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 
11,156 
109 
44 
34 
8,279 
894 
Limited Liability Corporation 
131 
26 
5 
3 
1,219 
115 
Operation's legal status tor tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
10,980 
90 
35 
21 
6,384 
708 
Partnerships 
228 
13 
7 
- 
1,135 
127 
Corporations 
68 
8 
8 
13 
988 
106 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
75 
6 
- 
- 
292 
28 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
5,559 
57 
13 
7 
4,094 
377 
2 operators 
4,211 
51 
18 
17 
3,970 
451 
3 operators 
1,244 
9 
15 
10 
559 
96 
4 operators 
159 
- 
- 
- 
114 
21 
5 or more operators 
178 
- 
4 
- 
62 
24 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
6,886 
69 
26 
26 
4,817 
479 
2 operators 
982 
- 
5 
1 
357 
51 
3 operators 
158 
- 
2 
- 
30 
8 
4 operators 
26 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
5 or more operators 
21 
- 
4 
- 
3 
5 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
1,740 
100 
42 
33 
7,294 
729 
Dial-up 
166 
- 
5 
2 
782 
46 
DSL service 
399 
31 
7 
24 
2,270 
217 
Cable modem service 
122 
30 
7 
- 
1,234 
123 
Fiber-optic service 
41 
3 
2 
1 
165 
26 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
362 
17 
2 
6 
1,373 
148 
Satellite service 
634 
19 
21 
3 
1,874 
201 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
68 
7 
2 
3 
290 
38 
Other Internet service 
43 
2 
- 
- 
321 
29 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
354 
5 
- 
- 
609 
73 
acres 
18,307,631 
(D) 
- 
- 
2,128,207 
282,908 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
7,764 
78 
28 
33 
7,041 
690 
2 households 
2,090 
37 
19 
- 
1,333 
212 
3 households 
739 
2 
2 
- 
216 
23 
4 households 
446 
- 
- 
1 
111 
23 
5 or more households 
312 
- 
1 
- 
98 
21 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
9,974 
94 
47 
27 
6,624 
697 
25 to 49 percent 
582 
9 
3 
- 
539 
73 
50 to 74 percent 
359 
3 
- 
- 
604 
70 
75 to 99 percent 
140 
2 
- 
1 
506 
53 
1 00 percent 
296 
9 
- 
6 
526 
76 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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