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 
16 
(NA) 
49,994 
(NA) 
161 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
4 
(NA) 
3,808 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
16 
19 
44,601 
47,795 
148 
291 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
3,431 
4,205 
7 
29 
Corporations 
- 
1 
2,635 
2,461 
7 
12 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
872 
556 
3 
4 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
14 
18 
28,586 
31,210 
75 
160 
2 operators 
2 
2 
19,533 
20,272 
75 
132 
3 operators 
- 
- 
2,648 
2,715 
11 
35 
4 operators 
- 
- 
509 
565 
3 
5 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
263 
255 
1 
4 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2 
4 
21,320 
22,871 
95 
169 
2 operators 
- 
- 
1,207 
1,242 
7 
17 
3 operators 
- 
- 
109 
131 
- 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
19 
23 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
13 
14 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
8 
8 
35,959 
32,402 
124 
210 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
5,109 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
DSL service 
7 
(NA) 
9,953 
(NA) 
31 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
6,660 
(NA) 
30 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
678 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
8,619 
(NA) 
27 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
1 
(NA) 
6,846 
(NA) 
31 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
968 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
1,235 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
5 
- 
1,517 
1,148 
4 
6 
acres 
137 
- 
680,248 
450,227 
(D) 
2,468 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
12 
13 
42,930 
45,300 
138 
274 
2 households 
- 
6 
6,551 
7,504 
26 
51 
3 households 
4 
1 
1,235 
1,327 
- 
8 
4 households 
- 
- 
460 
558 
1 
2 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
363 
328 
- 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
11 
12 
36,290 
40,286 
130 
256 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
4,047 
4,224 
8 
20 
50 to 74 percent 
3 
4 
4,791 
4,377 
10 
28 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
2 
3,112 
3,098 
13 
19 
100 percent 
2 
2 
3,299 
3,032 
4 
13 
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