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 
2 
4 
21,340 
23,463 
54 
59 
Land in farms 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
3,588,495 
3,678,006 
8,335 
7,547 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
- 
1 
955 
1,191 
- 
3 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
5,081 
5,699 
17 
12 
50 to 179 acres 
2 
3 
9,614 
10,671 
26 
33 
1 80 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
4,440 
4,665 
7 
10 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
1,250 
1,237 
4 
1 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2 
4 
20,746 
22,800 
52 
59 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
2,687,606 
2,789,800 
6,868 
5,466 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
5,079 
5,891 
14 
15 
acres 
- 
- 
900,889 
888,206 
1,467 
2,081 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
2 
4 
16,261 
17,572 
40 
44 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
1,969,891 
2,038,633 
3,269 
4,004 
Part owners 
farms 
4,485 
5,228 
12 
15 
acres 
- 
- 
1,495,898 
(D) 
(D) 
3,543 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
- 
594 
663 
2 
- 
acres 
" 
- 
122,706 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2 
4 
21,340 
23,463 
54 
59 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
807,985 
588,876 
2,284 
2,585 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
2 
4 
21,340 
23,463 
54 
59 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
585,955 
(D) 
2,578 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
2 
4 
11,411 
9,028 
33 
30 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(□) 
78,032 
(D) 
94 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
- 
- 
12,669 
14,178 
29 
31 
$1,000 
" 
662,596 
507,923 
2,036 
2,484 
Government payments 
farms 
_ 
- 
2,181 
2,163 
13 
7 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
2,921 
(D) 
7 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
_ 
4,837 
7,448 
8 
18 
$1,000 to $2,499 
2 
1 
3,812 
4,825 
13 
18 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
3 
3,601 
3,522 
8 
4 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
3,571 
2,925 
8 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
- 
2,987 
2,534 
12 
12 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
1,144 
1,030 
2 
3 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
1,388 
1,179 
3 
2 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
— 
- 
16 
42 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
951 
255 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
- 
244 
225 
3 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
305 
(D) 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
- 
2,059 
2,095 
11 
7 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
2,616 
(D) 
7 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
293 
175 
3 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
- 
- 
464 
336 
2 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
427 
256 
5 
2 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
1 
412 
400 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2 
3 
6,696 
6,406 
19 
23 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
6 
44 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
2 
3 
6,690 
6,362 
19 
23 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
- 
9,391 
10,427 
14 
24 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
- 
- 
148 
297 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
155 
165 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
165 
335 
2 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
672 
1,101 
3 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
688 
960 
2 
3 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
" 
1,829 
2,605 
4 
4 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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