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 
- 
(NA) 
46,112 
(NA) 
178 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
2,313 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
- 
9 
41,315 
43,685 
163 
163 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
2,938 
4,006 
9 
17 
Corporations 
- 
- 
2,910 
2,549 
7 
5 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
464 
263 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
9 
28,906 
31,640 
90 
92 
2 operators 
- 
- 
15,762 
15,806 
76 
79 
3 operators 
- 
- 
2,380 
2,421 
13 
5 
4 operators 
- 
- 
453 
468 
- 
9 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
126 
168 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
7 
16,644 
17,368 
90 
85 
2 operators 
- 
- 
1,013 
1,020 
9 
12 
3 operators 
- 
- 
104 
76 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
11 
18 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
1 
9 
- 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
- 
6 
33,237 
27,373 
130 
93 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
2,407 
(NA) 
18 
(NA) 
DSL service 
- 
(NA) 
17,744 
(NA) 
61 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
6,782 
(NA) 
27 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
1,502 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
4,681 
(NA) 
18 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
3,069 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
703 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
273 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
- 
1,368 
1,269 
- 
3 
acres 
- 
- 
830,164 
498,664 
- 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
_ 
6 
37,922 
39,218 
164 
130 
2 households 
- 
1 
7,591 
8,881 
12 
46 
3 households 
- 
- 
1,323 
1,518 
2 
6 
4 households 
- 
2 
551 
621 
- 
2 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
240 
265 
1 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
- 
8 
35,382 
37,628 
152 
134 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
3,291 
3,496 
10 
15 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
1 
3,782 
3,943 
9 
11 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
2,549 
2,828 
4 
21 
100 percent 
- 
- 
2,623 
2,608 
4 
4 
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