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 
11,736 
11,069 
162 
235 
12 
17 
6 
6 
Land in farms 
acres 
30,363,641 
30,169,526 
409,060 
727,943 
(D) 
19,882 
(D) 
431 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,086 
652 
28 
14 
- 
1 
2 
- 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,291 
2,004 
24 
43 
- 
- 
2 
4 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,353 
2,461 
36 
72 
1 
- 
1 
1 
1 80 to 499 acres 
1,743 
1,712 
33 
54 
3 
2 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
4,263 
4,240 
41 
52 
8 
14 
1 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
10,999 
10,400 
151 
213 
12 
15 
6 
6 
acres 
20,336,052 
20,950,873 
(D) 
471,445 
(D) 
10,459 
(D) 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
3,944 
3,945 
70 
106 
1 
14 
1 
1 
acres 
10,027,589 
9,218,653 
(D) 
256,498 
(D) 
9,423 
(D) 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
7,792 
7,124 
92 
129 
11 
3 
5 
5 
acres 
8,759,886 
8,711,896 
328,371 
444,490 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
3,207 
3,276 
59 
84 
1 
12 
1 
1 
acres 
19,017,617 
19,838,032 
57,265 
261,477 
(D) 
16,504 
(D) 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
737 
669 
11 
22 
2 
acres 
2,586,138 
1,619,598 
23,424 
21,976 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
11,736 
11,069 
162 
235 
12 
17 
6 
6 
$1,000 
1,717,562 
1,185,693 
11,258 
10,186 
1,941 
2,293 
327 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
11,736 
11,069 
162 
235 
12 
17 
6 
6 
$1,000 
1,689,416 
1,157,535 
11,132 
9,902 
1,764 
2,238 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
4,577 
3,622 
53 
51 
3 
8 
3 
1 
$1,000 
438,958 
213,808 
2,411 
1,654 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
6,933 
6,797 
112 
118 
4 
4 
4 
1 
$1,000 
1,250,458 
943,728 
8,722 
8,248 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
2,807 
2,790 
18 
28 
9 
6 
2 
- 
$1,000 
28,146 
28,157 
126 
284 
177 
54 
(D) 
- 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
3,124 
2,893 
46 
87 
3 
8 
_ 
4 
$1,000 to $2,499 
900 
749 
8 
11 
- 
- 
2 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
826 
964 
5 
28 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
978 
1,013 
14 
8 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,234 
1,302 
40 
22 
- 
1 
2 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
933 
956 
7 
23 
6 
2 
1 
- 
$50,000 or more 
3,741 
3,192 
42 
56 
3 
6 
1 
- 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
15 
28 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
297 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
510 
555 
1 
4 
7 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
5,071 
7,016 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
2,647 
2,555 
18 
25 
9 
6 
2 
- 
$1,000 
23,075 
21,141 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
408 
296 
5 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
26 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
25 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
68 
49 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
3,098 
2,779 
29 
46 
6 
6 
2 
1 
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) 
3,098 
2,779 
29 
46 
6 
6 
2 
1 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,365 
3,910 
87 
80 
- 
8 
4 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
69 
108 
1 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
36 
26 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
96 
133 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
112 
83 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1 124) 
293 
382 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,140 
3,264 
35 
101 
3 
1 
- 
4 
-continued 
44 Wyoming 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
