36,352 
83 
61 
Land in farms 
acres 
6,734 
7,026 
10,304,672 
10,822,766 
32,965 
16,845 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
_ 
_ 
1,359 
1,629 
2 
10 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3 
3 
7,249 
8,329 
20 
14 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2 
4 
12,526 
14,070 
31 
20 
1 80 to 499 acres 
1 
5 
7,281 
7,923 
15 
10 
500 acres or more 
3 
2 
4,341 
4,401 
15 
7 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
8 
14 
30,926 
34,397 
78 
57 
acres 
3,284 
(D) 
6,530,156 
7,184,801 
27,062 
12,832 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
3 
5 
8,560 
9,266 
21 
12 
acres 
3,450 
(D) 
3,774,516 
3,637,965 
5,903 
4,013 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
6 
9 
24,196 
27,086 
62 
49 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
4,773,782 
5,426,539 
25,456 
8,886 
Part owners 
farms 
2 
5 
6,730 
7,311 
16 
8 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
3,804,744 
3,760,099 
(D) 
7,718 
Tenants 
farms 
1 
1,830 
1,955 
5 
4 
acres 
(D) 
- 
1,726,146 
1,636,128 
(D) 
241 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
9 
14 
32,756 
36,352 
83 
61 
$1,000 
1,169 
2,104 
6,394,540 
4,938,474 
12,718 
6,933 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
9 
14 
32,756 
36,352 
83 
61 
$1,000 
1,130 
2,088 
6,223,660 
4,715,954 
12,420 
6,646 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
1 
2 
10,577 
9,401 
26 
17 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
2,913,905 
1,630,500 
(D) 
1,976 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
4 
11 
14,594 
16,439 
39 
33 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
3,309,755 
3,085,454 
(D) 
4,671 
Government payments 
farms 
4 
8 
14,428 
15,258 
35 
18 
$1,000 
39 
16 
170,880 
222,520 
298 
287 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
3 
_ 
6,277 
8,847 
18 
18 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1 
4 
4,645 
5,863 
15 
8 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
1 
4,484 
4,692 
9 
10 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
4,627 
4,555 
11 
10 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2 
3 
4,536 
4,755 
9 
5 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
1 
2,355 
2,035 
10 
3 
$50,000 or more 
3 
5 
5,832 
5,605 
11 
7 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
181 
586 
1 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
44,309 
136,005 
(D) 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
3 
7 
8,878 
9,921 
25 
13 
$1,000 
(D) 
12 
40,643 
41,506 
99 
47 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
2 
7 
9,818 
9,842 
19 
12 
$1,000 
(D) 
4 
130,238 
181,014 
200 
239 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
2,947 
2,373 
2 
2 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1 
- 
664 
704 
2 
2 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
730 
760 
10 
4 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
3 
- 
549 
806 
1 
3 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1 
3 
10,936 
1 1 ,622 
30 
14 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
320 
488 
1 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
1 
3 
10,616 
11,134 
29 
14 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4 
9 
10,301 
12,096 
23 
15 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
132 
170 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
87 
155 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
1,951 
2,295 
9 
7 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
2 
709 
628 
4 
5 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
- 
3,742 
4,743 
2 
9 
-continued 
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