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 
309 
266 
2,007 
22 
38,828 
548 
Limited Liability Corporation 
22 
51 
133 
2 
2,214 
36 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
277 
220 
1,805 
14 
35,019 
487 
Partnerships 
19 
43 
146 
1 
2,383 
30 
Corporations 
23 
23 
138 
7 
2,270 
52 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
3 
1 
37 
- 
421 
3 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
151 
115 
1,483 
5 
24,422 
268 
2 operators 
144 
135 
447 
13 
13,197 
239 
3 operators 
20 
34 
160 
3 
2,027 
59 
4 operators 
7 
3 
17 
1 
311 
4 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
19 
- 
136 
2 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
163 
159 
617 
15 
15,411 
276 
2 operators 
13 
9 
44 
- 
755 
12 
3 operators 
- 
- 
13 
1 
125 
4 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
" 
3 
5 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
232 
230 
1,176 
18 
28,156 
401 
Dial-up 
16 
7 
97 
2 
1,862 
42 
DSL service 
116 
162 
569 
6 
17,007 
215 
Cable modem service 
30 
31 
241 
2 
3,441 
45 
Fiber-optic service 
9 
7 
28 
- 
1,116 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
43 
35 
187 
1 
4,366 
95 
Satellite service 
34 
26 
178 
9 
3,425 
42 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
3 
6 
20 
- 
516 
14 
Other Internet service 
1 
2 
9 
- 
219 
7 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
4 
25 
85 
5 
1,060 
29 
acres 
(D) 
1,245 
17,930 
44 
856,676 
25,439 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
272 
160 
1,647 
21 
32,979 
461 
2 households 
34 
85 
347 
1 
5,518 
98 
3 households 
12 
19 
60 
- 
985 
7 
4 households 
2 
8 
38 
- 
358 
2 
5 or more households 
2 
15 
34 
- 
253 
4 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
254 
141 
1,763 
18 
30,135 
436 
25 to 49 percent 
18 
29 
117 
2 
2,638 
41 
50 to 74 percent 
30 
39 
148 
2 
2,955 
43 
75 to 99 percent 
7 
32 
51 
- 
2,134 
27 
100 percent 
13 
46 
47 
- 
2,231 
25 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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