82 United States 2017 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA

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Table 64. Selected Principal Producer Characteristics by Race: 2017

[Data were collected for a maximum of four producers per farm. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Characteristics

All principal producers - 

All principal

producers

American Indian

or Alaska Native

only

American Indian

or Alaska Native

alone or in

combination with

other races

Asian only

Asian

alone or in

combination with

other races

Black or

African American

only

Black or

African American

alone or in

combination with

other races

Producers .......................................................................... number 

 

Sex of producers: 

 Male .......................................................................................... 

 Female ...................................................................................... 

 

Hired managers (see text) ............................................................. 

 

Primary occupation: 

 Farming ..................................................................................... 

 Other ......................................................................................... 

 

Place of residence: 

 On farm operated ...................................................................... 

 Not on farm operated ................................................................ 

 

Days of work off farm: 

 None ......................................................................................... 

 Any ............................................................................................ 

 1 to 49 days ........................................................................... 

 50 to 99 days ......................................................................... 

 100 to 199 days ..................................................................... 

 200 days or more .................................................................. 

 

Years on present farm: 

 2 years or less ........................................................................... 

 3 or 4 years ............................................................................... 

 5 to 9 years ............................................................................... 

 10 years or more ....................................................................... 

 

Years operating any farm (see text): 

 5 years or less ........................................................................... 

 6 to 10 years ............................................................................. 

 11 years or more ....................................................................... 

 

Age group: 

 Under 25 years .......................................................................... 

 25 to 34 years ........................................................................... 

 35 to 44 years ........................................................................... 

 45 to 54 years ........................................................................... 

 55 to 64 years ........................................................................... 

 65 to 74 years ........................................................................... 

 75 years and over ...................................................................... 

 

 Average age .............................................................................. 

 

Young producers (see text) ........................................................... 

 

Producers of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin ........................... 

 

Military service (see text): 

 Never served ............................................................................. 

 Served ....................................................................................... 

 

Number of persons living in producers' households (see text) ...... 

 

On farm involvement in decisionmaking (see text): 

 Day-to-day decisions ................................................................. 

 Land use and/or crop decisions ................................................ 

 Livestock decisions ................................................................... 

 Record keeping and/or financial management .......................... 

 Estate planning or succession planning ..................................... 

2,740,453

1,941,953

798,500

111,154

1,207,375

1,533,078

2,075,954

664,499

1,079,884

1,660,569

224,278

121,190

226,974

1,088,127

144,005

200,307

379,110

2,017,031

344,001

330,939

2,065,513

20,121

162,294

295,388

488,006

783,241

643,314

348,089

58.6

208,462

90,344

2,402,342

338,111

5,853,225

2,542,377

2,220,778

1,817,718

2,197,589

1,664,323

46,210

26,437

19,773

596

23,368

22,842

37,568

8,642

17,795

28,415

3,375

2,831

4,437

17,772

2,556

3,134

6,156

34,364

5,764

5,558

34,888

536

2,554

4,932

9,156

13,036

9,880

6,116

58.3

3,481

2,077

41,184

5,026

109,854

43,284

37,115

38,023

34,480

26,707

63,736

38,019

25,717

1,014

30,852

32,884

51,958

11,778

23,784

39,952

4,827

3,837

6,368

24,920

3,641

4,739

8,985

46,371

8,370

7,954

47,412

785

3,717

7,097

12,291

18,146

13,905

7,795

58.0

5,090

3,243

55,941

7,795

147,371

59,807

51,924

51,736

48,780

37,885

16,978

10,562

6,416

1,986

8,978

8,000

10,182

6,796

5,547

11,431

1,998

1,205

1,837

6,391

1,333

1,912

3,167

10,566

3,264

3,013

10,701

98

871

2,019

4,172

5,007

3,425

1,386

56.8

1,113

861

15,892

1,086

39,861

15,257

13,190

6,738

12,763

9,151

19,426

12,020

7,406

2,181

9,933

9,493

11,930

7,496

6,252

13,174

2,228

1,372

2,063

7,511

1,546

2,255

3,686

11,939

3,821

3,475

12,130

123

1,205

2,463

4,688

5,580

3,795

1,572

56.2

1,505

1,146

17,990

1,436

45,416

17,542

15,204

8,219

14,619

10,560

38,447

29,701

8,746

701

18,010

20,437

23,813

14,634

15,855

22,592

3,247

2,366

3,921

13,058

2,147

2,855

5,318

28,127

5,233

4,960

28,254

267

1,079

2,498

6,022

10,587

11,557

6,437

62.3

1,512

879

30,140

8,307

80,146

35,386

30,173

28,299

30,140

23,082

41,064

31,482

9,582

799

19,090

21,974

25,680

15,384

16,669

24,395

3,468

2,554

4,204

14,169

2,359

3,127

5,712

29,866

5,719

5,340

30,005

319

1,282

2,819

6,534

11,283

12,143

6,684

61.9

1,812

1,304

32,293

8,771

85,803

37,837

32,333

30,098

32,274

24,742

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Table 64. Selected Principal Producer Characteristics by Race: 2017 (continued)

[Data were collected for a maximum of four producers per farm. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Characteristics

All principal producers - con. 

