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 
541 
99 
253 
29 
50,295 
834 
Limited Liability Corporation 
37 
9 
30 
5 
3,832 
81 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
488 
89 
215 
27 
44,876 
749 
Partnerships 
32 
8 
22 
- 
3,450 
62 
Corporations 
20 
4 
20 
2 
2,643 
38 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
10 
3 
14 
- 
878 
6 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
148 
29 
139 
15 
28,660 
357 
2 operators 
339 
68 
96 
12 
19,733 
422 
3 operators 
50 
5 
32 
2 
2,676 
58 
4 operators 
9 
2 
2 
- 
513 
16 
5 or more operators 
4 
- 
2 
- 
265 
2 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
379 
77 
132 
14 
21,538 
445 
2 operators 
26 
4 
9 
- 
1,214 
32 
3 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
109 
- 
4 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
21 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
" 
" 
13 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
421 
84 
174 
17 
36,208 
586 
Dial-up 
75 
9 
37 
3 
5,135 
84 
DSL service 
135 
27 
36 
10 
10,036 
166 
Cable modem service 
82 
15 
47 
2 
6,717 
127 
Fiber-optic service 
12 
2 
14 
- 
687 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
92 
12 
18 
2 
8,672 
117 
Satellite service 
82 
17 
45 
3 
6,892 
114 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
11 
7 
9 
- 
977 
24 
Other Internet service 
13 
- 
3 
- 
1,240 
19 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
22 
6 
18 
5 
1,523 
54 
acres 
5,129 
(D) 
2,186 
137 
682,299 
13,099 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
462 
86 
222 
22 
43,185 
688 
2 households 
74 
14 
32 
3 
6,598 
125 
3 households 
8 
- 
14 
4 
1,240 
26 
4 households 
2 
2 
1 
- 
461 
12 
5 or more households 
4 
2 
2 
- 
363 
4 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
452 
83 
216 
21 
36,547 
596 
25 to 49 percent 
37 
6 
22 
1 
4,065 
65 
50 to 74 percent 
22 
9 
15 
4 
4,801 
71 
75 to 99 percent 
18 
3 
12 
- 
3,131 
54 
100 percent 
21 
3 
6 
3 
3,303 
69 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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