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 
45 
104 
94 
8 
7,612 
172 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,124 
760 
1,071 
64 
522,188 
10,607 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
25 
79 
73 
6 
2,202 
55 
1 0 to 49 acres 
13 
24 
16 
2 
2,896 
70 
50 to 179 acres 
6 
1 
4 
- 
1,829 
24 
1 80 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
572 
21 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
113 
2 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
35 
45 
32 
8 
6,915 
148 
acres 
877 
496 
773 
64 
434,254 
7,548 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
18 
63 
67 
- 
1,894 
55 
acres 
247 
264 
298 
- 
87,934 
3,059 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
27 
41 
27 
8 
5,718 
117 
acres 
585 
479 
659 
64 
332,955 
5,065 
Part owners 
farms 
8 
4 
5 
- 
1,197 
31 
acres 
473 
45 
320 
- 
166,755 
5,230 
Tenants 
farms 
10 
59 
62 
- 
697 
24 
acres 
66 
236 
92 
- 
22,478 
312 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
45 
104 
94 
8 
7,612 
172 
$1,000 
(D) 
5,008 
2,038 
31 
498,046 
23,584 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
45 
104 
94 
8 
7,612 
172 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
31 
489,937 
23,501 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
18 
85 
71 
2 
4,217 
105 
$1,000 
(D) 
4,954 
(D) 
(D) 
381,715 
22,491 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
18 
30 
10 
6 
3,155 
73 
$1,000 
306 
(D) 
1,265 
(D) 
108,222 
1,010 
Government payments 
farms 
1 
2 
2 
- 
777 
19 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
8,109 
83 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
20 
16 
62 
_ 
2,557 
31 
$1,000 to $2,499 
8 
35 
14 
6 
901 
25 
$2,500 to $4,999 
3 
16 
4 
- 
736 
15 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1 
8 
- 
1 
827 
15 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4 
12 
2 
1 
884 
17 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4 
12 
5 
- 
486 
17 
$50,000 or more 
5 
5 
7 
- 
1,221 
52 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
19 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
58 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
1 
2 
2 
- 
766 
19 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
8,052 
83 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
41 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
5 
66 
61 
- 
821 
35 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2 
6 
13 
1 
767 
51 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3 
6 
1 
1 
966 
13 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
6 
7 
2 
- 
1,499 
8 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
6 
7 
2 
- 
1,488 
8 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1 
1 
1 
- 
619 
12 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
- 
- 
2 
- 
8 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
147 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1 1 22) 
2 
6 
- 
6 
133 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2 
3 
5 
- 
378 
3 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
7 
3 
- 
- 
359 
17 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
17 
6 
9 
- 
1,874 
32 
-continued 
50 Massachusetts 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
