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 
17 
(NA) 
58,895 
(NA) 
267 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
2,141 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
17 
5 
52,548 
55,075 
254 
199 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
3,831 
5,500 
6 
21 
Corporations 
- 
- 
2,808 
2,754 
5 
7 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
1,666 
1,484 
7 
7 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
15 
- 
35,344 
38,850 
146 
126 
2 operators 
1 
5 
21,581 
21,992 
108 
90 
3 operators 
1 
- 
3,166 
3,127 
7 
14 
4 operators 
- 
- 
530 
607 
5 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
232 
237 
6 
4 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2 
5 
23,152 
24,488 
134 
113 
2 operators 
- 
- 
959 
966 
9 
3 
3 operators 
- 
- 
121 
143 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
22 
32 
- 
4 
5 or more operators 
" 
11 
9 
- 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
17 
5 
43,472 
37,027 
187 
145 
Dial-up 
4 
(NA) 
3,174 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
DSL service 
9 
(NA) 
15,023 
(NA) 
63 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
6,487 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
5,447 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
1 
(NA) 
8,188 
(NA) 
48 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
6 
(NA) 
8,603 
(NA) 
43 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
2 
(NA) 
949 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
1 
(NA) 
1,396 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
2 
- 
1,926 
1,994 
4 
5 
acres 
(D) 
- 
3,981,393 
3,463,097 
15,071 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
14 
5 
47,570 
48,606 
227 
191 
2 households 
2 
- 
9,519 
11,004 
23 
36 
3 households 
1 
- 
2,300 
2,392 
6 
3 
4 households 
- 
- 
822 
2,138 
5 
3 
5 or more households 
- 
" 
642 
673 
11 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
10 
2 
37,031 
40,921 
199 
183 
25 to 49 percent 
1 
- 
6,270 
6,641 
20 
14 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
3 
7,310 
7,332 
32 
19 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
6,251 
6,205 
12 
15 
100 percent 
6 
- 
3,991 
3,714 
9 
3 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Kansas 51 
