Table 58. Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 
2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
2012 
2007 
Characteristics 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
1,874 
1,643 
Land in farms acres 
164,360 
183,176 
Other crop farming (1119) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
837 
425 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
226 
191 
1 0 to 49 acres 
661 
835 
50 to 1 79 acres 
270 
257 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
391 
286 
180 to 499 acres 
57 
51 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1 
9 
500 acres or more 
49 
75 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
28 
18 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
20 
10 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
70 
43 
Owned land in farms farms 
1,791 
1,537 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
103 
44 
acres 
100,239 
115,511 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
304 
318 
production (1125, 1129) 
191 
166 
acres 
64,121 
67,665 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
1,570 
1,325 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
75,588 
85,441 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
221 
212 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
80,620 
70,944 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
1,766 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
83 
106 
acres 
8,152 
26,791 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
171 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,585 
1,411 
Total farms 
1,874 
1,643 
Partnerships 
142 
150 
$1,000 
369,561 
221,391 
Corporations 
121 
70 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
26 
12 
sold farms 
1,874 
1,643 
$1,000 
367,155 
219,169 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
1,043 
899 
and greenhouse crops farms 
996 
1,021 
2 operators 
697 
634 
$1,000 
275,747 
189,978 
3 operators 
112 
86 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
15 
14 
their products farms 
578 
527 
5 or more operators 
7 
10 
$1,000 
91,408 
29,191 
Government payments farms 
195 
156 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
2,406 
2,222 
1 operator 
813 
715 
2 operators 
23 
40 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
5 
3 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
535 
278 
5 or more operators 
- 
5 
$1,000 to $2,499 
221 
136 
$2,500 to $4,999 
201 
138 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
190 
182 
Internet access 
1,326 
886 
$10,000 to $24,999 
193 
227 
Dial-up service 
160 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
140 
182 
DSL service 
496 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
394 
500 
Cable modem service 
187 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
57 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
177 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
294 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
4 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
33 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
(Z) 
Other Internet service 
32 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
184 
141 
Programs payments farms 
57 
53 
acres 
36,889 
30,548 
$1,000 
697 
623 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
170 
123 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
1,709 
1,600 
1 household 
1,499 
1,223 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
265 
252 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
46 
78 
4 households 
29 
50 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
42 
27 
5 or more households 
35 
40 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
168 
86 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
586 
718 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
48 
45 
Less than 25 percent 
1,409 
1,071 
25 to 49 percent 
91 
140 
Other crop farming (1119) 
226 
191 
50 to 74 percent 
147 
210 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
105 
134 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
122 
88 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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