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) 
71,674 
(NA) 
132 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2 
(NA) 
1,848 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
16 
11 
64,530 
65,269 
116 
161 
Partnerships 
- 
9 
4,533 
6,453 
4 
17 
Corporations 
- 
- 
3,695 
3,410 
7 
5 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
1,873 
1,163 
7 
6 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
12 
2 
47,656 
49,012 
86 
120 
2 operators 
4 
18 
22,014 
22,406 
40 
62 
3 operators 
- 
- 
3,886 
3,856 
4 
5 
4 operators 
- 
- 
724 
660 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
351 
361 
4 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4 
4 
21,863 
22,847 
41 
71 
2 operators 
- 
5 
1,108 
936 
3 
5 
3 operators 
- 
- 
158 
127 
3 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
22 
21 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
6 
26 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
16 
7 
53,063 
45,785 
87 
Ill 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
3,935 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
DSL service 
11 
(NA) 
19,091 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
3 
(NA) 
6,491 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
1,376 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
2 
(NA) 
12,556 
(NA) 
29 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
12,366 
(NA) 
19 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
1,442 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
2,020 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
2 
6 
2,537 
2,166 
4 
6 
acres 
(D) 
480 
1,612,454 
1,290,218 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
16 
11 
55,655 
56,356 
100 
142 
2 households 
- 
9 
13,557 
14,564 
22 
37 
3 households 
- 
- 
3,168 
3,194 
9 
6 
4 households 
- 
- 
1,278 
1,299 
2 
3 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
973 
882 
1 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
6 
11 
42,544 
44,966 
98 
136 
25 to 49 percent 
2 
9 
7,506 
7,967 
10 
17 
50 to 74 percent 
3 
- 
9,936 
9,775 
10 
21 
75 to 99 percent 
2 
- 
9,319 
8,714 
10 
11 
1 00 percent 
3 
- 
5,326 
4,873 
6 
4 
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