72 United States 2017 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 61. Selected Farm 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

Any producer reporting race as - 

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

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

 

Farms ................................................................................ number 

Land in farms ........................................................................acres 

 

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, including nursery and greenhouse crops .......... farms 

$1,000 

 Livestock, poultry, and their products ........................... farms 

$1,000 

 Government payments ..................................................... farms 

$1,000 

 

FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 

 

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 (see text) ............................................................ farms 

$1,000 

Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 

 Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve 

 Enhancement Programs payments .................................... 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) ..................................................... 

Aquaculture and other 

 animal production (1125, 1129) (see text) ................................... 

 

OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 

 

Farms by- 

 

 Type of organization (see text): 

 Operation more than 50 percent owned 

 by one producer's household and/or 

 extended family (see text) ................................................... 

 Limited Liability Company ..................................................... 

 

 Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 

 Family or individual ............................................................... 

42,705

52,578,979

12,156

10,253

8,368

4,794

7,134

41,043

46,513,345

7,909

6,065,634

18,590

34,204,519

7,362

7,598,103

16,753

10,776,357

42,705

2,403,184

42,705

2,340,795

11,109

845,563

23,209

1,495,231

5,053

62,390

19,609

4,623

4,165

4,397

4,062

2,090

3,759

54

6,307

859

8,175

4,712

54,215

1,105

1,406

1,258

387

4,913

6

49

4,858

18,038

61

121

334

729

8,030

6,323

40,940

1,496

38,198

60,083

58,749,543

15,046

15,768

13,154

7,229

8,886

57,548

50,723,444

12,381

8,026,099

31,454

37,109,188

10,961

10,452,799

17,668

11,187,556

60,083

3,640,759

60,083

3,537,975

17,913

1,432,256

33,219

2,105,719

8,157

102,783

24,723

6,818

6,166

6,580

6,413

3,303

6,080

112

13,533

1,715

14,510

7,468

88,273

2,002

1,927

2,302

779

8,095

7

80

8,008

24,744

91

235

522

1,233

9,137

9,016

57,840

2,457

53,659

15,826

2,339,053

5,156

5,354

3,445

1,112

759

13,861

1,665,257

3,439

673,796

12,385

1,291,724

1,474

807,746

1,967

239,583

15,826

7,127,051

15,826

7,106,412

10,432

4,028,291

4,669

3,078,122

1,578

20,638

3,028

1,344

1,285

1,648

2,035

1,242

5,244

33

3,814

413

3,165

1,382

17,474

447

2,037

5,069

1,596

1,611

6

15

1,590

2,067

8

44

106

1,339

628

874

14,725

1,961

11,903

18,338

2,931,365

5,995

6,208

3,866

1,329

940

16,106

2,037,250

4,052

894,115

14,279

1,540,328

1,820

1,087,449

2,239

303,588

18,338

7,484,769

18,338

7,457,497

11,697

4,294,579

5,827

3,162,919

1,948

27,272

3,701

1,664

1,560

1,964

2,345

1,448

5,656

33

3,814

525

3,999

1,706

23,273

584

2,218

5,526

1,785

1,974

8

19

1,947

2,597

16

63

156

1,431

805

1,183

17,062

2,269

13,878

32,910

4,097,857

5,180

11,879

11,097

3,547

1,207

29,788

2,536,163

11,083

1,561,694

21,823

1,754,216

7,961

1,968,164

3,126

375,477

32,910

1,127,949

32,910

1,076,054

11,523

616,715

16,961

459,338

7,844

51,895

9,806

4,624

4,423

4,873

4,791

2,044

2,349

96

5,306

1,519

5,264

7,166

46,631

2,317

2,181

932

464

5,827

79

132

5,616

16,219

13

65

408

433

1,280

2,771

31,725

2,044

29,689

35,470

4,673,140

5,720

12,809

11,724

3,837

1,380

32,186

2,887,102

11,694

1,786,038

23,761

1,993,486

8,410

2,248,265

3,299

431,389

35,470

1,475,063

35,470

1,416,256

12,745

857,698

18,218

558,558

8,273

58,807

10,538

4,977

4,738

5,182

5,135

2,203

2,697

101

6,521

1,642

5,958

7,554

52,849

2,528

2,340

1,196

564

6,268

80

137

6,051

16,934

21

87

468

497

1,454

3,113

34,153

2,256

31,813

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Table 61. Selected Farm 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

Any producer reporting race as - 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

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

 

Farms ................................................................................number 

Land in farms ........................................................................ acres 

 

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, including nursery and greenhouse crops ...........farms 

$1,000 

 Livestock, poultry, and their products ...........................farms 

$1,000 

 Government payments .....................................................farms 

$1,000 

 

FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 

 

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 (see text) ............................................................farms 

$1,000 

Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 

 Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve 

 Enhancement Programs payments .....................................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) ..................................................... 

