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 
267 
75 
77 
11 
56,640 
370 
Limited Liability Corporation 
12 
4 
8 
- 
2,117 
22 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
252 
68 
10 
50,871 
339 
Partnerships 
10 
1 
8 
- 
3,367 
30 
Corporations 
7 
6 
3 
1 
3,262 
12 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
3 
- 
1 
- 
1,055 
8 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
104 
25 
39 
4 
33,365 
179 
2 operators 
138 
44 
25 
4 
21,144 
175 
3 operators 
22 
6 
14 
3 
3,033 
26 
4 operators 
6 
2 
2 
- 
678 
5 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
335 
4 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
154 
53 
28 
7 
21,881 
175 
2 operators 
10 
3 
1 
1 
1,038 
15 
3 operators 
2 
- 
2 
- 
151 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
193 
56 
52 
4 
38,324 
235 
Dial-up 
19 
3 
8 
- 
4,125 
28 
DSL service 
63 
20 
20 
3 
14,359 
70 
Cable modem service 
20 
13 
9 
- 
4,253 
39 
Fiber-optic service 
17 
- 
1 
- 
1,562 
9 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
46 
2 
17 
- 
8,627 
51 
Satellite service 
35 
17 
6 
1 
7,616 
43 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
10 
4 
1 
- 
1,155 
8 
Other Internet service 
9 
- 
4 
- 
1,280 
7 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
3 
- 
4 
2 
1,505 
11 
acres 
(D) 
- 
178 
(D) 
902,857 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
236 
64 
73 
7 
45,887 
310 
2 households 
32 
6 
5 
3 
9,261 
45 
3 households 
- 
4 
2 
1 
1,946 
27 
4 households 
4 
2 
- 
- 
735 
5 
5 or more households 
- 
1 
- 
- 
726 
2 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
215 
59 
69 
9 
38,186 
301 
25 to 49 percent 
27 
2 
2 
1 
5,557 
31 
50 to 74 percent 
14 
2 
5 
- 
6,240 
23 
75 to 99 percent 
8 
8 
- 
1 
4,784 
17 
1 00 percent 
8 
6 
4 
- 
3,788 
17 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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