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 
1,413 
(NA) 
1 ,945,854 
(NA) 
9,988 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
86 
(NA) 
97,105 
(NA) 
441 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,230 
1,182 
1,742,895 
1,826,072 
9,101 
1 1 ,077 
Partnerships 
105 
98 
133,021 
168,117 
593 
965 
Corporations 
100 
63 
103,133 
93,360 
396 
380 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
33 
13 
33,603 
26,776 
202 
170 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
813 
754 
1,125,142 
1,219,552 
5,173 
6,622 
2 operators 
547 
500 
752,760 
756,773 
4,344 
4,981 
3 operators 
93 
80 
105,347 
106,673 
576 
741 
4 operators 
9 
12 
20,124 
21,640 
132 
164 
5 or more operators 
6 
10 
9,279 
9,687 
67 
84 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
665 
613 
832,301 
854,865 
5,207 
6,124 
2 operators 
43 
41 
42,980 
42,643 
357 
370 
3 operators 
1 
4 
5,177 
5,039 
39 
44 
4 operators 
- 
- 
788 
946 
10 
15 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
443 
494 
6 
6 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
1,007 
710 
1,414,982 
1,208,411 
7,448 
7,018 
Dial-up 
95 
(NA) 
133,925 
(NA) 
803 
(NA) 
DSL service 
342 
(NA) 
565,041 
(NA) 
2,636 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
318 
(NA) 
216,537 
(NA) 
1,266 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
36 
(NA) 
74,194 
(NA) 
295 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
146 
(NA) 
257,564 
(NA) 
1,600 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
106 
(NA) 
271,663 
(NA) 
1,560 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
38 
(NA) 
36,073 
(NA) 
223 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
35 
(NA) 
36,189 
(NA) 
229 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
109 
74 
64,139 
56,759 
244 
323 
acres 
79,769 
151,223 
99,940,177 
85,179,151 
429,064 
497,502 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
1,169 
1,029 
1,626,148 
1,665,820 
8,611 
9,937 
2 households 
204 
242 
292,795 
340,651 
1,295 
2,075 
3 households 
39 
35 
55,593 
63,203 
209 
343 
4 households 
32 
26 
22,269 
28,229 
92 
159 
5 or more households 
24 
24 
15,847 
16,422 
85 
78 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income frem farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,154 
1,079 
1,405,662 
1,509,241 
8,171 
10,058 
25 to 49 percent 
90 
105 
162,128 
169,298 
649 
847 
50 to 74 percent 
104 
91 
182,891 
182,233 
704 
793 
75 to 99 percent 
44 
45 
143,111 
143,901 
431 
528 
1 00 percent 
76 
36 
118,860 
109,652 
337 
366 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
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