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 
3 
(NA) 
56,495 
(NA) 
110 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
2,110 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
3 
4 
50,734 
52,219 
105 
103 
Partnerships 
- 
1 
3,363 
4,595 
2 
9 
Corporations 
- 
- 
3,257 
2,959 
3 
7 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
1,054 
792 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
2 
- 
33,312 
35,867 
53 
58 
2 operators 
1 
5 
21,067 
20,545 
49 
52 
3 operators 
- 
- 
3,022 
3,182 
5 
3 
4 operators 
- 
- 
674 
694 
3 
5 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
333 
277 
- 
1 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
3 
5 
21,804 
21,617 
49 
53 
2 operators 
- 
- 
1,032 
1,012 
2 
2 
3 operators 
- 
- 
149 
126 
2 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
25 
18 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
25 
20 
- 
1 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
1 
1 
38,215 
34,297 
77 
59 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
4,107 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
DSL service 
1 
(NA) 
14,325 
(NA) 
26 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
4,237 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
1,557 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
8,597 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
7,601 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
1,153 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
1,276 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
2 
- 
1,502 
1,296 
1 
2 
acres 
(D) 
- 
902,780 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
1 
_ 
45,761 
45,735 
96 
100 
2 households 
2 
5 
9,240 
11,189 
14 
16 
3 households 
- 
- 
1,946 
2,076 
- 
2 
4 households 
- 
- 
735 
891 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
726 
674 
- 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3 
5 
38,073 
41,408 
84 
86 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
5,540 
5,587 
12 
9 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
6,232 
5,963 
6 
13 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
4,778 
4,417 
6 
4 
1 00 percent 
- 
- 
3,785 
3,190 
2 
7 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Indiana 51 
