Small Farm Data

Table 47. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2002
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Principal operator reportingOne race
Characteristics

Black or
African
American

White

American Indian
or Alaska
Native

Native Hawaiian
or Other
Pacific
Islander

More than one
race

Asian

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . number
Land in farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . acres

2,067,379
879,993,532

29,090
3,355,791

15,494
51,716,448

983
266,757

8,375
990,317

7,661
1,956,211

170,534
542,948
638,707
381,022
334,168

2,626
10,607
11,398
3,557
902

1,535
4,582
4,626
2,380
2,371

365
328
169
69
52

3,033
2,862
1,500
601
379

1,253
2,445
2,305
988
670

1,923,871
534,480,132
680,873
345,513,400

26,488
2,196,264
9,896
1,159,527

14,200
46,342,963
5,051
5,373,485

760
116,285
344
150,472

6,816
643,113
2,440
347,204

7,005
1,184,866
2,242
771,345

1,386,506
312,225,942
537,365
483,391,385
143,508
84,376,205

19,194
1,650,583
7,294
1,410,676
2,602
294,532

10,443
41,551,397
3,757
8,795,586
1,294
1,369,465

639
99,288
121
81,767
223
85,702

5,935
495,849
881
337,222
1,559
157,246

5,419
744,246
1,586
995,561
656
216,404

2,067,379
203,273,157

29,090
525,359

15,494
769,520

983
56,892

8,375
2,268,309

7,661
298,796

2,067,379
196,787,507
921,946
92,368,594

29,090
506,881
8,351
233,710

15,494
743,522
4,224
362,194

983
56,473
512
43,307

8,375
2,261,692
6,694
2,007,907

7,661
290,280
2,929
136,242

1,064,010
104,418,913
697,201
6,485,650

15,839
273,171
5,344
18,477

9,099
381,328
2,981
25,998

372
13,166
66
420

1,198
253,785
586
6,616

4,090
154,038
1,418
8,516

414,665
296,371
234,863
238,816
265,091
159,837
457,736

8,635
6,359
4,539
3,947
2,953
1,225
1,432

4,555
2,409
1,844
1,896
1,945
1,006
1,839

226
165
118
126
142
69
137

907
794
605
838
1,194
858
3,179

1,965
1,270
1,057
1,001
1,008
526
834

104,958
3,813,448

757
7,583

187
4,753

4
48

90
4,297

124
3,178

265,328
1,373,953

1,988
4,239

852
6,611

13
61

184
879

465
2,212

523,695
5,111,697

3,693
14,238

2,360
19,387

60
359

426
5,737

1,082
6,304

344,753
31,619
89,642

2,767
1,377
703

794
207
815

36
47
269

209
1,203
3,422

464
171
829

61,683
433,798
35,901
13,945

288
4,854
925
408

308
2,409
103
60

113
94
-

1,589
587
8
17

385
1,190
76
46

383,952
639,273
54,449
71,968
32,044
42,901
42,782

3,521
15,000
474
231
1,179
405
288

2,246
6,735
348
184
228
375
455

94
195
4
12
22
32
48

562
560
36
31
75
265
87

1,068
2,668
161
111
107
241
231

222,467

1,524

2,636

111

311

1,103

1,853,355
126,817
72,028

27,567
1,051
241

14,166
590
266

890
44
36

6,498
772
1,025

7,122
319
156

15,179

231

472

13

80

FARMS BY SIZE
1 to 9 acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10 to 49 acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50 to 179 acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
180 to 499 acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
500 acres or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS
Owned land in farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . farms
acres
Rented or leased land in farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . farms
acres
TENURE
Full owners

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . farms
acres
Part owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . farms
acres
Tenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . farms
acres
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . farms
$1,000
Market value of agricultural
products sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . farms
$1,000
Crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . farms
$1,000
Livestock, poultry, and
their products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . farms
$1,000
Government payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . farms
$1,000
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS (SEE TEXT)
Less than $1,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$1,000 to $2,499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$2,500 to $4,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$5,000 to $9,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$10,000 to $24,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$25,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$50,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS
CCC loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . farms
$1,000
Conservation Reserve and Wetlands
Reserve Programs (CRP and WRP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . farms
$1,000
Other Federal farm program
payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . farms
$1,000
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS)
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture
production (1114) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other crop farming (1119) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tobacco farming (11191) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cotton farming (11192) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other
crop farming (11193, 11194, 11199) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cattle feedlots (112112) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hog and pig farming (1122) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Poultry and egg production (1123) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sheep and goat farming (1124) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Animal aquaculture and other animal
production (1125, 1129) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS
Farms byType of organization:
Family or individual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Corporations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other - cooperative, estate or trust,
institutional, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - UNITED STATES DATA
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 47. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2002 - Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Principal operator reportingOne race
Characteristics
White

Black or
African
American

American Indian
or Alaska
Native

Native Hawaiian
or Other
Pacific
Islander

More than one
race

Asian

OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS - Con.
Farms by- Con.
Number of operators:
1 operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 or more operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,285,433
664,078
82,357
24,098
11,413

22,384
5,424
870
196
216

8,385
5,947
749
271
142

494
409
51
14
15

4,948
2,679
503
119
126

4,211
2,898
387
121
44

Number of women operators:
1 woman operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 women operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 women operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 women operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 or more women operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

724,463
39,023
4,890
904
367

6,670
412
75
20
17

7,110
496
76
14
6

494
34
3
1

3,049
220
46
4
2

3,583
238
35
2
-

Farms reportingComputers for farm business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Internet access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

808,222
1,032,096

5,618
8,443

6,526
8,092

459
544

3,238
3,756

3,152
3,944

Principal operator is a hired manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . farms
acres

52,919
73,013,990

1,046
204,697

540
29,448,030

76
117,222

632
153,087

159
198,267

1,602,168
303,832
60,729
27,578
20,153

21,239
4,829
1,001
570
405

11,817
2,101
551
272
213

704
140
28
17
18

5,072
1,623
450
298
300

6,030
1,049
228
111
84

1,319,412
207,282
209,153
144,167
187,365

22,830
2,424
1,699
875
1,262

11,200
1,419
1,165
728
982

724
74
64
37
84

4,611
855
980
643
1,286

5,481
734
595
378
473

Farms by number of households sharing
in net income of farm:
1 household . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 or more households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Farms by share of principal operator’s
total household income from farming:
Less than 25 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25 to 49 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50 to 74 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
75 to 99 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
100 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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