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 
2,356 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
26 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
190 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,917 
2,006 
2 
11 
23 
21 
19 
19 
Partnerships 
161 
210 
- 
1 
4 
1 
2 
1 
Corporations 
317 
282 
1 
- 
3 
3 
1 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
56 
48 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,346 
1,451 
1 
3 
7 
16 
13 
17 
2 operators 
872 
877 
2 
9 
22 
8 
9 
3 
3 operators 
193 
173 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
27 
29 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
13 
16 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1,046 
1,020 
2 
9 
16 
8 
9 
4 
2 operators 
75 
55 
- 
- 
6 
1 
- 
- 
3 operators 
8 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
1,676 
1,499 
3 
11 
20 
18 
13 
10 
Dial-up 
156 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
DSL service 
296 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
482 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
213 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
405 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
255 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
47 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
17 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
125 
111 
1 
6 
3 
4 
2 
- 
acres 
62,076 
59,502 
(D) 
(D) 
129 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
1,969 
1,982 
3 
12 
19 
7 
16 
17 
2 households 
365 
432 
- 
- 
5 
13 
4 
3 
3 households 
67 
61 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 households 
32 
41 
- 
- 
2 
3 
1 
- 
5 or more households 
18 
30 
- 
- 
3 
2 
1 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,263 
1,341 
- 
2 
9 
3 
11 
16 
25 to 49 percent 
263 
249 
1 
- 
1 
2 
3 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
341 
373 
1 
- 
3 
7 
5 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
326 
354 
1 
9 
13 
10 
2 
2 
1 00 percent 
258 
229 
- 
1 
4 
3 
1 
- 
--continued 
46 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
