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 
12 
(NA) 
38,503 
(NA) 
147 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2 
(NA) 
2,188 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
5 
3 
34,723 
39,263 
127 
171 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
2,351 
3,593 
9 
6 
Corporations 
7 
2 
2,250 
1,826 
18 
8 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
412 
332 
3 
1 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
5 
1 
24,315 
28,278 
115 
94 
2 operators 
7 
3 
13,018 
14,261 
34 
72 
3 operators 
- 
1 
1,962 
1,965 
3 
13 
4 operators 
- 
- 
305 
378 
5 
6 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
136 
132 
" 
1 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
8 
3 
15,195 
17,066 
47 
82 
2 operators 
- 
- 
743 
772 
6 
11 
3 operators 
- 
- 
123 
100 
- 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
9 
13 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
5 
3 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
8 
4 
27,898 
24,168 
100 
104 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
1,845 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
DSL service 
3 
(NA) 
16,867 
(NA) 
44 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
1 
(NA) 
3,400 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
1,111 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
4,332 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
5 
(NA) 
3,383 
(NA) 
19 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
510 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
219 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
5 
- 
1,055 
1,085 
1 
3 
acres 
44 
- 
855,220 
780,676 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
11 
4 
32,707 
36,261 
126 
140 
2 households 
1 
1 
5,456 
6,790 
24 
38 
3 households 
- 
- 
968 
1,153 
6 
8 
4 households 
- 
- 
354 
557 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
251 
253 
1 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
10 
5 
29,840 
35,444 
118 
152 
25 to 49 percent 
1 
- 
2,623 
2,446 
5 
10 
50 to 74 percent 
1 
- 
2,930 
2,845 
22 
7 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
2,125 
2,243 
6 
16 
100 percent 
- 
- 
2,218 
2,036 
6 
1 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Georgia 51 
