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 
18,027 
16,700 
548 
660 
52 
49 
6 
4 
Land in farms 
acres 
10,974,396 
11,094,700 
3,896,799 
3,834,541 
3,589 
14,526 
344 
1,140 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5,205 
4,194 
302 
485 
20 
21 
- 
- 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,239 
5,127 
68 
91 
19 
10 
4 
- 
50 to 1 79 acres 
3,499 
3,354 
42 
39 
3 
8 
2 
3 
1 80 to 499 acres 
1,864 
1,824 
45 
17 
10 
7 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
2,220 
2,201 
91 
28 
- 
3 
" 
1 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
16,952 
15,768 
526 
638 
45 
44 
6 
4 
acres 
9,134,271 
9,117,054 
3,891,705 
3,826,028 
1,941 
13,927 
344 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
5,206 
4,903 
51 
73 
15 
10 
- 
1 
acres 
1,840,125 
1,977,646 
5,094 
8,513 
1,648 
599 
- 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
12,511 
11,797 
187 
587 
37 
39 
6 
3 
acres 
7,189,258 
7,221,482 
(D) 
3,823,183 
(D) 
13,730 
344 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
4,146 
3,971 
44 
51 
8 
5 
- 
1 
acres 
3,265,172 
3,587,185 
(D) 
9,890 
(D) 
634 
- 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
1,370 
932 
317 
22 
7 
5 
- 
acres 
519,966 
286,033 
(D) 
1,468 
398 
162 
- 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
18,027 
16,700 
548 
660 
52 
49 
6 
4 
$1,000 
1,840,046 
1,438,437 
3,525 
5,323 
3,320 
2,041 
(D) 
117 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
18,027 
16,700 
548 
660 
52 
49 
6 
4 
$1,000 
1,816,147 
1,415,678 
(D) 
5,146 
3,259 
1,841 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
8,320 
6,974 
90 
92 
44 
27 
6 
3 
$1,000 
574,099 
372,396 
(D) 
765 
3,132 
1,774 
(D) 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
9,681 
9,271 
312 
449 
17 
14 
- 
4 
$1,000 
1,242,049 
1,043,281 
2,382 
4,381 
126 
67 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
2,784 
2,960 
59 
69 
15 
11 
2 
4 
$1,000 
23,898 
22,759 
(D) 
177 
61 
200 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
4,907 
4,421 
320 
407 
5 
16 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 to $2,499 
2,014 
2,345 
74 
97 
4 
6 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,125 
1,920 
42 
62 
9 
2 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,123 
2,034 
56 
53 
5 
4 
3 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,235 
2,058 
31 
16 
10 
2 
1 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,468 
1,354 
13 
14 
2 
4 
- 
3 
$50,000 or more 
3,155 
2,568 
12 
11 
17 
15 
2 
- 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
18 
44 
1 
_ 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
795 
948 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
495 
668 
4 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
4,752 
5,826 
9 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
2,590 
2,635 
56 
68 
15 
11 
2 
4 
$1,000 
19,146 
16,933 
(D) 
(D) 
61 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
513 
489 
12 
4 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
463 
300 
38 
25 
3 
5 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
427 
544 
2 
20 
1 
2 
1 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
210 
244 
1 
- 
4 
4 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
5,873 
4,918 
50 
51 
30 
18 
5 
3 
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) 
5,873 
4,918 
50 
51 
30 
18 
5 
3 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
5,231 
5,183 
182 
224 
3 
5 
- 
1 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
126 
415 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
248 
335 
4 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
199 
205 
4 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
214 
359 
2 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
763 
895 
129 
251 
5 
2 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,760 
2,813 
123 
76 
3 
8 
- 
- 
-continued 
46 Utah 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
