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 
34,689 
(NA) 
268 
(NA) 
154 
(NA) 
46 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
3,345 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
31 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
29,367 
30,164 
231 
311 
119 
75 
39 
37 
Partnerships 
3,228 
3,762 
23 
30 
22 
19 
4 
4 
Corporations 
2,522 
2,342 
12 
29 
19 
13 
3 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
1,063 
786 
4 
12 
10 
10 
1 
1 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
17,076 
17,452 
114 
149 
87 
54 
24 
17 
2 operators 
16,199 
16,779 
124 
213 
74 
55 
16 
20 
3 operators 
2,259 
2,097 
25 
15 
5 
8 
7 
3 
4 operators 
468 
511 
7 
2 
2 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
178 
215 
- 
3 
2 
- 
" 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
18,912 
18,993 
150 
240 
76 
61 
24 
29 
2 operators 
1,252 
1,311 
17 
9 
5 
- 
3 
3 
3 operators 
122 
106 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
14 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
7 
6 
1 
" 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
28,363 
25,841 
202 
214 
141 
72 
33 
27 
Dial-up 
2,293 
(NA) 
25 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
DSL service 
9,631 
(NA) 
56 
(NA) 
37 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
2,845 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1,032 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
5,079 
(NA) 
67 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
8,858 
(NA) 
58 
(NA) 
39 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,026 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
1,159 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,613 
1,160 
22 
8 
14 
5 
1 
1 
acres 
4,656,982 
3,416,152 
(D) 
15,675 
20,116 
4,916 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
29,617 
28,008 
207 
280 
131 
81 
42 
30 
2 households 
4,891 
7,286 
47 
90 
23 
21 
3 
12 
3 households 
1,021 
1,066 
10 
8 
4 
2 
2 
- 
4 households 
367 
415 
6 
1 
4 
8 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
284 
279 
" 
3 
8 
5 
- 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
26,203 
26,561 
221 
308 
122 
79 
35 
34 
25 to 49 percent 
2,742 
4,122 
12 
32 
9 
10 
3 
5 
50 to 74 percent 
2,953 
2,605 
16 
18 
16 
6 
5 
3 
75 to 99 percent 
2,446 
2,190 
8 
13 
8 
16 
2 
- 
100 percent 
1,836 
1,576 
13 
11 
15 
6 
2 
- 
-continued 
50 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
