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 
1 
3 
7,559 
7,569 
29 
20 
Land in farms 
acres 
(D) 
50 
521,273 
515,089 
462 
630 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
- 
- 
2,170 
2,125 
23 
8 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1 
3 
2,880 
2,851 
4 
7 
50 to 179 acres 
- 
- 
1,824 
1,895 
2 
5 
180 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
572 
580 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
113 
118 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1 
3 
6,877 
6,934 
29 
19 
acres 
(D) 
50 
433,685 
411,306 
(D) 
396 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
- 
1,872 
1,997 
2 
6 
acres 
- 
- 
87,588 
103,783 
(D) 
234 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1 
3 
5,687 
5,572 
27 
14 
acres 
(D) 
50 
332,476 
296,422 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
1,190 
1,362 
2 
5 
acres 
- 
- 
166,472 
192,928 
(D) 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
- 
682 
635 
1 
acres 
" 
22,325 
25,739 
" 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
1 
3 
7,559 
7,569 
29 
20 
$1,000 
(D) 
50 
490,103 
491,628 
(D) 
414 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
1 
3 
7,559 
7,569 
29 
20 
$1,000 
(D) 
50 
481,995 
487,035 
(D) 
414 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
1 
2 
4,189 
4,075 
5 
7 
$1,000 
(D) 
(□) 
374,231 
362,125 
(D) 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
- 
1 
3,127 
3,161 
15 
5 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
107,764 
124,910 
(D) 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
- 
- 
776 
589 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
8,108 
4,593 
(D) 
- 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
_ 
2,549 
2,327 
11 
9 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
884 
929 
10 
2 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
731 
825 
1 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1 
- 
827 
758 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
3 
874 
1,011 
5 
4 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
479 
521 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
1,215 
1,198 
2 
2 
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 
28 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
58 
(D) 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
- 
765 
574 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
8,050 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
41 
22 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
- 
- 
805 
608 
2 
2 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1 
2 
761 
867 
- 
3 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
962 
860 
2 
1 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
- 
1,498 
1,565 
- 
4 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
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) 
- 
- 
1,487 
1,519 
- 
4 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
1 
618 
746 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
6 
53 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
147 
258 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
127 
81 
6 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
373 
479 
5 
- 
Sheep and goat farmi ng (1 1 24) 
- 
- 
356 
277 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
" 
1,865 
1,753 
14 
9 
-continued 
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