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 
42,203 
(NA) 
482 
(NA) 
65 
(NA) 
2,700 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
1,651 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
130 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
39,417 
45,014 
460 
439 
42 
46 
2,546 
2,545 
Partnerships 
2,107 
2,377 
17 
18 
14 
6 
142 
118 
Corporations 
1,316 
1,017 
11 
6 
9 
1 
57 
30 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
383 
345 
- 
2 
2 
1 
34 
16 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
25,712 
30,182 
286 
229 
25 
26 
1,900 
1,908 
2 operators 
14,976 
15,790 
180 
206 
41 
25 
626 
615 
3 operators 
2,076 
2,220 
15 
26 
- 
3 
201 
149 
4 operators 
333 
395 
6 
4 
1 
- 
33 
27 
5 or more operators 
126 
166 
1 
- 
- 
- 
19 
10 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
16,739 
18,631 
216 
236 
49 
37 
769 
907 
2 operators 
804 
838 
4 
5 
- 
- 
51 
42 
3 operators 
75 
105 
2 
- 
- 
- 
21 
9 
4 operators 
4 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
5 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
27,925 
24,457 
362 
297 
39 
31 
1,430 
782 
Dial-up 
2,613 
(NA) 
29 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
176 
(NA) 
DSL service 
1 1 ,978 
(NA) 
132 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
622 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
5,564 
(NA) 
48 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
241 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
658 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
5,027 
(NA) 
93 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
199 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
4,427 
(NA) 
69 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
328 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
435 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
344 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
30 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,030 
973 
5 
6 
2 
1 
103 
113 
acres 
671,273 
543,231 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
22,077 
20,568 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
35,276 
38,487 
424 
374 
39 
35 
2,182 
2,018 
2 households 
6,423 
8,189 
39 
62 
22 
15 
452 
512 
3 households 
901 
1,310 
9 
16 
4 
- 
84 
106 
4 households 
399 
494 
13 
7 
- 
2 
31 
40 
5 or more households 
224 
273 
3 
6 
2 
2 
30 
33 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
34,353 
40,086 
402 
408 
29 
38 
2,442 
2,417 
25 to 49 percent 
2,899 
2,825 
36 
16 
13 
5 
154 
130 
50 to 74 percent 
2,791 
2,640 
30 
17 
11 
5 
108 
105 
75 to 99 percent 
1,657 
1,692 
12 
10 
9 
4 
41 
42 
1 00 percent 
1,523 
1,510 
8 
14 
5 
2 
34 
15 
--continued 
48 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
