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 
72,641 
(NA) 
1,131 
(NA) 
4,422 
(NA) 
319 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
4,453 
(NA) 
55 
(NA) 
337 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
59,732 
64,001 
1,008 
1,020 
3,426 
2,609 
277 
280 
Partnerships 
8,984 
9,552 
80 
106 
679 
548 
29 
20 
Corporations 
6,361 
5,750 
52 
23 
592 
458 
15 
17 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
2,780 
1,730 
52 
29 
105 
69 
24 
3 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
40,197 
41,998 
627 
550 
2,602 
2,055 
172 
167 
2 operators 
30,790 
31,976 
489 
535 
1,634 
1,187 
136 
133 
3 operators 
5,058 
5,248 
53 
58 
385 
325 
24 
13 
4 operators 
1,137 
1,137 
16 
31 
96 
74 
8 
6 
5 or more operators 
675 
674 
7 
4 
85 
43 
5 
1 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
35,652 
37,150 
577 
610 
1,780 
1,350 
166 
172 
2 operators 
2,226 
2,357 
23 
45 
140 
84 
15 
4 
3 operators 
253 
324 
4 
10 
20 
13 
- 
1 
4 operators 
44 
36 
- 
- 
7 
4 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
37 
45 
" 
- 
5 
3 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
59,543 
53,738 
902 
717 
3,279 
1,828 
269 
195 
Dial-up 
4,703 
(NA) 
100 
(NA) 
231 
(NA) 
37 
(NA) 
DSL service 
20,030 
(NA) 
259 
(NA) 
1,211 
(NA) 
88 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
9,578 
(NA) 
80 
(NA) 
771 
(NA) 
59 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1,719 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
117 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
12,454 
(NA) 
253 
(NA) 
725 
(NA) 
37 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
15,193 
(NA) 
235 
(NA) 
575 
(NA) 
64 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
2,135 
(NA) 
26 
(NA) 
140 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
2,805 
(NA) 
34 
(NA) 
130 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
7,130 
5,914 
76 
52 
510 
355 
31 
12 
acres 
5,266,987 
4,406,190 
62,873 
142,495 
147,095 
97,934 
3,972 
2,076 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
61,016 
63,112 
965 
880 
3,082 
2,245 
306 
259 
2 households 
11,316 
12,282 
143 
223 
1,009 
840 
33 
40 
3 households 
3,013 
3,016 
36 
35 
320 
263 
4 
11 
4 households 
1,351 
1,440 
22 
19 
214 
158 
2 
6 
5 or more households 
1,161 
1,183 
26 
21 
177 
178 
4 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
53,231 
57,986 
865 
895 
2,610 
2,189 
290 
259 
25 to 49 percent 
6,732 
6,391 
85 
92 
593 
361 
28 
23 
50 to 74 percent 
8,038 
7,380 
111 
109 
730 
514 
20 
24 
75 to 99 percent 
5,290 
5,318 
79 
57 
473 
377 
5 
10 
100 percent 
4,566 
3,958 
52 
25 
396 
243 
2 
4 
-continued 
60 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
