Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
Farms by- 
Type of organization (see text): 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
43,698 
(NA) 
499 
(NA) 
346 
(NA) 
1,021 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
1,485 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
24 
(NA) 
51 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
39,351 
42,470 
478 
402 
308 
273 
965 
990 
Partnerships 
3,344 
4,667 
13 
29 
27 
24 
51 
119 
Corporations 
1,842 
1,854 
13 
14 
18 
17 
28 
31 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
534 
355 
3 
3 
1 
1 
20 
12 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
24,077 
27,307 
226 
199 
138 
120 
763 
860 
2 operators 
18,319 
19,197 
239 
205 
189 
164 
241 
225 
3 operators 
2,048 
2,184 
33 
31 
25 
22 
54 
53 
4 operators 
440 
449 
6 
7 
1 
6 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
187 
209 
3 
6 
1 
3 
6 
12 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
20,557 
21,911 
296 
249 
205 
193 
317 
323 
2 operators 
860 
857 
9 
15 
4 
11 
12 
9 
3 operators 
102 
115 
- 
4 
6 
1 
4 
3 
4 operators 
11 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
30,201 
25,667 
353 
274 
249 
122 
597 
387 
Dial-up 
3,002 
(NA) 
30 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
73 
(NA) 
DSL service 
14,300 
(NA) 
206 
(NA) 
145 
(NA) 
245 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
4,057 
(NA) 
36 
(NA) 
28 
(NA) 
112 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
544 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
5,689 
(NA) 
64 
(NA) 
34 
(NA) 
127 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
5,305 
(NA) 
46 
(NA) 
44 
(NA) 
118 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
424 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
384 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,189 
1,292 
4 
6 
30 
17 
45 
32 
acres 
1,116,296 
1,184,953 
1,678 
152 
1,630 
1,059 
(D) 
7,589 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
36,793 
39,056 
419 
364 
208 
194 
818 
882 
2 households 
6,619 
7,888 
76 
52 
80 
49 
188 
184 
3 households 
970 
1,388 
6 
26 
11 
17 
21 
44 
4 households 
446 
652 
6 
2 
19 
15 
23 
28 
5 or more households 
243 
362 
- 
4 
36 
40 
14 
14 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
32,317 
36,279 
418 
377 
125 
122 
871 
976 
25 to 49 percent 
3,860 
3,914 
38 
21 
28 
26 
86 
75 
50 to 74 percent 
3,709 
4,006 
23 
18 
50 
45 
39 
44 
75 to 99 percent 
2,744 
2,743 
20 
18 
62 
68 
37 
32 
1 00 percent 
2,441 
2,404 
8 
14 
89 
54 
31 
25 
--continued 
48 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
