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 
7,338 
6,984 
21 
14 
15 
1 
23 
10 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,251,713 
1,233,313 
2,465 
536 
666 
(D) 
740 
(D) 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
616 
635 
1 
- 
7 
- 
8 
- 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,258 
1,862 
7 
10 
3 
1 
13 
3 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,414 
2,396 
6 
4 
5 
- 
- 
2 
180 to 499 acres 
1,513 
1,557 
7 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 
500 acres or more 
537 
534 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
6,886 
6,618 
20 
14 
9 
1 
19 
10 
acres 
972,059 
955,640 
2,333 
488 
660 
(D) 
736 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,515 
2,482 
5 
4 
6 
4 
3 
acres 
279,654 
277,673 
132 
48 
6 
- 
4 
15 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,823 
4,502 
16 
10 
9 
1 
19 
7 
acres 
553,129 
548,954 
(D) 
(D) 
660 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
2,063 
2,116 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
3 
acres 
653,123 
642,296 
720 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
452 
366 
1 
6 
- 
4 
acres 
45,461 
42,063 
(D) 
- 
6 
- 
(D) 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
7,338 
6,984 
21 
14 
15 
1 
23 
10 
$1,000 
790,035 
680,486 
(D) 
(D) 
59 
(D) 
57 
94 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
7,338 
6,984 
21 
14 
15 
1 
23 
10 
$1,000 
776,105 
673,713 
(D) 
(D) 
59 
(D) 
57 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
4,551 
4,027 
10 
9 
7 
1 
11 
2 
$1,000 
177,726 
99,262 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
44 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
3,683 
3,395 
5 
5 
1 
- 
13 
10 
$1,000 
598,379 
574,451 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
- 
13 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
1,560 
1,351 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
13,930 
6,773 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,624 
1,728 
8 
5 
7 
_ 
6 
_ 
$1,000 to $2,499 
879 
807 
1 
5 
1 
- 
9 
3 
$2,500 to $4,999 
824 
726 
3 
1 
6 
- 
3 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
993 
840 
4 
- 
- 
- 
5 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
915 
909 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
5 
$25,000 to $49,999 
564 
498 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
1,539 
1,476 
2 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
5 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
204 
183 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
282 
405 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
1,507 
1,293 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
13,648 
6,368 
(D) 
- 
~ 
- 
- 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
66 
55 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
351 
252 
2 
3 
- 
- 
5 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
273 
352 
3 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
545 
492 
- 
- 
6 
- 
4 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
2,634 
2,476 
5 
6 
1 
- 
2 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
2,634 
2,476 
5 
6 
1 
- 
2 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
862 
668 
7 
- 
1 
- 
6 
4 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
18 
61 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
904 
1,141 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
57 
26 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
203 
235 
3 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
390 
371 
1 
- 
- 
- 
6 
3 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,035 
855 
- 
- 
4 
- 
-continued 
46 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
