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 
54,714 
16,906 
35,009 
3,093 
1,966,926 
76,415 
Limited Liability Corporation 
1,790 
1,505 
1,736 
218 
98,163 
4,782 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
51,322 
14,057 
32,604 
2,661 
1,761,943 
67,874 
Partnerships 
2,119 
1,727 
2,038 
256 
134,388 
5,843 
Corporations 
1,229 
1,827 
1,244 
229 
104,056 
4,740 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
1,422 
396 
496 
90 
34,052 
1,350 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
24,163 
7,648 
23,591 
1,116 
1,130,069 
39,769 
2 operators 
26,348 
8,376 
9,760 
1,696 
766,997 
32,142 
3 operators 
4,363 
1,528 
2,464 
351 
107,423 
6,195 
4 operators 
745 
263 
343 
46 
20,478 
1,050 
5 or more operators 
473 
192 
224 
27 
9,472 
651 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
33,065 
9,465 
11,966 
1,869 
847,489 
34,961 
2 operators 
2,549 
668 
885 
152 
43,924 
2,297 
3 operators 
346 
74 
138 
19 
5,281 
251 
4 operators 
51 
15 
11 
1 
800 
35 
5 or more operators 
41 
17 
32 
5 
451 
34 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
31,054 
12,719 
20,355 
2,354 
1,431,545 
51,247 
Dial-up 
3,266 
836 
2,698 
188 
135,602 
4,242 
DSL service 
10,816 
4,856 
7,846 
781 
570,851 
19,152 
Cable modem service 
3,497 
3,317 
3,830 
731 
219,034 
8,662 
Fiber-optic service 
1,115 
518 
603 
92 
74,792 
1,881 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
6,839 
2,323 
3,526 
409 
261,211 
10,108 
Satellite service 
7,601 
1,904 
4,199 
316 
275,436 
10,896 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
840 
460 
515 
84 
36,592 
1,743 
Other Internet service 
1,034 
377 
404 
83 
36,750 
1,510 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,665 
1,335 
1,279 
218 
64,762 
5,176 
acres 
32,507,847 
526,339 
370,715 
217,245 
100,899,083 
6,401,708 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
43,712 
12,645 
28,833 
2,543 
1,643,811 
62,061 
2 households 
8,380 
3,474 
5,786 
495 
295,939 
12,900 
3 households 
2,073 
783 
1,040 
91 
56,126 
2,438 
4 households 
1,094 
585 
385 
57 
22,504 
1,240 
5 or more households 
833 
520 
338 
50 
16,059 
1,168 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
46,051 
11,808 
31,244 
2,588 
1,423,206 
63,544 
25 to 49 percent 
3,504 
1,704 
2,070 
206 
163,538 
4,695 
50 to 74 percent 
3,142 
1,975 
1,654 
184 
184,239 
5,113 
75 to 99 percent 
1,789 
1,211 
749 
108 
143,932 
3,130 
1 00 percent 
1,606 
1,309 
665 
150 
119,524 
3,325 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
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