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 
40,891 
(NA) 
124 
(NA) 
221 
(NA) 
1,884 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2,380 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
48 
(NA) 
130 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
36,863 
41,703 
116 
272 
180 
216 
1,712 
1,778 
Partnerships 
2,535 
3,850 
5 
33 
41 
14 
129 
204 
Corporations 
2,410 
1,909 
5 
25 
18 
5 
112 
43 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
449 
384 
1 
4 
- 
- 
33 
47 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
26,061 
30,138 
65 
157 
112 
96 
1,449 
1,512 
2 operators 
13,596 
15,030 
55 
136 
96 
121 
386 
437 
3 operators 
2,120 
2,129 
7 
29 
28 
14 
120 
107 
4 operators 
329 
402 
- 
6 
3 
4 
16 
8 
5 or more operators 
151 
147 
- 
6 
- 
- 
15 
8 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
15,988 
18,053 
61 
167 
123 
121 
554 
614 
2 operators 
794 
855 
3 
22 
5 
14 
37 
36 
3 operators 
136 
107 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
6 
4 operators 
9 
18 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
8 
5 
" 
“ 
" 
" 
3 
2 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
29,395 
25,290 
103 
194 
191 
138 
1,095 
682 
Dial-up 
1,954 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
91 
(NA) 
DSL service 
17,631 
(NA) 
54 
(NA) 
135 
(NA) 
528 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
3,679 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
229 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1,147 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
4,585 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
35 
(NA) 
175 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
3,610 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
24 
(NA) 
167 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
536 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
228 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,164 
1,174 
3 
11 
23 
12 
77 
63 
acres 
881,169 
800,867 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
781 
14,062 
8,707 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
34,620 
38,450 
111 
266 
126 
176 
1,539 
1,603 
2 households 
5,887 
7,253 
9 
52 
75 
19 
322 
353 
3 households 
1,052 
1,245 
6 
5 
16 
19 
56 
60 
4 households 
397 
607 
1 
6 
7 
11 
35 
33 
5 or more households 
301 
291 
" 
5 
15 
10 
34 
23 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
31,824 
37,810 
100 
271 
103 
136 
1,653 
1,802 
25 to 49 percent 
2,774 
2,598 
6 
28 
25 
10 
114 
104 
50 to 74 percent 
3,129 
2,969 
12 
14 
36 
22 
128 
81 
75 to 99 percent 
2,213 
2,352 
1 
9 
31 
36 
50 
48 
100 percent 
2,317 
2,117 
8 
12 
44 
31 
41 
37 
-continued 
50 Georgia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
