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 
6,628 
(NA) 
32 
(NA) 
2,665 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
724 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
282 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
5,685 
6,363 
23 
24 
2,354 
2,181 
10 
7 
Partnerships 
446 
437 
1 
10 
140 
121 
- 
- 
Corporations 
637 
617 
8 
4 
244 
202 
7 
3 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
232 
104 
- 
3 
86 
40 
1 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
3,836 
4,326 
19 
26 
1,721 
1,591 
9 
5 
2 operators 
2,673 
2,721 
13 
12 
902 
796 
9 
5 
3 operators 
385 
375 
- 
3 
161 
122 
- 
- 
4 operators 
66 
58 
- 
- 
27 
17 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
40 
41 
- 
" 
13 
18 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
3,318 
3,607 
24 
18 
1,120 
1,060 
10 
7 
2 operators 
231 
239 
- 
3 
88 
65 
- 
- 
3 operators 
24 
15 
- 
- 
6 
8 
- 
- 
4 operators 
2 
6 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
5 
" 
1 
2 
" 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
4,813 
4,197 
24 
26 
1,599 
1,007 
11 
6 
Dial-up 
252 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
60 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
DSL service 
1,455 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
550 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
2,263 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
803 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
108 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
36 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
838 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
236 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
289 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
42 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
204 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
55 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
112 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
28 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
504 
456 
- 
- 
217 
182 
1 
- 
acres 
496,429 
551,557 
- 
23,694 
51,420 
(D) 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
5,460 
5,996 
26 
38 
1,965 
1,823 
14 
7 
2 households 
1,117 
1,059 
3 
3 
601 
493 
4 
3 
3 households 
172 
216 
- 
- 
106 
104 
- 
- 
4 households 
169 
158 
3 
- 
102 
80 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
82 
92 
" 
- 
50 
44 
- 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,191 
5,540 
30 
38 
1,885 
1,662 
14 
5 
25 to 49 percent 
619 
685 
- 
1 
334 
292 
4 
1 
50 to 74 percent 
572 
560 
2 
- 
300 
264 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
262 
442 
- 
2 
136 
191 
- 
2 
100 percent 
356 
294 
- 
- 
169 
135 
- 
2 
-continued 
44 Hawaii 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
