80 United States 2017 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 63. Selected 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 producers - 

All

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 ..................................... 

3,399,834

2,172,373

1,227,461

158,298

1,416,848

1,982,986

2,530,442

869,392

1,311,334

2,088,500

285,477

151,972

282,056

1,368,995

201,061

268,316

495,022

2,435,435

474,198

434,076

2,491,560

50,943

234,496

390,345

614,654

955,354

757,936

396,106

57.5

321,261

112,451

3,029,215

370,619

6,577,050

2,950,329

2,530,154

2,095,061

2,541,028

1,911,680

58,199

31,551

26,648

879

28,321

29,878

46,428

11,771

21,933

36,266

4,647

3,813

5,697

22,109

3,553

4,244

8,052

42,350

7,968

7,379

42,852

1,399

3,983

6,820

11,637

15,717

11,490

7,153

56.8

5,966

2,491

52,436

5,763

125,213

50,216

42,693

44,074

39,447

30,198

79,198

44,504

34,694

1,476

36,909

42,289

63,465

15,733

29,011

50,187

6,439

4,999

8,035

30,714

5,071

6,272

11,534

56,321

11,415

10,379

57,404

1,952

5,609

9,553

15,398

21,616

16,027

9,043

56.6

8,404

3,882

70,449

8,749

166,232

69,013

59,243

59,593

55,420

42,689

22,016

12,226

9,790

2,567

10,908

11,108

13,083

8,933

7,137

14,879

2,721

1,576

2,404

8,178

1,968

2,562

4,301

13,185

4,674

4,009

13,333

359

1,400

2,880

5,262

6,255

4,186

1,674

55.6

1,992

1,097

20,758

1,258

45,291

18,138

15,422

7,978

14,953

10,760

25,310

13,971

11,339

2,832

12,111

13,199

15,379

9,931

8,034

17,276

3,059

1,808

2,723

9,686

2,336

3,022

5,024

14,928

5,533

4,648

15,129

489

1,883

3,515

5,933

6,955

4,655

1,880

54.9

2,646

1,460

23,648

1,662

51,733

20,885

17,812

9,755

17,164

12,411

45,508

32,506

13,002

1,083

20,185

25,323

27,592

17,916

18,312

27,196

4,084

2,866

4,545

15,701

2,837

3,585

6,595

32,491

6,725

6,159

32,624

590

1,578

3,201

7,285

12,651

13,035

7,168

61.3

2,421

1,032

36,597

8,911

88,616

38,869

32,961

30,945

33,009

25,130

48,697

34,534

14,163

1,214

21,474

27,223

29,852

18,845

19,324

29,373

4,389

3,085

4,885

17,014

3,151

3,994

7,078

34,474

7,443

6,651

34,603

757

1,888

3,608

7,874

13,442

13,684

7,444

60.8

2,953

1,561

39,284

9,413

94,829

41,662

35,403

33,005

35,344

26,964

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Table 63. Selected 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 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........................................................ 

3,018

1,788

1,230

183

1,207

1,811

2,206

812

902

2,116

295

233

308

1,280

227

309

527

1,955

539

468

2,011

48

190

381

639

890

643

227

56.1

270

557

2,632

386

6,036

2,533

2,117

1,658

2,059

1,653

5,296

3,038

2,258

325

2,056

3,240

3,788

1,508

1,501

3,795

536

376

596

2,287

471

581

954

3,290

1,049

809

3,438

130

452

750

1,042

1,407

1,084

431

54.9

647

832

4,598

698

10,434

4,510

3,850

2,981

3,616

2,827

3,244,344

2,078,092

1,166,252

152,607

1,345,537

1,898,807

2,420,019

824,325

1,254,422

1,989,922

271,327

141,911

266,170

1,310,514

190,328

254,801

470,965

2,328,250

449,416

412,075

2,382,853

47,750

225,034

373,321

584,939

912,629

723,120

377,551

57.5

307,150

105,261

2,893,779

350,565

6,259,760

2,816,830

2,416,099

1,991,559

2,431,579

1,828,452

3,269,738

2,093,478

1,176,260

153,512

1,355,611

1,914,127

2,440,240

829,498

1,262,598

2,007,140

273,573

143,382

268,955

1,321,230

192,334

257,476

475,262

2,344,666

453,994

415,831

2,399,913

48,483

227,244

376,903

589,546

919,511

728,278

379,773

57.5

310,437

107,106

2,915,672

354,066

6,309,294

2,839,446

2,436,015

2,009,604

2,450,677

1,843,269

26,749

16,210

10,539

979

10,690

16,059

21,114

5,635

8,628

18,121

2,403

1,573

2,932

11,213

2,148

2,815

4,582

17,204

4,876

3,986

17,887

797

2,311

3,742

4,892

7,212

5,462

2,333

55.1

3,462

2,013

23,013

3,736

52,134

23,743

20,862

18,847

19,981

15,487