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 
48,594 
(NA) 
571 
(NA) 
168 
(NA) 
1,565 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2,474 
(NA) 
44 
(NA) 
24 
(NA) 
86 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
43,563 
45,766 
528 
541 
156 
104 
1,401 
1,264 
Partnerships 
3,132 
4,246 
45 
44 
17 
13 
123 
166 
Corporations 
3,035 
2,625 
12 
14 
6 
5 
100 
52 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
488 
276 
11 
4 
- 
- 
13 
9 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
30,657 
33,351 
428 
405 
61 
49 
1,172 
1,156 
2 operators 
16,435 
16,372 
134 
153 
95 
61 
368 
273 
3 operators 
2,522 
2,523 
26 
37 
19 
8 
84 
52 
4 operators 
468 
491 
8 
8 
1 
- 
6 
6 
5 or more operators 
136 
176 
- 
" 
3 
4 
7 
4 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
17,451 
18,094 
155 
181 
111 
64 
451 
389 
2 operators 
1,077 
1,071 
14 
17 
7 
5 
34 
17 
3 operators 
107 
83 
- 
2 
3 
2 
- 
3 
4 operators 
11 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
10 
" 
" 
" 
" 
1 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
34,814 
28,313 
378 
287 
139 
48 
930 
506 
Dial-up 
2,587 
(NA) 
45 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
112 
(NA) 
DSL service 
18,475 
(NA) 
160 
(NA) 
58 
(NA) 
452 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
7,092 
(NA) 
58 
(NA) 
31 
(NA) 
194 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1,549 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
29 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
4,924 
(NA) 
80 
(NA) 
30 
(NA) 
115 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
3,330 
(NA) 
40 
(NA) 
28 
(NA) 
173 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
732 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
290 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,434 
1,330 
14 
14 
9 
6 
43 
38 
acres 
841,175 
503,710 
5,437 
1,713 
653 
(D) 
4,921 
2,692 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
39,916 
40,997 
427 
441 
130 
81 
1,273 
1,121 
2 households 
8,051 
9,360 
123 
118 
38 
21 
287 
293 
3 households 
1,413 
1,597 
25 
28 
1 
4 
62 
41 
4 households 
579 
661 
15 
12 
3 
9 
10 
15 
5 or more households 
259 
298 
6 
4 
7 
7 
5 
21 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
37,398 
39,529 
451 
457 
113 
62 
1,300 
1,240 
25 to 49 percent 
3,483 
3,641 
42 
55 
7 
12 
133 
63 
50 to 74 percent 
3,963 
4,079 
47 
31 
25 
17 
100 
76 
75 to 99 percent 
2,639 
2,984 
28 
40 
10 
23 
48 
72 
100 percent 
2,735 
2,680 
28 
20 
24 
8 
56 
40 
-continued 
50 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
