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 
18 
(NA) 
23,547 
(NA) 
119 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
1,835 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
17 
10 
20,396 
20,959 
107 
95 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
1,778 
2,078 
4 
11 
Corporations 
- 
3 
1,765 
1,508 
8 
4 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
1 
1 
485 
373 
2 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
10 
5 
1 1 ,628 
12,761 
51 
39 
2 operators 
5 
7 
10,926 
10,400 
58 
61 
3 operators 
3 
2 
1,398 
1,273 
7 
10 
4 operators 
- 
- 
296 
315 
5 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
176 
169 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
9 
7 
11,787 
1 1 ,440 
68 
69 
2 operators 
- 
1 
519 
506 
7 
5 
3 operators 
- 
- 
73 
49 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
12 
21 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
4 
10 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
17 
11 
18,916 
16,429 
96 
68 
Dial-up 
6 
(NA) 
1,419 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
DSL service 
4 
(NA) 
7,552 
(NA) 
32 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
4 
(NA) 
2,012 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
531 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
3,320 
(NA) 
19 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
1 
(NA) 
5,239 
(NA) 
31 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
377 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
2 
(NA) 
670 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1 
1 
1,009 
873 
5 
3 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,433 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
18 
13 
19,884 
20,029 
107 
87 
2 households 
- 
1 
3,257 
3,496 
10 
20 
3 households 
- 
- 
750 
796 
2 
3 
4 households 
- 
- 
301 
327 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
232 
270 
2 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
8 
10 
16,730 
17,681 
87 
91 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
1,867 
1,828 
9 
7 
50 to 74 percent 
6 
1 
2,266 
2,113 
9 
4 
75 to 99 percent 
1 
- 
1,791 
1,739 
6 
1 
1 00 percent 
3 
3 
1,770 
1,557 
10 
7 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Idaho 51 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
