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 
26,644 
(NA) 
1,267 
(NA) 
31 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
1,576 
(NA) 
31 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
21,564 
22,625 
1,176 
1,345 
25 
30 
8 
7 
Partnerships 
2,320 
2,839 
38 
62 
3 
4 
- 
1 
Corporations 
3,509 
3,509 
26 
22 
3 
3 
2 
2 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
615 
551 
78 
53 
- 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
14,029 
15,521 
837 
999 
15 
23 
7 
7 
2 operators 
11,717 
11,605 
422 
428 
16 
10 
2 
1 
3 operators 
1,699 
1,805 
46 
43 
- 
- 
1 
2 
4 operators 
383 
399 
6 
10 
- 
2 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
180 
194 
7 
2 
- 
2 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
13,587 
13,817 
545 
557 
16 
12 
4 
4 
2 operators 
727 
765 
21 
19 
- 
2 
1 
1 
3 operators 
97 
104 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
21 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
9 
8 
- 
2 
" 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
20,884 
18,484 
769 
806 
28 
20 
7 
7 
Dial-up 
1,854 
(NA) 
79 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
DSL service 
9,435 
(NA) 
378 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
1,730 
(NA) 
41 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
2,210 
(NA) 
35 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
2,896 
(NA) 
78 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
4,738 
(NA) 
170 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
359 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
452 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,394 
568 
40 
34 
1 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
11,729,886 
7,213,040 
(D) 
2,332,865 
(D) 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
22,265 
23,156 
1,086 
1,287 
24 
28 
10 
8 
2 households 
4,239 
4,557 
161 
142 
4 
4 
- 
2 
3 households 
928 
1,060 
37 
23 
1 
4 
- 
- 
4 households 
380 
449 
23 
17 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
196 
302 
11 
13 
2 
- 
- 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,877 
17,707 
909 
997 
24 
23 
6 
7 
25 to 49 percent 
2,158 
2,615 
112 
126 
3 
4 
- 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
3,062 
3,316 
128 
162 
3 
2 
2 
1 
75 to 99 percent 
3,446 
3,579 
105 
121 
- 
2 
- 
- 
100 percent 
2,465 
2,307 
64 
76 
1 
6 
2 
2 
-continued 
48 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
