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 
43 
(NA) 
42,745 
(NA) 
195 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2 
(NA) 
2,824 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
37 
57 
35,688 
37,571 
167 
243 
Partnerships 
2 
9 
2,435 
2,288 
8 
13 
Corporations 
8 
3 
5,866 
4,493 
23 
24 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
1 
- 
804 
529 
5 
3 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
21 
31 
23,964 
24,882 
94 
153 
2 operators 
19 
15 
17,608 
16,955 
89 
118 
3 operators 
5 
23 
2,545 
2,314 
15 
9 
4 operators 
- 
- 
437 
507 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
3 
- 
239 
223 
5 
1 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
24 
39 
21,760 
21,766 
104 
158 
2 operators 
8 
2 
1,408 
1,287 
12 
- 
3 operators 
- 
- 
161 
141 
3 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
19 
28 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
15 
12 
2 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
34 
27 
32,673 
25,366 
161 
156 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
2,506 
(NA) 
18 
(NA) 
DSL service 
20 
(NA) 
16,239 
(NA) 
78 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
8 
(NA) 
5,878 
(NA) 
31 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
1,530 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
6 
(NA) 
5,546 
(NA) 
42 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
2 
(NA) 
3,949 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
1,007 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
413 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1 
1 
2,161 
1,867 
8 
16 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
13,600 
638 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
29 
50 
36,919 
36,613 
173 
216 
2 households 
10 
18 
5,946 
6,198 
21 
52 
3 households 
9 
1 
1,053 
1,199 
6 
12 
4 households 
- 
- 
532 
484 
2 
2 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
343 
387 
1 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
35 
65 
36,691 
36,689 
174 
231 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
2,404 
2,306 
12 
17 
50 to 74 percent 
8 
2 
2,608 
2,651 
3 
24 
75 to 99 percent 
3 
2 
1,408 
1,747 
6 
5 
100 percent 
2 
- 
1,682 
1,488 
8 
6 
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USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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