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 
309 
102 
5,164 
20 
33,179 
498 
Land in farms 
acres 
66,963 
14,430 
642,443 
7,979 
10,379,530 
96,509 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
24 
7 
322 
_ 
1,389 
51 
1 0 to 49 acres 
79 
39 
1,710 
4 
7,394 
170 
50 to 1 79 acres 
129 
39 
2,271 
10 
12,708 
167 
1 80 to 499 acres 
49 
8 
707 
3 
7,325 
73 
500 acres or more 
28 
9 
154 
3 
4,363 
37 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
288 
101 
4,610 
19 
31,325 
477 
acres 
44,409 
10,659 
425,382 
4,329 
6,590,793 
68,422 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
76 
16 
1,769 
5 
8,663 
83 
acres 
22,554 
3,771 
217,061 
3,650 
3,788,737 
28,087 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
233 
86 
3,395 
15 
24,516 
415 
acres 
35,863 
9,732 
327,241 
(D) 
4,827,218 
50,200 
Part owners 
farms 
55 
15 
1,215 
4 
6,809 
62 
acres 
21,786 
(D) 
227,905 
5,480 
3,822,169 
32,548 
Tenants 
farms 
21 
1 
554 
1 
1,854 
21 
acres 
9,314 
(D) 
87,297 
(D) 
1,730,143 
13,761 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
309 
102 
5,164 
20 
33,179 
498 
$1,000 
24,034 
102,915 
140,565 
1,234 
6,429,414 
99,287 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
309 
102 
5,164 
20 
33,179 
498 
$1,000 
23,266 
102,544 
129,487 
1,166 
6,257,863 
98,110 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
100 
18 
1,532 
5 
10,683 
154 
$1,000 
15,842 
3,525 
74,324 
(D) 
2,921,201 
23,930 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
127 
74 
2,629 
8 
14,787 
220 
$1,000 
7,425 
99,019 
55,163 
(D) 
3,336,662 
74,179 
Government payments 
farms 
110 
25 
2,048 
9 
14,564 
123 
$1,000 
768 
371 
1 1 ,078 
68 
171,551 
1,178 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
103 
13 
1,283 
3 
6,414 
143 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
58 
17 
802 
2 
4,702 
76 
$2,500 to $4,999 
27 
9 
846 
5 
4,537 
81 
$5,000 to $9,999 
37 
6 
921 
3 
4,699 
49 
$10,000 to $24,999 
25 
7 
722 
4 
54 
$25,000 to $49,999 
36 
4 
272 
- 
33 
$50,000 or more 
23 
46 
318 
3 
62 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
20 
_ 
182 
1 
$1,000 
- 
- 
887 
- 
44,624 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
65 
16 
550 
8 
8,941 
62 
$1,000 
213 
41 
1,614 
30 
40,889 
203 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
73 
11 
1,742 
5 
9,912 
88 
$1,000 
554 
330 
9,465 
38 
130,662 
974 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
24 
3 
535 
- 
2,962 
11 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
11 
- 
259 
1 
681 
8 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
12 
9 
39 
- 
747 
31 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
7 
3 
33 
3 
560 
29 
Other crop farming (1119) 
79 
14 
1,051 
8 
1 1 ,042 
129 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
2 
1 
36 
- 
325 
1 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
77 
13 
1,015 
8 
10,717 
128 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
83 
16 
2,709 
8 
10,466 
133 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
2 
- 
14 
- 
132 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
2 
28 
- 
89 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
12 
40 
73 
- 
1,972 
52 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
20 
10 
76 
- 
722 
18 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
59 
5 
347 
- 
3,798 
85 
--continued 
50 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
