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 
875 
112 
211 
30 
59,357 
849 
Limited Liability Corporation 
33 
6 
15 
2 
2,160 
40 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
817 
100 
188 
30 
52,980 
781 
Partnerships 
20 
11 
11 
2 
3,847 
43 
Corporations 
24 
6 
10 
- 
2,814 
30 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
26 
- 
6 
- 
1,679 
8 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
348 
46 
118 
15 
35,487 
436 
2 operators 
477 
60 
82 
13 
21,875 
334 
3 operators 
45 
6 
15 
1 
3,180 
74 
4 operators 
11 
5 
- 
3 
540 
9 
5 or more operators 
6 
- 
- 
- 
238 
9 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
585 
74 
103 
14 
23,466 
389 
2 operators 
20 
3 
3 
3 
976 
9 
3 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
121 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
22 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
" 
- 
11 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
679 
82 
137 
29 
43,813 
581 
Dial-up 
48 
1 
11 
6 
3,198 
40 
DSL service 
260 
23 
39 
14 
15,140 
194 
Cable modem service 
69 
17 
42 
- 
6,528 
89 
Fiber-optic service 
52 
9 
9 
4 
5,463 
51 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
131 
17 
21 
4 
8,268 
93 
Satellite service 
157 
17 
25 
7 
8,671 
154 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
14 
1 
4 
2 
963 
17 
Other Internet service 
41 
8 
9 
1 
1,431 
31 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
20 
1 
10 
2 
1,930 
21 
acres 
35,462 
(D) 
6,125 
(D) 
3,996,464 
25,760 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
778 
104 
162 
26 
47,960 
655 
2 households 
74 
10 
37 
5 
9,568 
161 
3 households 
15 
- 
8 
1 
2,310 
18 
4 households 
8 
1 
5 
- 
827 
6 
5 or more households 
12 
2 
3 
- 
655 
22 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
657 
100 
158 
18 
37,394 
622 
25 to 49 percent 
88 
4 
25 
1 
6,308 
52 
50 to 74 percent 
74 
5 
23 
2 
7,345 
67 
75 to 99 percent 
41 
7 
4 
3 
6,268 
78 
100 percent 
27 
1 
5 
8 
4,005 
43 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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