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 
2,039,093 
(NA) 
36,883 
(NA) 
12,787 
(NA) 
32,168 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
101,372 
(NA) 
1,012 
(NA) 
1,173 
(NA) 
1,555 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,828,946 
1,906,335 
35,065 
32,051 
10,533 
8,833 
30,122 
27,120 
Partnerships 
137,987 
174,247 
1,128 
1,494 
1,350 
1,097 
1,790 
2,476 
Corporations 
106,716 
96,074 
544 
511 
1,508 
1,125 
1,035 
635 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
35,654 
28,136 
1,114 
650 
278 
159 
424 
368 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,181,152 
1,273,122 
20,050 
18,280 
7,108 
6,100 
22,866 
21,814 
2 operators 
785,531 
786,598 
14,374 
13,382 
5,301 
4,093 
8,205 
6,869 
3 operators 
1 1 1 ,495 
112,285 
2,691 
2,440 
947 
741 
1,841 
1,610 
4 operators 
21,118 
22,529 
399 
357 
177 
169 
277 
187 
5 or more operators 
10,007 
10,258 
337 
247 
136 
111 
182 
119 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
874,615 
894,347 
20,028 
18,388 
6,152 
4,959 
10,262 
9,398 
2 operators 
46,252 
45,408 
1,725 
1,572 
439 
303 
708 
479 
3 operators 
5,618 
5,439 
255 
233 
37 
36 
109 
83 
4 operators 
856 
1,017 
34 
32 
14 
14 
10 
10 
5 or more operators 
526 
546 
35 
22 
12 
9 
29 
15 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
1,468,106 
1,246,723 
17,244 
14,729 
9,236 
5,339 
18,189 
10,516 
Dial-up 
139,677 
(NA) 
1,805 
(NA) 
565 
(NA) 
2,484 
(NA) 
DSL service 
584,384 
(NA) 
5,755 
(NA) 
3,555 
(NA) 
7,055 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
225,917 
(NA) 
1,783 
(NA) 
2,533 
(NA) 
3,480 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
75,982 
(NA) 
570 
(NA) 
366 
(NA) 
521 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
267,804 
(NA) 
3,780 
(NA) 
1,651 
(NA) 
3,063 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
282,776 
(NA) 
4,390 
(NA) 
1,304 
(NA) 
3,753 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
37,580 
(NA) 
454 
(NA) 
349 
(NA) 
443 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
37,627 
(NA) 
585 
(NA) 
248 
(NA) 
341 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
67,939 
59,759 
1,223 
884 
1,095 
801 
1,129 
918 
acres 
132,807,072 
120,672,499 
31,810,544 
34,434,025 
273,921 
231,180 
273,597 
179,418 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
1 ,700,363 
1 ,733,827 
28,716 
26,276 
9,215 
7,529 
26,504 
23,236 
2 households 
308,216 
356,707 
5,829 
5,946 
2,808 
2,272 
5,285 
5,521 
3 households 
59,080 
66,438 
1,660 
1,268 
656 
574 
923 
1,015 
4 households 
24,207 
30,004 
926 
648 
529 
421 
359 
521 
5 or more households 
17,437 
17,816 
720 
568 
461 
418 
300 
306 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,483,837 
1,583,710 
31,513 
29,112 
8,464 
7,169 
28,873 
27,051 
25 to 49 percent 
168,506 
174,800 
2,345 
2,031 
1,382 
1,031 
1,912 
1,488 
50 to 74 percent 
188,730 
187,421 
1,946 
1,919 
1,652 
1,263 
1,433 
1,122 
75 to 99 percent 
146,249 
147,092 
1,027 
1,002 
1,029 
1,001 
607 
615 
1 00 percent 
121,981 
1 1 1 ,769 
1,020 
642 
1,142 
750 
546 
323 
--continued 
60 United States 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
