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 
617 
225 
73 
51 
34,389 
2,630 
Limited Liability Corporation 
45 
36 
10 
5 
3,306 
197 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
545 
182 
62 
45 
29,114 
2,333 
Partnerships 
41 
30 
10 
7 
3,195 
191 
Corporations 
33 
21 
5 
- 
2,497 
145 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
13 
10 
1 
- 
1,054 
64 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
190 
90 
28 
17 
16,836 
1,338 
2 operators 
358 
138 
38 
26 
16,130 
1,157 
3 operators 
67 
9 
11 
7 
2,249 
217 
4 operators 
15 
4 
1 
2 
468 
15 
5 or more operators 
2 
2 
- 
- 
177 
6 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
401 
139 
47 
23 
18,813 
1,277 
2 operators 
42 
9 
5 
2 
1,246 
66 
3 operators 
2 
- 
- 
2 
122 
5 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
14 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
" 
7 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
502 
209 
59 
49 
28,128 
1,791 
Dial-up 
50 
15 
7 
3 
2,275 
144 
DSL service 
160 
52 
18 
11 
9,569 
631 
Cable modem service 
45 
29 
7 
12 
2,808 
180 
Fiber-optic service 
18 
19 
- 
1 
1,015 
51 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
126 
32 
12 
15 
5,035 
295 
Satellite service 
159 
60 
18 
7 
8,788 
572 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
16 
23 
6 
2 
1,012 
72 
Other Internet service 
21 
13 
5 
- 
1,147 
43 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
32 
17 
3 
3 
1,584 
161 
acres 
(D) 
20,912 
155 
(D) 
3,842,924 
344,241 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
499 
191 
67 
32 
29,364 
2,235 
2 households 
103 
32 
8 
15 
4,849 
388 
3 households 
20 
6 
3 
3 
1,013 
65 
4 households 
9 
6 
- 
2 
357 
25 
5 or more households 
1 
8 
- 
- 
277 
20 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
501 
168 
57 
40 
25,968 
2,196 
25 to 49 percent 
37 
21 
3 
2 
2,723 
174 
50 to 74 percent 
41 
25 
12 
5 
2,927 
163 
75 to 99 percent 
25 
13 
4 
2 
2,428 
113 
100 percent 
28 
16 
2 
3 
1,814 
87 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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