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 - Con. 
Operators 
Characteristics 
Native Hawaiian 
or other 
Pacific Islander 
White 
reporting 
more than 
one race 
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 
- 
(NA) 
41,557 
(NA) 
275 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
1,397 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
- 
2 
37,340 
40,387 
260 
416 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
3,244 
4,441 
9 
54 
Corporations 
- 
- 
1,774 
1,784 
9 
8 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
508 
333 
2 
6 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
- 
22,817 
25,885 
133 
243 
2 operators 
- 
2 
17,524 
18,416 
126 
185 
3 operators 
- 
- 
1,921 
2,041 
15 
37 
4 operators 
- 
- 
428 
419 
5 
15 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
176 
184 
1 
4 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
2 
19,593 
20,898 
146 
246 
2 operators 
- 
- 
825 
807 
10 
15 
3 operators 
- 
- 
90 
102 
2 
5 
4 operators 
- 
- 
11 
9 
- 
3 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
2 
7 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
- 
2 
28,815 
24,615 
187 
267 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
2,859 
(NA) 
24 
(NA) 
DSL service 
- 
(NA) 
13,610 
(NA) 
94 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
3,870 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
527 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
5,427 
(NA) 
37 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
5,066 
(NA) 
31 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
401 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
372 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
- 
1,102 
1,233 
8 
4 
acres 
- 
- 
1,061,664 
1,175,289 
(D) 
864 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
_ 
2 
35,110 
37,256 
238 
358 
2 households 
- 
- 
6,242 
7,505 
33 
98 
3 households 
- 
- 
927 
1,285 
5 
16 
4 households 
- 
- 
396 
597 
2 
10 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
191 
302 
2 
2 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
- 
2 
30,700 
34,435 
203 
367 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
3,685 
3,770 
23 
22 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
3,565 
3,850 
32 
49 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
2,614 
2,598 
11 
27 
1 00 percent 
- 
- 
2,302 
2,292 
11 
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