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 
3 
(NA) 
85,083 
(NA) 
81 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
2,891 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
3 
4 
74,464 
77,266 
77 
40 
Partnerships 
- 
1 
4,975 
6,967 
4 
2 
Corporations 
1 
- 
7,180 
6,501 
1 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
1,783 
1,902 
1 
1 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
2 
3 
53,090 
57,431 
43 
21 
2 operators 
1 
2 
29,753 
29,380 
37 
21 
3 operators 
- 
- 
4,442 
4,633 
3 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
787 
817 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
330 
375 
" 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1 
3 
30,316 
30,924 
47 
17 
2 operators 
1 
- 
946 
1,049 
1 
- 
3 operators 
- 
- 
132 
141 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
21 
34 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
12 
15 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
3 
3 
65,698 
57,970 
62 
21 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
6,525 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
DSL service 
- 
(NA) 
27,118 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
1 
(NA) 
7,699 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
2 
(NA) 
6,153 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
12,366 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
12,821 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
1,083 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
1,330 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
- 
3,639 
3,659 
3 
4 
acres 
- 
- 
2,086,828 
1,994,954 
(D) 
308 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
1 
4 
68,373 
70,448 
70 
34 
2 households 
3 
1 
14,692 
16,299 
12 
7 
3 households 
- 
- 
3,219 
3,554 
1 
2 
4 households 
- 
- 
1,261 
1,342 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
857 
993 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1 
1 
41,455 
45,813 
61 
32 
25 to 49 percent 
2 
1 
9,601 
11,683 
2 
1 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
2 
14,438 
14,788 
10 
4 
75 to 99 percent 
1 
1 
14,038 
12,579 
9 
4 
100 percent 
- 
- 
8,870 
7,773 
1 
2 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 51 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
