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 
19,288 
(NA) 
10,998 
(NA) 
96 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
1,364 
(NA) 
123 
(NA) 
26 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
17,247 
13,721 
10,864 
8,269 
81 
23 
17 
31 
Partnerships 
1,345 
962 
207 
90 
8 
25 
- 
- 
Corporations 
1,045 
729 
44 
22 
7 
16 
8 
9 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
368 
225 
75 
55 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
9,701 
7,715 
5,536 
4,200 
57 
30 
13 
21 
2 operators 
8,021 
6,076 
4,107 
3,077 
39 
26 
6 
15 
3 operators 
1,769 
1,479 
1,213 
966 
1 
6 
2 
4 
4 operators 
270 
185 
156 
84 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
244 
182 
178 
109 
- 
2 
4 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
11,561 
9,062 
6,778 
5,364 
55 
22 
9 
20 
2 operators 
1,320 
925 
967 
664 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 operators 
190 
157 
158 
126 
- 
- 
2 
- 
4 operators 
31 
19 
26 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
28 
18 
21 
14 
- 
- 
4 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
8,936 
6,266 
1,614 
1,265 
84 
46 
23 
20 
Dial-up 
895 
(NA) 
161 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
DSL service 
2,662 
(NA) 
371 
(NA) 
27 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
1,344 
(NA) 
94 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
202 
(NA) 
37 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
1,723 
(NA) 
337 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
2,493 
(NA) 
595 
(NA) 
19 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
356 
(NA) 
60 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
362 
(NA) 
41 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
958 
649 
348 
179 
1 
2 
- 
1 
acres 
20,437,314 
22,437,292 
18,296,107 
20,212,572 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
14,700 
11,507 
7,664 
5,578 
63 
44 
19 
34 
2 households 
3,397 
2,664 
2,039 
1,762 
34 
8 
6 
5 
3 households 
951 
728 
736 
525 
- 
5 
- 
- 
4 households 
547 
350 
439 
268 
- 
4 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
410 
388 
312 
303 
- 
3 
- 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,492 
13,409 
9,852 
7,721 
79 
49 
25 
38 
25 to 49 percent 
1,107 
792 
576 
392 
7 
9 
- 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
944 
672 
340 
243 
1 
3 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
640 
376 
133 
51 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
822 
388 
289 
29 
9 
2 
- 
- 
--continued 
50 Arizona 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
