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 
10 
(NA) 
24,351 
(NA) 
145 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
1,927 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
7 
11 
21,980 
23,715 
133 
66 
Partnerships 
3 
3 
1,679 
2,226 
4 
19 
Corporations 
- 
- 
1,449 
1,675 
12 
7 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
197 
204 
2 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
5 
14,891 
17,347 
109 
51 
2 operators 
10 
9 
8,982 
8,798 
33 
33 
3 operators 
- 
- 
1,074 
1,297 
6 
8 
4 operators 
- 
- 
243 
271 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
115 
107 
2 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
6 
9 
9,849 
10,206 
48 
48 
2 operators 
- 
- 
462 
507 
1 
3 
3 operators 
- 
- 
90 
92 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
10 
23 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
2 
7 
2 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
4 
12 
16,952 
13,840 
98 
55 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
1,453 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
DSL service 
- 
(NA) 
6,722 
(NA) 
25 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
3,122 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
541 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
4 
(NA) 
2,766 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
3,848 
(NA) 
38 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
282 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
267 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
- 
735 
728 
2 
5 
acres 
- 
- 
970,006 
858,412 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
10 
9 
20,595 
21,893 
134 
75 
2 households 
- 
5 
3,525 
4,382 
13 
14 
3 households 
- 
- 
616 
860 
2 
3 
4 households 
- 
- 
369 
385 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
200 
300 
2 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
10 
14 
20,059 
22,039 
141 
74 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
1,508 
1,839 
4 
7 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
1,506 
1,591 
3 
9 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
1,125 
1,194 
- 
- 
100 percent 
- 
- 
1,107 
1,157 
3 
2 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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