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 
2 
(NA) 
38,665 
(NA) 
289 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
1,488 
(NA) 
18 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
2 
1 
36,097 
41,604 
270 
379 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
1,913 
2,219 
21 
16 
Corporations 
- 
- 
1,233 
976 
6 
4 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
343 
325 
4 
1 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
1 
1 
23,339 
27,795 
161 
223 
2 operators 
1 
- 
14,006 
14,798 
122 
146 
3 operators 
- 
- 
1,848 
2,018 
12 
24 
4 operators 
- 
- 
288 
359 
5 
5 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
105 
154 
1 
2 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1 
- 
15,560 
17,268 
144 
183 
2 operators 
- 
- 
744 
783 
5 
8 
3 operators 
- 
- 
52 
96 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
3 
15 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
2 
- 
25,885 
23,130 
207 
217 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
2,379 
(NA) 
26 
(NA) 
DSL service 
- 
(NA) 
11,108 
(NA) 
94 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
2 
(NA) 
5,226 
(NA) 
36 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
629 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
4,686 
(NA) 
48 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
3,993 
(NA) 
35 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
404 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
298 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
- 
913 
846 
7 
7 
acres 
- 
- 
640,095 
508,828 
8,729 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
2 
1 
32,389 
35,745 
240 
314 
2 households 
- 
- 
5,870 
7,524 
40 
76 
3 households 
- 
- 
797 
1,184 
7 
4 
4 households 
- 
- 
350 
444 
5 
1 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
180 
227 
9 
5 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2 
1 
31,246 
36,888 
232 
334 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
2,680 
2,663 
16 
11 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
2,620 
2,497 
22 
16 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
1,570 
1,613 
25 
23 
1 00 percent 
- 
- 
1,470 
1,463 
6 
16 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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