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 
Native Hawaiian 
reporting 
Characteristics 
or other 
White 
more than 
Pacific Islander 
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 
26 
(NA) 
228,819 
(NA) 
1,346 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
8,166 
(NA) 
41 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
25 
48 
210,326 
208,507 
1,263 
1,721 
Partnerships 
1 
5 
15,960 
19,747 
68 
187 
Corporations 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
1 
6 
6,564 
5,525 
26 
41 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
2,599 
2,789 
14 
21 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
17 
28 
133,226 
135,556 
738 
1,080 
2 operators 
7 
25 
88,355 
87,089 
535 
726 
3 operators 
3 
6 
10,962 
10,883 
67 
120 
4 operators 
- 
- 
2,009 
2,202 
23 
33 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
897 
838 
8 
11 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
10 
30 
103,243 
101,624 
698 
909 
2 operators 
- 
- 
5,442 
4,738 
35 
42 
3 operators 
- 
- 
692 
599 
5 
13 
4 operators 
- 
- 
79 
110 
6 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
20 
35 
- 
1 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
18 
36 
161,733 
125,168 
987 
1,025 
Dial-up 
1 
(NA) 
15,745 
(NA) 
84 
(NA) 
DSL service 
15 
(NA) 
54,704 
(NA) 
322 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
19,224 
(NA) 
140 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
■ 
(NA) 
5,784 
(NA) 
31 
(NA) 
a cell phone 
4 
(NA) 
32,956 
(NA) 
265 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
42,493 
(NA) 
248 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
4,745 
(NA) 
40 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
6,086 
(NA) 
47 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
2 
9 
6,133 
5,050 
32 
52 
acres 
(D) 
5,186 
17,189,073 
14,863,628 
(D) 
58,071 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
24 
43 
195,736 
189,355 
1,190 
1,534 
2 households 
2 
13 
30,784 
36,693 
137 
325 
3 households 
- 
2 
5,260 
6,432 
24 
53 
4 households 
- 
- 
2,174 
2,681 
12 
32 
5 or more households 
1 
1 
1,495 
1,407 
8 
26 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
25 
55 
197,291 
197,875 
1,212 
1,676 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
1 
13,394 
13,596 
41 
112 
50 to 74 percent 
1 
1 
12,166 
12,690 
57 
100 
75 to 99 percent 
1 
1 
7,293 
8,146 
30 
59 
1 00 percent 
- 
1 
5,305 
4,261 
31 
23 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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