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 
846 
221 
1 ,665 
6 
46,446 
641 
Limited Liability Corporation 
54 
28 
92 
1 
2,333 
59 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
778 
197 
1,488 
5 
41,626 
566 
Partnerships 
57 
24 
130 
1 
2,955 
42 
Corporations 
27 
11 
108 
1 
2,923 
52 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
12 
2 
18 
- 
464 
7 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
490 
67 
1,203 
1 
28,990 
267 
2 operators 
310 
134 
422 
6 
15,974 
307 
3 operators 
61 
27 
102 
- 
2,417 
75 
4 operators 
13 
3 
10 
- 
458 
4 
5 or more operators 
- 
3 
7 
- 
129 
14 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
342 
153 
508 
6 
16,865 
313 
2 operators 
26 
12 
42 
- 
1,040 
19 
3 operators 
2 
5 
1 
- 
104 
9 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
" 
" 
1 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
580 
186 
1,005 
7 
33,491 
499 
Dial-up 
63 
11 
125 
- 
2,425 
39 
DSL service 
259 
76 
494 
3 
17,856 
242 
Cable modem service 
92 
41 
206 
2 
6,834 
98 
Fiber-optic service 
20 
5 
29 
- 
1,513 
29 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
111 
33 
122 
1 
4,719 
86 
Satellite service 
76 
31 
181 
- 
3,123 
70 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
13 
9 
17 
- 
710 
18 
Other Internet service 
6 
1 
10 
2 
274 
6 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
16 
11 
49 
- 
1,368 
58 
acres 
7,880 
750 
5,320 
- 
830,164 
32,077 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
645 
177 
1,345 
6 
38,206 
473 
2 households 
170 
45 
316 
1 
7,640 
147 
3 households 
36 
2 
66 
- 
1,326 
29 
4 households 
16 
3 
11 
- 
551 
3 
5 or more households 
7 
7 
6 
- 
245 
15 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
690 
156 
1,383 
5 
35,670 
497 
25 to 49 percent 
59 
8 
140 
2 
3,310 
36 
50 to 74 percent 
55 
33 
108 
- 
3,802 
35 
75 to 99 percent 
37 
13 
51 
- 
2,555 
41 
100 percent 
33 
24 
62 
- 
2,631 
58 
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