Table 61. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race: 2012 (continued) 
[Data were collected for a maximum of three operators. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
American Indian 
or Alaska Native 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Asian 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Black or African 
American 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Native Hawaiian 
or Other Pacific 
Islander alone or 
in combination with 
other races 
White 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
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 
1,054 
398 
1,075 
6 
42,105 
631 
Limited Liability Corporation 
20 
26 
51 
- 
1,408 
27 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
999 
358 
1,013 
5 
37,855 
580 
Partnerships 
40 
30 
55 
- 
3,269 
23 
Corporations 
26 
20 
33 
1 
1,791 
32 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
5 
2 
22 
- 
515 
12 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
341 
145 
780 
- 
22,945 
280 
2 operators 
619 
231 
274 
3 
17,893 
329 
3 operators 
85 
32 
63 
3 
1,973 
24 
4 operators 
18 
1 
- 
- 
437 
10 
5 or more operators 
7 
1 
6 
- 
182 
4 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
708 
252 
356 
6 
19,994 
351 
2 operators 
31 
5 
12 
- 
847 
16 
3 operators 
2 
6 
4 
- 
98 
2 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
757 
293 
624 
4 
29,220 
399 
Dial-up 
75 
17 
78 
- 
2,896 
43 
DSL service 
406 
164 
260 
- 
13,847 
201 
Cable modem service 
84 
35 
113 
1 
3,898 
42 
Fiber-optic service 
12 
2 
9 
- 
534 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
142 
41 
135 
2 
5,496 
77 
Satellite service 
107 
57 
118 
1 
5,127 
68 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
21 
1 
7 
- 
412 
5 
Other Internet service 
12 
2 
2 
- 
380 
8 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
19 
34 
47 
- 
1,114 
27 
acres 
37,586 
2,084 
22,434 
- 
1,092,774 
15,451 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
860 
249 
873 
5 
35,589 
513 
2 households 
180 
95 
192 
1 
6,310 
119 
3 households 
18 
11 
21 
- 
937 
11 
4 households 
10 
19 
23 
- 
401 
3 
5 or more households 
2 
36 
14 
- 
193 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
849 
157 
910 
4 
31,125 
507 
25 to 49 percent 
69 
40 
92 
- 
3,727 
48 
50 to 74 percent 
72 
58 
42 
2 
3,616 
29 
75 to 99 percent 
45 
64 
43 
- 
2,641 
34 
1 00 percent 
35 
91 
36 
- 
2,321 
29 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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