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 
11,779 
(NA) 
28 
(NA) 
97 
(NA) 
139 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
937 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
10,132 
10,609 
28 
34 
79 
70 
127 
172 
Partnerships 
931 
1,038 
- 
5 
7 
8 
8 
5 
Corporations 
975 
977 
1 
- 
12 
5 
7 
14 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
218 
210 
- 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
6,563 
7,010 
12 
17 
37 
39 
91 
141 
2 operators 
4,587 
4,709 
8 
22 
49 
34 
44 
44 
3 operators 
861 
843 
5 
2 
11 
7 
8 
8 
4 operators 
170 
185 
4 
- 
2 
4 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
75 
87 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
5,264 
5,387 
15 
21 
54 
49 
54 
2 operators 
405 
401 
4 
- 
5 
2 
2 
1 
3 operators 
51 
66 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
8 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
5 
6 
" 
- 
" 
" 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
8,811 
7,869 
27 
19 
80 
40 
86 
84 
Dial-up 
936 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
DSL service 
1,801 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
2,362 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
687 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
2,127 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
1,425 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
272 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
214 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
422 
419 
- 
- 
5 
5 
1 
2 
acres 
155,759 
164,119 
- 
62 
351 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
9,993 
10,296 
25 
25 
65 
53 
122 
162 
2 households 
1,638 
1,910 
4 
13 
23 
21 
17 
25 
3 households 
365 
418 
- 
2 
2 
5 
3 
4 
4 households 
156 
138 
- 
1 
6 
5 
1 
2 
5 or more households 
104 
72 
" 
- 
3 
- 
- 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
8,756 
9,160 
28 
32 
39 
36 
112 
169 
25 to 49 percent 
858 
941 
- 
- 
11 
9 
7 
5 
50 to 74 percent 
1,032 
1,119 
1 
- 
31 
18 
15 
6 
75 to 99 percent 
778 
844 
- 
7 
5 
10 
3 
9 
100 percent 
832 
770 
- 
2 
13 
11 
6 
4 
-continued 
50 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
