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 
4,255 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
28 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
546 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
3,701 
3,551 
3 
5 
2 
8 
27 
1 
Partnerships 
320 
299 
- 
6 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Corporations 
243 
220 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
127 
96 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,937 
1,837 
2 
- 
1 
- 
22 
- 
2 operators 
2,104 
1,985 
1 
11 
1 
8 
6 
4 
3 operators 
294 
234 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 operators 
25 
66 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
31 
44 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2,619 
2,450 
2 
11 
1 
8 
25 
4 
2 operators 
195 
201 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 operators 
23 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
4 
6 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
3,690 
3,063 
2 
11 
5 
8 
21 
3 
Dial-up 
279 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
DSL service 
1,221 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
1,590 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
186 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
421 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
296 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
145 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
27 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
158 
112 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
71,837 
49,888 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
3,899 
3,686 
3 
10 
1 
5 
28 
_ 
2 households 
344 
371 
- 
1 
1 
3 
- 
1 
3 households 
100 
43 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 households 
33 
32 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
5 or more households 
15 
34 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,553 
3,311 
2 
11 
6 
6 
28 
5 
25 to 49 percent 
186 
265 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
258 
261 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
155 
174 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
239 
155 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
--continued 
48 New Hampshire 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
