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 
59,796 
(NA) 
387 
(NA) 
69 
(NA) 
161 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2,177 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
53,387 
55,706 
365 
265 
62 
30 
141 
132 
Partnerships 
3,860 
5,549 
8 
13 
5 
5 
10 
10 
Corporations 
2,835 
2,774 
10 
12 
4 
- 
8 
1 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
1,691 
1,502 
12 
7 
- 
- 
6 
4 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
35,864 
39,263 
219 
161 
39 
26 
101 
100 
2 operators 
21,935 
22,249 
159 
120 
31 
8 
55 
34 
3 operators 
3,193 
3,165 
9 
11 
1 
1 
9 
12 
4 operators 
543 
610 
8 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
238 
244 
- 
2 
- 
- 
" 
1 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
23,630 
24,827 
227 
149 
37 
18 
78 
54 
2 operators 
978 
977 
8 
6 
2 
- 
- 
2 
3 operators 
121 
144 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 operators 
22 
38 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
11 
9 
“ 
" 
" 
" 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
44,128 
37,413 
306 
161 
44 
12 
102 
63 
Dial-up 
3,227 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
DSL service 
15,279 
(NA) 
139 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
30 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
6,598 
(NA) 
39 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
36 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
5,488 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
8,304 
(NA) 
49 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
8,733 
(NA) 
57 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
19 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
969 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
1,434 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,949 
2,012 
7 
4 
- 
- 
10 
9 
acres 
4,026,589 
3,498,234 
23,682 
24,757 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
48,353 
49,179 
349 
245 
63 
26 
130 
106 
2 households 
9,611 
11,108 
39 
41 
6 
4 
22 
23 
3 households 
2,316 
2,409 
3 
4 
- 
1 
6 
9 
4 households 
834 
2,152 
2 
5 
- 
2 
5 
4 
5 or more households 
659 
683 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
5 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
37,735 
41,484 
306 
217 
62 
33 
127 
128 
25 to 49 percent 
6,349 
6,688 
36 
23 
1 
2 
21 
8 
50 to 74 percent 
7,388 
7,390 
30 
30 
3 
- 
13 
6 
75 to 99 percent 
6,282 
6,236 
15 
13 
4 
- 
- 
3 
100 percent 
4,019 
3,733 
8 
14 
1 
- 
4 
2 
-continued 
50 Kansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
