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 
834 
950 
1,542 
72 
43,273 
4,773 
Limited Liability Corporation 
50 
81 
63 
5 
2,855 
414 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
709 
725 
1,394 
58 
36,127 
3,754 
Partnerships 
36 
64 
72 
3 
2,470 
265 
Corporations 
92 
198 
101 
15 
5,923 
997 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
17 
18 
35 
3 
821 
84 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
292 
441 
1,041 
26 
24,053 
2,492 
2 operators 
475 
445 
419 
38 
17,982 
2,016 
3 operators 
68 
100 
105 
11 
2,610 
479 
4 operators 
15 
11 
29 
- 
449 
74 
5 or more operators 
4 
8 
8 
4 
247 
39 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
538 
586 
574 
45 
22,167 
2,343 
2 operators 
39 
29 
42 
14 
1,432 
233 
3 operators 
6 
3 
9 
1 
164 
23 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
19 
6 
5 or more operators 
2 
" 
1 
- 
17 
1 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
675 
755 
919 
60 
33,111 
3,542 
Dial-up 
73 
33 
104 
2 
2,551 
204 
DSL service 
337 
402 
458 
33 
16,450 
1,854 
Cable modem service 
98 
157 
164 
11 
5,961 
714 
Fiber-optic service 
47 
46 
38 
1 
1,540 
149 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
130 
99 
173 
11 
5,622 
568 
Satellite service 
76 
50 
117 
6 
3,995 
386 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
21 
22 
32 
- 
1,029 
96 
Other Internet service 
11 
7 
10 
- 
419 
35 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
31 
54 
69 
3 
2,180 
399 
acres 
(D) 
26,629 
12,835 
(D) 
2,839,423 
172,303 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
722 
644 
1,266 
52 
37,354 
3,870 
2 households 
101 
263 
251 
18 
6,042 
908 
3 households 
23 
55 
52 
9 
1,066 
147 
4 households 
5 
29 
21 
- 
534 
117 
5 or more households 
3 
14 
12 
- 
345 
58 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
716 
722 
1,409 
64 
37,132 
4,019 
25 to 49 percent 
55 
74 
56 
- 
2,446 
269 
50 to 74 percent 
33 
101 
88 
8 
2,629 
382 
75 to 99 percent 
26 
52 
22 
3 
1,428 
169 
100 percent 
24 
56 
27 
4 
1,706 
261 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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