Aquaculture and other 

 animal production (1125, 1129) (see text) ................................... 

 

OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 

 

Farms by- 

 

 Type of organization (see text): 

 Operation more than 50 percent owned 

 by one producer's household and/or 

 extended family (see text) .................................................... 

 Limited Liability Company ...................................................... 

 

 Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 

 Family or individual ................................................................ 

2,537

557,353

966

800

399

213

159

2,169

266,089

701

291,264

1,814

183,141

335

296,679

388

77,533

2,537

520,314

2,537

517,032

1,259

279,495

1,064

237,536

332

3,283

743

251

275

329

315

222

402

7

946

62

284

299

2,998

77

209

476

207

343

-

5

338

638

4

19

29

55

200

280

2,367

304

2,086

4,341

1,043,936

1,654

1,358

714

343

272

3,716

538,644

1,237

505,292

3,056

357,402

614

528,083

671

158,451

4,341

718,422

4,341

710,952

2,101

435,580

1,857

275,371

588

7,470

1,264

471

496

545

565

348

652

10

1,218

133

697

528

6,773

145

287

877

333

550

-

8

542

1,115

6

31

48

86

364

499

4,055

505

3,526

1,963,286

846,687,737

253,069

560,001

544,992

306,977

298,247

1,844,685

500,708,900

597,369

345,978,837

1,365,775

275,638,590

478,800

495,128,146

118,711

75,921,001

1,963,286

389,116,031

1,963,286

380,286,342

989,052

189,663,287

949,327

190,623,055

630,286

8,829,690

442,501

208,216

202,715

225,002

243,368

150,565

490,919

18,047

2,472,008

235,584

1,649,081

542,437

7,180,609

321,351

40,023

89,622

43,543

445,292

3,680

8,641

432,971

610,230

13,307

37,550

22,370

42,288

83,717

213,993

1,883,838

132,099

1,681,575

1,973,006

849,816,725

254,884

562,860

547,762

308,318

299,182

1,853,743

502,865,984

599,953

346,950,741

1,372,877

277,210,927

480,728

496,402,012

119,401

76,203,786

1,973,006

389,901,975

1,973,006

381,050,061

992,996

190,136,810

954,457

190,913,251

632,097

8,851,913

445,300

209,423

203,823

226,208

244,722

151,274

492,256

18,060

2,472,289

236,096

1,652,335

544,035

7,199,578

321,953

40,322

90,348

43,855

447,154

3,682

8,658

434,814

613,775

13,326

37,621

22,485

42,501

84,348

215,318

1,893,214

132,638

1,690,161

22,534

7,593,831

4,348

7,229

5,866

2,934

2,157

21,150

5,038,062

5,840

2,555,769

16,617

3,475,247

4,462

3,546,015

1,455

572,569

22,534

2,025,243

22,534

1,973,724

9,276

1,114,694

12,490

859,029

3,964

51,520

6,459

2,783

2,613

2,863

3,065

1,574

3,177

66

8,539

1,096

7,817

3,527

43,702

1,225

821

1,822

701

3,932

4

40

3,888

8,100

44

155

281

653

1,516

3,284

21,722

1,540

19,553

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74 United States 2017 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA

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Table 61. Selected Farm 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

Any producer reporting race as - 

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

OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 

 

Farms by- - Con. 

 Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see 

 text): - Con. 

 

 Partnership ............................................................................ 

 Corporation ........................................................................... 

 Other - estate or trust, prison farm, grazing association, 

 American Indian Reservation, etc. ...................................... 

 

 Number of producers (see text): 

 1 producer ............................................................................. 

 2 producers ........................................................................... 

 3 producers ........................................................................... 

 4 producers ........................................................................... 

 5 or more producers .............................................................. 

 

 Number of male producers (see text): 

 1 producer ......................................................................... 

 2 producers ....................................................................... 

 3 producers ....................................................................... 

 4 producers ....................................................................... 

 5 or more producers .......................................................... 

 

 Number of female producers (see text): 

 1 producer ......................................................................... 

 2 producers ....................................................................... 

 3 producers ....................................................................... 

 4 producers ....................................................................... 

 5 or more producers .......................................................... 

 

Farms reporting- 

 Internet access .......................................................................... 

 Dial-up ................................................................................... 

 DSL ....................................................................................... 

 Cable modem ........................................................................ 

 Fiber-optic ............................................................................. 

 Mobile internet service for a cell 

 phone or other device (see text) .......................................... 

 Satellite ................................................................................. 

 Don't know (see text) ............................................................. 

 Other internet service ............................................................ 

