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 
251 
142 
152 
40 
71,896 
635 
Limited Liability Corporation 
11 
2 
11 
3 
1,854 
32 
Operation's legal status tor tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
233 
132 
129 
36 
64,731 
541 
Partnerships 
13 
3 
18 
1 
4,545 
48 
Corporations 
9 
8 
13 
1 
3,702 
55 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
5 
- 
2 
3 
1,880 
15 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
120 
31 
71 
13 
47,741 
282 
2 operators 
122 
82 
72 
24 
22,141 
293 
3 operators 
13 
24 
14 
4 
3,898 
54 
4 operators 
1 
6 
2 
- 
724 
19 
5 or more operators 
4 
- 
3 
- 
354 
11 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
135 
88 
84 
17 
21,987 
288 
2 operators 
2 
9 
5 
3 
1,111 
37 
3 operators 
1 
- 
2 
- 
161 
1 
4 operators 
1 
- 
1 
- 
22 
2 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
182 
114 
Ill 
38 
53,225 
472 
Dial-up 
13 
6 
14 
- 
3,945 
28 
DSL service 
62 
39 
45 
22 
19,141 
148 
Cable modem service 
28 
23 
21 
3 
6,527 
84 
Fiber-optic service 
13 
2 
3 
- 
1,386 
12 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
50 
25 
19 
8 
12,604 
109 
Satellite service 
36 
15 
20 
5 
12,397 
113 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
6 
9 
- 
- 
1,450 
21 
Other Internet service 
1 
3 
4 
- 
2,021 
18 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
6 
8 
7 
4 
2,543 
49 
acres 
841 
8,956 
2,828 
478 
1,614,059 
20,254 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
199 
99 
118 
28 
55,823 
496 
2 households 
37 
35 
28 
9 
13,595 
122 
3 households 
10 
7 
6 
3 
3,185 
20 
4 households 
13 
1 
2 
- 
1,280 
11 
5 or more households 
1 
1 
8 
1 
975 
10 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
189 
109 
126 
28 
42,715 
471 
25 to 49 percent 
30 
14 
11 
3 
7,524 
47 
50 to 74 percent 
19 
9 
11 
3 
9,951 
59 
75 to 99 percent 
12 
10 
6 
3 
9,331 
40 
1 00 percent 
10 
1 
8 
4 
5,337 
42 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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