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 
298 
(NA) 
65,843 
(NA) 
628 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
14 
(NA) 
4,008 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
258 
156 
54,202 
59,391 
561 
545 
Partnerships 
24 
15 
8,134 
8,796 
38 
67 
Corporations 
31 
12 
5,643 
5,215 
28 
25 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
8 
- 
2,558 
1,619 
33 
10 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
189 
93 
36,297 
38,764 
310 
369 
2 operators 
109 
83 
28,113 
29,795 
309 
243 
3 operators 
20 
2 
4,542 
4,819 
34 
31 
4 operators 
3 
5 
1,007 
1,020 
7 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
578 
623 
" 
3 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
146 
84 
32,642 
34,627 
341 
307 
2 operators 
2 
4 
2,016 
2,202 
30 
18 
3 operators 
- 
- 
229 
300 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
37 
32 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
" 
32 
42 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
209 
96 
54,406 
50,455 
478 
447 
Dial-up 
35 
(NA) 
4,250 
(NA) 
50 
(NA) 
DSL service 
69 
(NA) 
18,229 
(NA) 
174 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
35 
(NA) 
8,565 
(NA) 
68 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
8 
(NA) 
1,548 
(NA) 
18 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
30 
(NA) 
11,300 
(NA) 
109 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
36 
(NA) 
14,170 
(NA) 
113 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
8 
(NA) 
1,943 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
11 
(NA) 
2,592 
(NA) 
24 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
24 
8 
6,458 
5,454 
31 
33 
acres 
6,019 
(D) 
4,987,263 
4,086,498 
59,765 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
260 
137 
55,842 
59,055 
561 
536 
2 households 
42 
30 
10,013 
11,073 
76 
76 
3 households 
6 
7 
2,639 
2,674 
8 
26 
4 households 
9 
3 
1,097 
1,246 
7 
8 
5 or more households 
4 
6 
946 
973 
8 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
247 
125 
48,737 
54,029 
482 
489 
25 to 49 percent 
21 
17 
5,960 
5,853 
45 
45 
50 to 74 percent 
21 
21 
7,102 
6,664 
54 
48 
75 to 99 percent 
13 
14 
4,678 
4,825 
42 
35 
100 percent 
19 
6 
4,060 
3,650 
37 
30 
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