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 
2,091 
5,051 
553 
437 
67,550 
11,071 
Limited Liability Corporation 
93 
377 
34 
24 
4,082 
844 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,841 
3,909 
473 
375 
55,640 
9,153 
Partnerships 
159 
776 
51 
35 
8,294 
1,415 
Corporations 
107 
679 
35 
47 
5,787 
1,099 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
96 
139 
35 
20 
2,632 
363 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
846 
2,635 
251 
208 
36,591 
5,771 
2 operators 
1,156 
2,140 
280 
204 
29,307 
4,669 
3 operators 
148 
522 
42 
47 
4,789 
1,168 
4 operators 
41 
109 
16 
11 
1,057 
244 
5 or more operators 
12 
97 
5 
7 
609 
178 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1,283 
2,286 
318 
244 
33,878 
4,882 
2 operators 
88 
177 
23 
22 
2,111 
401 
3 operators 
4 
22 
- 
- 
246 
37 
4 operators 
- 
7 
- 
- 
37 
6 
5 or more operators 
- 
5 
- 
- 
32 
4 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
1,661 
3,845 
450 
327 
55,816 
8,346 
Dial-up 
188 
271 
56 
48 
4,395 
661 
DSL service 
530 
1,401 
144 
107 
18,670 
2,898 
Cable modem service 
171 
881 
81 
54 
8,757 
1,416 
Fiber-optic service 
42 
141 
8 
11 
1,587 
265 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
448 
838 
79 
51 
11,645 
1,803 
Satellite service 
461 
730 
111 
69 
14,558 
1,913 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
52 
159 
16 
12 
2,007 
335 
Other Internet service 
70 
156 
21 
21 
2,668 
357 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
126 
588 
48 
49 
6,592 
1,591 
acres 
167,134 
242,758 
6,334 
9,700 
5,124,843 
797,378 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
1,804 
3,596 
520 
385 
57,208 
8,918 
2 households 
273 
1,131 
58 
62 
10,312 
2,041 
3 households 
61 
358 
12 
10 
2,716 
531 
4 households 
26 
223 
4 
12 
1,138 
251 
5 or more households 
39 
195 
- 
8 
979 
289 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,643 
3,068 
468 
360 
50,019 
7,807 
25 to 49 percent 
142 
662 
37 
24 
6,102 
1,037 
50 to 74 percent 
187 
822 
42 
35 
7,293 
1,419 
75 to 99 percent 
128 
511 
24 
17 
4,798 
835 
1 00 percent 
103 
440 
23 
41 
4,141 
932 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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