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 
50,628 
(NA) 
203 
(NA) 
54 
(NA) 
200 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
3,867 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
45,174 
48,687 
188 
308 
47 
48 
174 
226 
Partnerships 
3,470 
4,260 
11 
13 
3 
4 
18 
9 
Corporations 
2,662 
2,494 
1 
11 
3 
- 
16 
9 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
888 
573 
4 
9 
1 
1 
8 
3 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
28,911 
31,730 
84 
167 
26 
30 
126 
145 
2 operators 
19,812 
20,644 
113 
138 
26 
20 
63 
80 
3 operators 
2,689 
2,799 
4 
33 
2 
3 
24 
13 
4 operators 
515 
576 
1 
3 
- 
- 
2 
3 
5 or more operators 
267 
265 
2 
“ 
- 
- 
1 
6 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
21,665 
23,374 
116 
190 
36 
30 
96 
110 
2 operators 
1,222 
1,291 
2 
21 
2 
- 
4 
11 
3 operators 
109 
135 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
4 operators 
21 
23 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
13 
14 
" 
- 
" 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
36,426 
32,969 
160 
193 
42 
27 
133 
129 
Dial-up 
5,184 
(NA) 
24 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
34 
(NA) 
DSL service 
10,092 
(NA) 
56 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
34 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
6,766 
(NA) 
27 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
41 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
701 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
8,692 
(NA) 
29 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
6,947 
(NA) 
35 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
985 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
1,243 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
“ 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,551 
1,180 
10 
14 
1 
2 
14 
10 
acres 
685,227 
456,424 
2,354 
2,941 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
43,472 
46,111 
170 
283 
42 
44 
180 
197 
2 households 
6,641 
7,649 
32 
43 
10 
4 
22 
41 
3 households 
1,252 
1,345 
1 
6 
- 
2 
12 
1 
4 households 
463 
569 
1 
3 
- 
- 
1 
6 
5 or more households 
366 
340 
" 
6 
2 
3 
1 
2 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
36,822 
41,058 
169 
271 
47 
41 
175 
192 
25 to 49 percent 
4,092 
4,287 
19 
24 
2 
4 
16 
15 
50 to 74 percent 
4,824 
4,472 
2 
26 
4 
6 
14 
31 
75 to 99 percent 
3,140 
3,131 
7 
4 
- 
2 
8 
6 
100 percent 
3,316 
3,066 
7 
16 
1 
- 
3 
3 
-continued 
52 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
