BUSINESS SECTION
- Number of Hispanic-owned farms by state
July 28, 2005
- A state-by-state list of the number of Hispanic-owned farms, and the percentage change from 1997 to 2002. Source: 2002 U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics.
- State Farms Percent increase
- Alabama 451 97
- Alaska 8 33
- Arizona 761 54
- Arkansas 586 80
- California 7,711 44
- Colorado 1,747 77
- Connecticut 72 100
- Delaware 35 133
- Florida 2,588 95
- Georgia 406 4
- Hawaii 241 37
- Idaho 920 141
- Illinois 366 17
- Indiana 349 32
- Iowa 380 5
- Kansas 437 29
- Kentucky 668 54
- Louisiana 456 59
- Maine 143 198
- Maryland 118 26
- Massachusetts 143 204
- Michigan 828 163
- Minnesota 502 87
- Mississippi 388 80
- Missouri 703 38
- Montana 324 55
- Nebraska 295 11
- Nevada 140 18
- New Hampshire 59 211
- New Jersey 162 32
- New Mexico 4499 8
- New York 413 56
- North Carolina 615 68
- North Dakota 175 18
- Ohio 804 123
- Oklahoma 1,498 136
- Oregon 1,028 64
- Pennsylvania 349 27
- Rhode Island 28 250
- South Carolina 273 98
- South Dakota 192 4
- Tennessee 649 44
- Texas 15,104 53
- Utah 351 149
- Vermont 153 178
- Virginia 371 36
- Washington 1,107 14
- West Virginia 177 77
- Wisconsin 523 70
- Wyoming 296 126
- Total, USA 50,592 51
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