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US private farmland ownership by race/ethnicity


"Of all private U.S. agricultural land, Whites account for 96 percent of the owners, 97 percent of the value, and 98 percent of the acres." Of the 2% of acres not owned by whites: "Blacks possess 7.8 million acres ($14.4 billion), American Indians 3.4 million private acres ($5.3 billion), and Hispanics nearly 13 million acres ($18 billion)."

Gilbert, Jess, Spencer D. Wood, and Gwen Sharp. "Who owns the land? Agricultural land ownership by race/ethnicity." Rural America 17, no. 4 (2002): 55-62. (pdf). [verified 4/15/14]

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