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 
86 
29 
33 
5 
7,306 
111 
Land in farms 
acres 
9,390 
1,254 
4,403 
2,108 
1,250,244 
16,453 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
9 
9 
8 
- 
605 
21 
1 0 to 49 acres 
25 
12 
17 
- 
2,246 
43 
50 to 179 acres 
32 
8 
3 
- 
2,407 
20 
1 80 to 499 acres 
20 
- 
3 
5 
1,511 
21 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
2 
537 
6 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
85 
21 
29 
5 
6,865 
106 
acres 
8,188 
1,156 
4,387 
2,108 
970,697 
10,677 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
21 
11 
7 
- 
2,502 
30 
acres 
1,202 
98 
16 
- 
279,547 
5,776 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
65 
18 
26 
5 
4,804 
81 
acres 
5,946 
1,064 
4,355 
2,108 
551,920 
7,251 
Part owners 
farms 
20 
3 
3 
- 
2,061 
25 
acres 
(D) 
164 
44 
- 
652,893 
8,879 
Tenants 
farms 
1 
8 
4 
- 
441 
5 
acres 
(D) 
26 
4 
45,431 
323 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
86 
29 
33 
5 
7,306 
111 
$1,000 
7,796 
318 
(D) 
62 
789,856 
10,431 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
86 
29 
33 
5 
7,306 
111 
$1,000 
7,616 
318 
(D) 
62 
775,926 
10,300 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
44 
20 
21 
5 
4,533 
57 
$1,000 
1,097 
267 
(D) 
62 
177,569 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
56 
7 
18 
- 
3,673 
54 
$1,000 
6,519 
51 
29 
- 
598,357 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
16 
- 
1 
- 
1,560 
20 
$1,000 
180 
- 
(D) 
- 
13,930 
131 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
13 
7 
8 
_ 
1,618 
38 
$1,000 to $2,499 
8 
2 
9 
- 
868 
20 
$2,500 to $4,999 
25 
11 
5 
- 
814 
9 
$5,000 to $9,999 
13 
- 
9 
- 
991 
10 
$10,000 to $24,999 
12 
4 
- 
5 
914 
5 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3 
4 
1 
- 
563 
5 
$50,000 or more 
12 
1 
1 
- 
1,538 
24 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
204 
2 
$1,000 
1 
- 
- 
- 
282 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
15 
- 
1 
- 
1,507 
20 
$1,000 
179 
- 
(D) 
- 
13,648 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
66 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
5 
1 
10 
- 
346 
6 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
4 
2 
- 
4 
271 
8 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
7 
13 
6 
- 
539 
5 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
21 
4 
5 
1 
2,629 
31 
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) 
21 
4 
5 
1 
2,629 
31 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
23 
4 
6 
- 
855 
4 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
18 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
6 
1 
- 
- 
904 
6 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1 
- 
- 
- 
57 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
7 
- 
- 
- 
201 
10 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2 
- 
6 
- 
389 
11 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
10 
4 
- 
- 
1,031 
30 
-continued 
50 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
