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 
7 
(NA) 
11,462 
(NA) 
46 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
912 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
6 
6 
9,849 
10,298 
43 
29 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
916 
1,010 
- 
10 
Corporations 
1 
- 
951 
955 
3 
3 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
216 
203 
- 
2 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
6 
6 
6,399 
6,777 
18 
30 
2 operators 
1 
- 
4,467 
4,596 
18 
13 
3 operators 
- 
- 
829 
825 
8 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
164 
181 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
73 
87 
2 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1 
5 
5,126 
5,257 
19 
10 
2 operators 
- 
- 
392 
396 
2 
2 
3 operators 
- 
- 
49 
66 
2 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
8 
12 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
5 
6 
- 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
4 
4 
8,580 
7,698 
34 
24 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
907 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
DSL service 
3 
(NA) 
1,773 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
2,298 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1 
(NA) 
666 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
2,074 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
1,382 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
267 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
208 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
1 
414 
411 
2 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
6 
6 
9,739 
10,012 
36 
38 
2 households 
1 
- 
1,587 
1,846 
6 
5 
3 households 
- 
- 
358 
406 
2 
1 
4 households 
- 
- 
149 
130 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
" 
99 
72 
2 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
6 
3 
8,529 
8,883 
42 
37 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
3 
838 
923 
2 
1 
50 to 74 percent 
1 
- 
984 
1,093 
- 
2 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
770 
816 
- 
2 
100 percent 
- 
- 
811 
751 
2 
2 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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