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 
462 
94 
2,411 
24 
24,709 
706 
Limited Liability Corporation 
13 
6 
144 
- 
1,946 
52 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
427 
80 
2,269 
21 
22,310 
630 
Partnerships 
11 
4 
95 
3 
1,692 
40 
Corporations 
22 
15 
86 
- 
1,476 
50 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
14 
- 
22 
2 
203 
15 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
179 
32 
1,731 
- 
14,989 
289 
2 operators 
254 
57 
557 
18 
9,198 
405 
3 operators 
35 
7 
146 
6 
1,127 
35 
4 operators 
6 
3 
26 
- 
248 
3 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
12 
2 
119 
3 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
286 
51 
694 
15 
10,078 
410 
2 operators 
13 
- 
50 
- 
487 
14 
3 operators 
2 
- 
1 
- 
90 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
" 
" 
2 
4 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
335 
72 
1,315 
13 
17,198 
536 
Dial-up 
26 
5 
196 
- 
1,484 
31 
DSL service 
144 
21 
449 
5 
6,791 
271 
Cable modem service 
59 
26 
311 
2 
3,177 
94 
Fiber-optic service 
14 
4 
25 
3 
553 
11 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
39 
10 
216 
4 
2,809 
64 
Satellite service 
90 
18 
306 
4 
3,903 
112 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
3 
- 
27 
- 
286 
9 
Other Internet service 
4 
1 
11 
- 
270 
1 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
10 
8 
108 
- 
749 
23 
acres 
505 
62 
29,425 
- 
972,414 
16,428 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
371 
69 
1,994 
20 
20,873 
581 
2 households 
79 
22 
350 
1 
3,583 
123 
3 households 
7 
3 
66 
3 
630 
11 
4 households 
17 
5 
25 
- 
384 
8 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
37 
2 
211 
12 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
414 
72 
2,158 
24 
20,390 
626 
25 to 49 percent 
21 
6 
118 
2 
1,529 
34 
50 to 74 percent 
16 
4 
110 
- 
1,522 
29 
75 to 99 percent 
14 
1 
47 
- 
1,128 
24 
100 percent 
9 
16 
39 
- 
1,112 
22 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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