Native Hawaiian or

Other Pacific

Islander only

Native Hawaiian or

Other Pacific

Islander alone or

in combination with

other races

White only

White alone or

in combination with

other races

More than

one race

reported

Producers ............................................................................................ number 

 

Sex of producers: 

 Male ............................................................................................................. 

 Female ......................................................................................................... 

 

Hired managers (see text) ............................................................................... 

 

Primary occupation: 

 Farming ....................................................................................................... 

 Other ............................................................................................................ 

 

Place of residence: 

 On farm operated ......................................................................................... 

 Not on farm operated ................................................................................... 

 

Days of work off farm: 

 None ............................................................................................................ 

 Any .............................................................................................................. 

 1 to 49 days ............................................................................................. 

 50 to 99 days ........................................................................................... 

 100 to 199 days ....................................................................................... 

 200 days or more ..................................................................................... 

 

Years on present farm: 

 2 years or less ............................................................................................. 

 3 or 4 years .................................................................................................. 

 5 to 9 years .................................................................................................. 

 10 years or more .......................................................................................... 

 

Years operating any farm (see text): 

 5 years or less ............................................................................................. 

 6 to 10 years ................................................................................................ 

 11 years or more .......................................................................................... 

 

Age group: 

 Under 25 years ............................................................................................ 

 25 to 34 years .............................................................................................. 

 35 to 44 years .............................................................................................. 

 45 to 54 years .............................................................................................. 

 55 to 64 years .............................................................................................. 

 65 to 74 years .............................................................................................. 

 75 years and over......................................................................................... 

 

 Average age ................................................................................................ 

 

Young producers (see text) ............................................................................. 

 

Producers of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin ............................................. 

 

Military service (see text): 

 Never served ............................................................................................... 

 Served ......................................................................................................... 

 

Number of persons living in producers' households (see text) ......................... 

 

On farm involvement in decisionmaking (see text): 

 Day-to-day decisions ................................................................................... 

 Land use and/or crop decisions ................................................................... 

 Livestock decisions ...................................................................................... 

 Record keeping and/or financial management ............................................ 

 Estate planning or succession planning........................................................ 

2,306

1,497

809

137

982

1,324

1,718

588

720

1,586

205

175

248

958

139

224

391

1,552

387

325

1,594

20

99

259

466

718

541

203

57.8

148

439

1,957

349

5,189

2,109

1,815

1,381

1,753

1,401

4,096

2,552

1,544

234

1,674

2,422

2,952

1,144

1,201

2,895

404

294

473

1,724

315

421

726

2,634

739

600

2,757

47

286

521

796

1,137

924

385

56.7

382

665

3,475

621

9,046

3,780

3,297

2,531

3,118

2,424

2,614,526

1,859,379

755,147

107,034

1,146,851

1,467,675

1,985,087

629,439

1,032,752

1,581,774

213,556

113,310

214,148

1,040,760

136,317

190,029

360,427

1,927,753

325,793

313,947

1,974,786

18,887

156,061

282,781

464,151

747,687

613,096

331,863

58.6

199,999

84,434

2,294,618

319,908

5,570,899

2,425,612

2,119,959

1,726,723

2,100,659

1,590,177

2,635,477

1,873,082

762,395

107,686

1,155,549

1,479,928

2,002,000

633,477

1,039,625

1,595,852

215,336

114,528

216,413

1,049,575

137,749

192,086

363,860

1,941,782

329,162

316,916

1,989,399

19,181

157,636

285,574

467,941

753,633

617,654

333,858

58.6

202,124

85,971

2,312,342

323,135

5,615,930

2,445,412

2,137,690

1,742,585

2,117,695

1,603,417

21,986

14,377

7,609

700

9,186

12,800

17,586

4,400

7,215

14,771

1,897

1,303

2,383

9,188

1,513

2,153

3,651

14,669

3,560

3,136

15,290

313

1,630

2,899

4,039

6,206

4,815

2,084

56.5

2,209

1,654

18,551

3,435

47,276

20,729

18,526

16,554

17,794

13,805