 

Farms by number of households sharing 

 in net income of operation: 

 1 household ............................................................................... 

 2 households ............................................................................. 

 3 households ............................................................................. 

 4 households ............................................................................. 

 5 or more households ............................................................... 

1,565

810

2,132

17,850

20,073

2,733

1,514

535

30,297

3,369

786

234

87

27,054

2,642

523

136

66

25,717

675

4,872

3,073

1,903

12,607

5,605

1,878

823

34,631

5,329

1,311

807

627

2,396

1,559

2,469

23,474

30,044

3,763

2,061

741

44,241

4,893

1,106

278

96

38,520

3,546

634

169

93

39,554

1,102

8,275

5,512

2,995

18,606

8,751

2,802

1,418

49,550

7,222

1,658

943

710

1,610

1,947

366

5,263

8,339

1,297

618

309

11,884

1,992

401

129

88

9,669

837

149

64

23

11,547

277

2,838

3,582

700

4,200

1,778

794

485

11,896

2,707

558

386

279

1,816

2,193

451

5,984

9,713

1,536

717

388

13,778

2,273

463

150

121

11,278

1,017

189

76

30

13,634

316

3,390

4,206

859

5,024

2,104

893

592

14,015

2,973

636

406

308

1,457

1,133

631

19,815

10,225

1,598

726

546

26,070

2,753

775

179

126

12,322

1,023

268

117

100

20,032

748

4,878

4,301

1,077

8,306

4,487

1,531

411

27,380

4,050

746

391

343

1,627

1,331

699

20,721

11,553

1,750

840

606

28,055

2,994

830

209

131

13,820

1,217

289

142

101

22,018

795

5,348

4,788

1,211

9,102

4,852

1,699

489

29,574

4,308

814

418

356

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2017 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA United States 75

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Table 61. Selected Farm 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

Any producer reporting race as - 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

OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 

 

Farms by- - Con. 

 Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see 

 text): - Con. 

 

 Partnership ............................................................................ 

 Corporation ............................................................................ 

 Other - estate or trust, prison farm, grazing association, 

 American Indian Reservation, etc. ....................................... 

 

 Number of producers (see text): 

 1 producer .............................................................................. 

 2 producers ............................................................................ 

 3 producers ............................................................................ 

 4 producers ............................................................................ 

 5 or more producers .............................................................. 

 

 Number of male producers (see text): 

 1 producer .......................................................................... 

 2 producers ........................................................................ 

 3 producers ........................................................................ 

 4 producers ........................................................................ 

 5 or more producers .......................................................... 

 

 Number of female producers (see text): 

 1 producer .......................................................................... 

 2 producers ........................................................................ 

 3 producers ........................................................................ 

 4 producers ........................................................................ 

 5 or more producers .......................................................... 

 

Farms reporting- 

 Internet access .......................................................................... 

 Dial-up ................................................................................... 

 DSL ........................................................................................ 

 Cable modem ........................................................................ 

 Fiber-optic .............................................................................. 

 Mobile internet service for a cell 

 phone or other device (see text) .......................................... 

 Satellite .................................................................................. 

 Don't know (see text) ............................................................. 

 Other internet service ............................................................ 

 

Farms by number of households sharing 

 in net income of operation: 

 1 household ............................................................................... 

 2 households ............................................................................. 

 3 households ............................................................................. 

 4 households ............................................................................. 

 5 or more households ................................................................ 

199

176

76

729

1,486

167

100

55

2,014

260

46

27

14

1,628

169

19

11

2

1,933

36

408

567

130

762

356

138

67

2,014

408

63

33

19

354

310

151

1,251

2,480

329

159

122

3,365

444

102

41

33

2,791

285

56

27

5

3,420

61

742

1,035

262

1,392

578

241

115

3,483

652

112

59

35

126,481

113,896

41,334

881,194

908,735

108,411

45,971

18,975

1,561,600

187,939

40,369

8,530

4,242

1,023,341

66,869

10,327

2,615

1,341

1,494,076

47,247

378,987

290,523

151,135

574,126

290,898

110,685

45,273

1,627,710

247,016

52,347

21,385

14,828

126,947

114,347

41,551

887,772

911,425

108,695

46,067

19,047

1,568,978

188,409

40,459

8,572

4,255

1,027,458

67,137

10,344

2,641

1,344

1,501,372

47,483

380,703

292,013

151,675

577,242

292,328

111,211

45,510

1,636,235

247,873

52,572

21,470

14,856

1,287

1,201

493

6,948

12,815

1,600

786

385

17,754

2,187

480

108

53

14,761

1,354

196

68

38

18,031

513

4,433

3,616

1,441

7,673

3,853

1,185

791

19,192

2,490

512

202

138