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 
7,755 
7,691 
15 
11 
71 
56 
80 
32 
Land in farms 
acres 
523,517 
517,879 
446 
342 
(D) 
1,158 
983 
610 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,322 
2,199 
9 
4 
60 
46 
60 
16 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,913 
2,885 
2 
6 
11 
4 
15 
14 
50 to 179 acres 
1,833 
1,903 
3 
- 
- 
1 
4 
2 
1 80 to 499 acres 
574 
586 
1 
1 
- 
5 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
113 
118 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
6,956 
7,020 
6 
7 
21 
32 
22 
25 
acres 
435,233 
413,661 
307 
338 
(D) 
1,106 
697 
465 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,001 
2,044 
12 
4 
53 
28 
62 
9 
acres 
88,284 
104,218 
139 
4 
(D) 
52 
286 
145 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
5,754 
5,647 
3 
7 
18 
28 
18 
23 
acres 
333,637 
298,591 
98 
(D) 
117 
1,098 
605 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
1,202 
1,373 
3 
3 
4 
4 
2 
acres 
167,241 
193,496 
314 
- 
(D) 
20 
296 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
799 
671 
9 
4 
50 
24 
58 
7 
acres 
22,639 
25,792 
34 
(D) 
198 
40 
82 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
7,755 
7,691 
15 
11 
71 
56 
80 
32 
$1,000 
500,336 
494,423 
226 
116 
1,852 
1,322 
(D) 
892 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
7,755 
7,691 
15 
11 
71 
56 
80 
32 
$1,000 
492,211 
489,820 
226 
116 
(D) 
1,322 
(D) 
882 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
4,330 
4,162 
6 
5 
62 
48 
67 
25 
$1,000 
382,915 
364,481 
155 
116 
(D) 
1,286 
(D) 
820 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
3,168 
3,187 
10 
- 
10 
13 
6 
7 
$1,000 
109,296 
125,338 
71 
(D) 
36 
1,200 
61 
Government payments 
farms 
780 
593 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
4 
$1,000 
8,124 
4,603 
- 
- 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
11 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,629 
2,348 
6 
6 
7 
6 
56 
_ 
$1,000 to $2,499 
933 
946 
2 
- 
26 
9 
11 
6 
$2,500 to $4,999 
748 
844 
1 
4 
14 
6 
1 
6 
$5,000 to $9,999 
835 
775 
1 
- 
6 
14 
- 
3 
$10,000 to $24,999 
890 
1,047 
- 
- 
9 
19 
2 
10 
$25,000 to $49,999 
493 
523 
3 
- 
6 
- 
5 
2 
$50,000 or more 
1,227 
1,208 
2 
1 
3 
2 
5 
5 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
342 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
19 
30 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
58 
46 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
769 
576 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
2 
$1,000 
8,067 
4,558 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
41 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
923 
662 
3 
5 
55 
37 
58 
10 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
779 
893 
- 
- 
5 
9 
12 
12 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
968 
865 
1 
- 
2 
1 
1 
3 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) 
1,502 
1,570 
2 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
11 
46 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
1,491 
1,524 
2 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
620 
751 
1 
- 
- 
4 
1 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
8 
53 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
147 
258 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
135 
82 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
380 
480 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
365 
279 
6 
- 
3 
- 
- 
2 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,887 
1,776 
" 
6 
6 
4 
2 
4 
-continued 
46 Massachusetts 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
