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 
31 
(NA) 
34,031 
(NA) 
159 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2 
(NA) 
3,267 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
27 
27 
28,802 
29,486 
149 
228 
Partnerships 
5 
6 
3,168 
3,685 
6 
18 
Corporations 
- 
5 
2,485 
2,289 
3 
6 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
1,043 
762 
5 
1 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
15 
24 
16,754 
17,093 
82 
115 
2 operators 
15 
10 
15,897 
16,360 
73 
121 
3 operators 
2 
4 
2,213 
2,056 
7 
11 
4 operators 
- 
- 
458 
503 
1 
4 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
176 
210 
- 
2 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
10 
11 
18,572 
18,510 
80 
142 
2 operators 
- 
2 
1,220 
1,288 
7 
9 
3 operators 
- 
- 
122 
101 
- 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
14 
25 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
6 
5 
- 
1 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
32 
27 
27,831 
25,327 
124 
174 
Dial-up 
2 
(NA) 
2,242 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
DSL service 
4 
(NA) 
9,485 
(NA) 
40 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
8 
(NA) 
2,783 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
1,004 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
12 
(NA) 
4,950 
(NA) 
19 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
5 
(NA) 
8,698 
(NA) 
47 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1 
(NA) 
993 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
1,136 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
3 
- 
1,571 
1,127 
2 
19 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
3,391,468 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
20 
22 
29,077 
27,393 
140 
202 
2 households 
9 
11 
4,787 
7,105 
22 
47 
3 households 
1 
2 
1,003 
1,050 
1 
4 
4 households 
2 
2 
355 
404 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
1 
276 
270 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
27 
31 
25,676 
25,909 
122 
200 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
4 
2,704 
4,042 
14 
29 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
2,902 
2,576 
14 
2 
75 to 99 percent 
2 
2 
2,417 
2,152 
9 
7 
100 percent 
3 
1 
1,799 
1,543 
4 
15 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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