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 
4,868 
1,151 
8,709 
201 
231,773 
25,673 
Limited Liability Corporation 
187 
59 
328 
8 
8,268 
1,086 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
4,589 
1,015 
8,287 
172 
213,065 
23,820 
Partnerships 
273 
86 
448 
32 
16,168 
1,697 
Corporations 
79 
67 
182 
3 
6,636 
685 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
49 
10 
74 
1 
2,623 
263 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,983 
471 
5,684 
24 
133,943 
14,624 
2 operators 
2,586 
586 
2,594 
149 
90,331 
9,717 
3 operators 
329 
98 
570 
35 
1 1 ,247 
1,711 
4 operators 
63 
12 
86 
- 
2,053 
279 
5 or more operators 
29 
11 
57 
- 
918 
134 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2,950 
679 
3,108 
142 
105,396 
10,357 
2 operators 
160 
37 
252 
13 
5,554 
580 
3 operators 
22 
4 
32 
- 
697 
68 
4 operators 
6 
- 
6 
- 
85 
8 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
7 
- 
20 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
3,606 
889 
4,864 
143 
164,040 
15,143 
Dial-up 
384 
56 
704 
9 
15,980 
1,279 
DSL service 
1,141 
263 
1,671 
47 
55,457 
4,634 
Cable modem service 
383 
167 
840 
21 
19,496 
2,476 
Fiber-optic service 
105 
34 
126 
4 
5,843 
453 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
896 
188 
916 
38 
33,586 
3,298 
Satellite service 
960 
232 
1,100 
34 
43,094 
3,642 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
117 
28 
168 
4 
4,825 
532 
Other Internet service 
167 
43 
153 
3 
6,182 
571 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
182 
67 
293 
18 
6,204 
1,118 
acres 
279,490 
42,201 
117,161 
44,630 
17,292,388 
1 ,429,922 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
4,208 
850 
7,260 
156 
198,252 
20,912 
2 households 
578 
196 
1,388 
36 
31,192 
4,085 
3 households 
133 
49 
215 
14 
5,325 
730 
4 households 
40 
43 
81 
1 
2,200 
396 
5 or more households 
31 
40 
47 
1 
1,523 
342 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4,394 
1,002 
8,104 
180 
200,007 
23,500 
25 to 49 percent 
220 
49 
419 
7 
13,498 
1,143 
50 to 74 percent 
178 
55 
253 
7 
12,260 
918 
75 to 99 percent 
116 
36 
137 
11 
7,353 
458 
1 00 percent 
82 
36 
78 
3 
5,374 
446 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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