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 
56,778 
(NA) 
87 
(NA) 
30 
(NA) 
53 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2,124 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
50,997 
52,553 
83 
141 
27 
38 
45 
48 
Partnerships 
3,376 
4,614 
6 
4 
- 
5 
5 
- 
Corporations 
3,266 
2,978 
1 
6 
3 
5 
2 
1 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
1,056 
793 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
33,481 
36,059 
56 
73 
20 
31 
38 
30 
2 operators 
21,164 
20,708 
30 
74 
9 
17 
8 
15 
3 operators 
3,037 
3,193 
2 
4 
1 
- 
7 
4 
4 operators 
678 
699 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
335 
279 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
21,920 
21,802 
36 
80 
16 
21 
12 
26 
2 operators 
1,038 
1,015 
3 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 operators 
151 
129 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
25 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
25 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
38,403 
34,489 
56 
95 
23 
19 
31 
18 
Dial-up 
4,132 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
DSL service 
14,389 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
4,265 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1,566 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
8,640 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
7,633 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,161 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
1,282 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,509 
1,308 
- 
8 
- 
1 
4 
1 
acres 
903,025 
735,953 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
46,007 
46,014 
77 
116 
23 
27 
49 
36 
2 households 
9,273 
11,271 
11 
31 
2 
18 
4 
12 
3 households 
1,949 
2,081 
- 
2 
3 
1 
- 
- 
4 households 
740 
895 
3 
1 
2 
2 
- 
1 
5 or more households 
726 
677 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
38,302 
41,702 
72 
127 
23 
37 
47 
39 
25 to 49 percent 
5,561 
5,603 
8 
1 
- 
4 
1 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
6,248 
5,992 
5 
8 
2 
6 
3 
2 
75 to 99 percent 
4,786 
4,438 
- 
12 
2 
1 
- 
4 
1 00 percent 
3,798 
3,203 
6 
4 
3 
- 
2 
2 
--continued 
50 Indiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
