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 
241,785 
(NA) 
2,617 
(NA) 
695 
(NA) 
8,282 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
8,664 
(NA) 
103 
(NA) 
48 
(NA) 
306 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
222,580 
218,126 
2,483 
1,919 
591 
476 
7,892 
5,455 
Partnerships 
16,660 
20,657 
146 
175 
61 
51 
424 
492 
Corporations 
6,859 
5,706 
34 
39 
62 
30 
172 
65 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
2,710 
2,948 
30 
22 
4 
4 
63 
112 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
141,340 
142,175 
1,396 
1,094 
400 
296 
5,563 
4,121 
2 operators 
92,683 
90,580 
1,121 
924 
270 
223 
2,395 
1,593 
3 operators 
11,694 
1 1 ,487 
149 
98 
41 
26 
472 
354 
4 operators 
2,127 
2,306 
15 
32 
4 
6 
76 
33 
5 or more operators 
965 
889 
12 
7 
3 
10 
45 
23 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
108,481 
105,930 
1,349 
1,061 
315 
267 
2,866 
2,039 
2 operators 
5,789 
4,974 
69 
61 
17 
13 
226 
120 
3 operators 
726 
624 
9 
5 
- 
1 
20 
6 
4 operators 
91 
118 
- 
- 
- 
2 
6 
6 
5 or more operators 
27 
36 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
169,720 
129,805 
1,909 
1,168 
519 
273 
4,554 
2,135 
Dial-up 
16,767 
(NA) 
237 
(NA) 
29 
(NA) 
671 
(NA) 
DSL service 
57,358 
(NA) 
600 
(NA) 
163 
(NA) 
1,554 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
20,469 
(NA) 
208 
(NA) 
101 
(NA) 
796 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
6,007 
(NA) 
51 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
119 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
34,633 
(NA) 
479 
(NA) 
83 
(NA) 
846 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
44,390 
(NA) 
469 
(NA) 
144 
(NA) 
1,036 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
5,016 
(NA) 
58 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
153 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
6,375 
(NA) 
78 
(NA) 
24 
(NA) 
140 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
6,612 
5,328 
114 
44 
52 
39 
279 
134 
acres 
17,575,493 
15,068,442 
(D) 
84,990 
18,474 
22,833 
110,452 
33,734 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
206,593 
197,699 
2,235 
1,707 
500 
404 
6,908 
4,656 
2 households 
32,700 
38,658 
332 
357 
125 
106 
1,320 
1,164 
3 households 
5,602 
6,733 
84 
55 
27 
20 
207 
171 
4 households 
2,321 
2,836 
19 
19 
42 
19 
74 
85 
5 or more households 
1,593 
1,511 
23 
17 
24 
12 
42 
48 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
209,217 
207,684 
2,370 
1,935 
602 
467 
7,717 
5,676 
25 to 49 percent 
13,999 
14,063 
127 
85 
28 
22 
409 
247 
50 to 74 percent 
12,588 
13,020 
87 
76 
36 
34 
241 
119 
75 to 99 percent 
7,529 
8,329 
65 
41 
22 
21 
118 
61 
1 00 percent 
5,476 
4,341 
44 
18 
30 
17 
66 
21 
--continued 
54 Texas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
