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1. Farms and Farm Operators: Tables, Maps and Reports from the USDA 2002 Census of Agriculture.
2002 Census or Agriculture. United States Summary and State Data. [PDF, 53KB]
Vol. 1, Geographic Area Series, Part 51. AG-02-A-51. Issued June 2004.
USDA. National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Table of Contents and Introduction: http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/volume1/us/us1intro.pdf
Data include number of farms and acreage owned or rented; market value of products sold and government payments; farms owned by size, farms owned by commodity produced, and more.

Volume 1 Chapter 1:  U.S. National Level Data
http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/volume1/us/index1.htm

See the following selected tables:

• Table 47. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2002 [16 KB]
• Table 48. Women Principal Operators-- Selected Farm Characteristics: 2002 and 1997 [13 KB]
• Table 49. Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin Principal Operators--Selected Farm Characteristics: 2002 and 1997 [13 KB]
• Table 50. Selected Characteristics of Farms by North American Industry Classification System: 2002 [15 KB]
• Table 51. Institutional, Research, Experimental, and American Indian Reservation Farms: 2002 and 1997 [12 KB]
• Table 52. Selected Operator Characteristics by Race: 2002 [15 KB]
• Table 53. Women Operators--Selected Operator Characteristics: 2002 and 1997 [14 KB]
• Table 54. Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin Operators--Selected Operator Characteristics: 2002 and 1997 [14 KB]

Volume 1 Chapter 2:  U.S. State Level Data
http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/volume1/us/index2.htm

See the following selected tables:

• Table 40. Tenure, Number of Operators, Type of Organization, and Principal Operator Characteristics: 2002 and 1997 (U.S. and individual states) [81 KB]
• Table 41. White Operators: 2002 [13 KB]
• Table 42. Black or African American Operators: 2002 [13 KB]
• Table 43. American Indian or Alaska Native Operators: 2002 [13 KB]
• Table 44. Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Operators: 2002 [12 KB]
• Table 45. Asian Operators: 2002 [12 KB]
• Table 46. Operators Reporting More Than One Race: 2002 [12 KB]
• Table 47. Women Principal Operators--Selected Farm Characteristics: 2002 [13 KB]
• Table 48. Women Operators: 2002 [13 KB]
• Table 49. Women Principal Operators--Tenure: 2002 [13 KB]
• Table 50. Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin Operators: 2002 [13 KB]

Agricultural Atlas of the United States: 2002 Census of Agriculture, Maps and Cartographic Resources
USDA. National Agricultural Statistics Service.
http://www.nass.usda.gov/research/atlas02/#char
Characteristics of Farm Operators Maps

• Average Age of Principal Farm Operators: 2002
• Percent of Principal Farm Operators 65 Years Old and Over: 2002
• Percent of Principal Farm Operators Not Residing on Farm Operated: 2002
• Percent of Farms with Female Principal Operators: 2002
• Number of Farms with White Operators: 2002
• Number of Farms with Black or African American Operators: 2002
• Number of American Indian or Alaska Native Farm Operators: 2002
• Number of Farms with Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Operators: 2002
• Number of Farms with Asian Operators: 2002
• Number of Farms with Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin Operators: 2002

2002 Census of Agriculture: Operators by Race
Special Reports, Part 1, Revised April 2005
USDA. National Agricultural Statistics Service.
http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/operatorsbyrace/opbyrace.pdf
Farm operator statistics: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Asian, More than One Race Reported, and Other Race.

Women in Agriculture: Quick Facts from the 2002 Census of Agriculture [2-page brochure]
USDA. National Agricultural Statistics Service.
http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/quickfacts/womensquickfact.pdf
Demographic data for up to the three operators reported are presented separately for women, by race categories, and for those of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino origin.

2. Briefing Room: Race and Ethnicity in Rural America
USDA. Economic Research Service.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/RaceandEthnic/
ERS provides an overview of several critical demographic and economic trends and characteristics of nonmetropolitan minority residents. Features reports and data about rural-urban migration by race including maps and charts in the Rural Gallery.

3. Minority Links
U.S. Census Bureau.
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hotlinks.html
Provides demographic and economic data from the U.S. Census Bureau for African Americans, Asian and Pacific Islanders, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans.

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