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 
4 
1 
7,234 
6,931 
41 
27 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,912 
(D) 
1,239,046 
1,227,842 
6,884 
2,894 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
- 
- 
592 
632 
8 
3 
10 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
2,227 
1,836 
8 
12 
50 to 179 acres 
- 
- 
2,387 
2,383 
16 
7 
1 80 to 499 acres 
4 
1 
1,493 
1,547 
7 
4 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
535 
533 
2 
1 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
4 
1 
6,793 
6,570 
41 
22 
acres 
1,912 
(D) 
960,248 
951,216 
6,170 
1,910 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
- 
2,491 
2,461 
9 
14 
acres 
- 
- 
278,798 
276,626 
714 
984 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4 
1 
4,743 
4,470 
32 
13 
acres 
1,912 
(D) 
542,933 
546,411 
5,163 
745 
Part owners 
farms 
- 
2,050 
2,100 
9 
9 
acres 
- 
- 
650,682 
639,408 
1,721 
2,109 
Tenants 
farms 
- 
- 
441 
361 
- 
5 
acres 
" 
45,431 
42,023 
" 
40 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
4 
1 
7,234 
6,931 
41 
27 
$1,000 
52 
(D) 
783,212 
679,446 
(D) 
763 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
4 
1 
7,234 
6,931 
41 
27 
$1,000 
52 
(D) 
769,439 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
4 
1 
4,496 
3,998 
23 
16 
$1,000 
52 
(D) 
176,839 
(D) 
613 
167 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
- 
1 
3,636 
3,368 
28 
11 
$1,000 
(D) 
592,600 
573,755 
(D) 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
_ 
- 
1,551 
1,345 
8 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
13,772 
(D) 
(D) 
(□) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
_ 
1,599 
1,719 
4 
4 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
862 
797 
6 
2 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
799 
721 
13 
4 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
978 
834 
6 
4 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4 
- 
903 
896 
6 
5 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
561 
495 
1 
2 
$50,000 or more 
- 
1 
1,532 
1,469 
5 
6 
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 
- 
- 
203 
182 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
- 
- 
1,499 
1,288 
7 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
6,303 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
66 
55 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
- 
- 
341 
249 
3 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
4 
- 
264 
345 
- 
6 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
529 
491 
6 
1 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
- 
2,617 
2,463 
9 
7 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
- 
- 
2,617 
2,463 
9 
7 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
- 
836 
661 
12 
3 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
18 
61 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
900 
1,135 
3 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
57 
26 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
197 
230 
3 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
- 
- 
382 
368 
1 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
1 
1,027 
847 
4 
7 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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