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 
45,570 
(NA) 
379 
(NA) 
779 
(NA) 
1,429 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2,981 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
62 
(NA) 
57 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
38,140 
39,792 
343 
302 
598 
464 
1,307 
1,155 
Partnerships 
2,576 
2,417 
17 
13 
47 
25 
67 
69 
Corporations 
6,155 
4,693 
15 
29 
167 
117 
76 
27 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
869 
561 
11 
5 
17 
6 
31 
18 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
25,758 
26,435 
221 
175 
432 
325 
1,026 
869 
2 operators 
18,549 
17,804 
139 
146 
342 
247 
352 
323 
3 operators 
2,706 
2,454 
24 
25 
46 
25 
71 
58 
4 operators 
469 
536 
2 
1 
4 
13 
26 
13 
5 or more operators 
258 
234 
- 
2 
5 
2 
6 
6 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
23,012 
22,942 
184 
187 
446 
354 
494 
438 
2 operators 
1,475 
1,327 
6 
13 
11 
8 
30 
17 
3 operators 
168 
158 
- 
7 
- 
- 
4 
9 
4 operators 
19 
29 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
18 
13 
" 
- 
- 
" 
1 
1 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
34,578 
26,471 
286 
199 
605 
266 
819 
457 
Dial-up 
2,684 
(NA) 
35 
(NA) 
28 
(NA) 
97 
(NA) 
DSL service 
17,209 
(NA) 
148 
(NA) 
305 
(NA) 
419 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
6,234 
(NA) 
40 
(NA) 
131 
(NA) 
146 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1,613 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
45 
(NA) 
31 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
5,851 
(NA) 
42 
(NA) 
71 
(NA) 
144 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
4,149 
(NA) 
37 
(NA) 
42 
(NA) 
102 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,068 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
25 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
435 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
2,290 
1,967 
17 
18 
46 
27 
57 
38 
acres 
2,954,087 
2,530,783 
(D) 
(D) 
2,301 
2,989 
4,788 
1,279 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
39,130 
38,578 
317 
290 
525 
435 
1,167 
974 
2 households 
6,482 
6,666 
50 
47 
220 
112 
235 
239 
3 households 
1,182 
1,289 
14 
5 
53 
31 
47 
41 
4 households 
578 
519 
2 
1 
21 
20 
21 
12 
5 or more households 
368 
411 
3 
6 
10 
14 
11 
3 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
39,112 
38,867 
317 
309 
587 
474 
1,308 
1,099 
25 to 49 percent 
2,555 
2,403 
27 
7 
60 
30 
52 
43 
50 to 74 percent 
2,800 
2,808 
14 
18 
89 
56 
78 
57 
75 to 99 percent 
1,496 
1,818 
16 
6 
43 
21 
20 
37 
100 percent 
1,777 
1,567 
12 
9 
50 
31 
23 
33 
-continued 
52 Florida 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
