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 
187 
123 
57 
17 
85,219 
469 
Limited Liability Corporation 
13 
5 
5 
- 
2,896 
15 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
170 
110 
54 
16 
74,590 
409 
Partnerships 
14 
8 
2 
- 
4,980 
40 
Corporations 
9 
5 
3 
2 
7,185 
38 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
2 
2 
3 
- 
1,787 
12 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
58 
36 
17 
5 
53,132 
220 
2 operators 
115 
79 
36 
11 
29,844 
245 
3 operators 
19 
9 
9 
1 
4,448 
21 
4 operators 
2 
1 
- 
- 
787 
8 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
- 
1 
331 
5 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
131 
90 
42 
10 
30,411 
286 
2 operators 
5 
1 
- 
1 
948 
4 
3 operators 
1 
- 
1 
- 
133 
3 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
21 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
" 
" 
- 
12 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
146 
100 
47 
12 
65,813 
325 
Dial-up 
20 
5 
2 
- 
6,531 
21 
DSL service 
61 
33 
19 
2 
27,168 
130 
Cable modem service 
18 
19 
4 
5 
7,714 
30 
Fiber-optic service 
7 
4 
4 
3 
6,159 
22 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
42 
27 
11 
2 
12,408 
70 
Satellite service 
16 
14 
7 
- 
12,833 
70 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1 
5 
2 
- 
1,087 
14 
Other Internet service 
2 
10 
- 
1 
1,335 
17 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
9 
8 
4 
- 
3,642 
18 
acres 
4,303 
1,876 
1,745 
2,087,626 
6,836 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
157 
94 
57 
9 
68,494 
378 
2 households 
29 
22 
1 
9 
14,707 
90 
3 households 
6 
4 
1 
- 
3,222 
23 
4 households 
2 
5 
3 
- 
1,262 
3 
5 or more households 
1 
- 
- 
- 
857 
5 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
129 
82 
49 
10 
41,561 
320 
25 to 49 percent 
12 
15 
2 
4 
9,609 
49 
50 to 74 percent 
28 
9 
2 
- 
14,452 
47 
75 to 99 percent 
20 
9 
7 
4 
14,049 
47 
100 percent 
6 
10 
2 
- 
8,871 
36 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 53 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
