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 
Characteristics 
Native Hawaiian 
or other 
Pacific Islander 
White 
reporting 
more than 
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 
7 
(NA) 
25,187 
(NA) 
142 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
1,535 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
7 
6 
20,225 
21,117 
123 
120 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
2,270 
2,761 
9 
11 
Corporations 
- 
- 
3,465 
3,471 
13 
11 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
534 
492 
3 
6 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
5 
- 
13,091 
14,425 
74 
67 
2 operators 
2 
6 
11,216 
11,092 
59 
68 
3 operators 
- 
- 
1,641 
1,748 
11 
12 
4 operators 
- 
- 
374 
386 
3 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
172 
190 
1 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2 
6 
12,948 
13,140 
72 
98 
2 operators 
- 
- 
701 
741 
4 
2 
3 operators 
- 
- 
96 
100 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
21 
22 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
8 
6 
1 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
4 
6 
19,960 
17,552 
116 
93 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
1,769 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
DSL service 
- 
(NA) 
8,980 
(NA) 
63 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
1,675 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1 
(NA) 
2,168 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
2,804 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
3 
(NA) 
4,523 
(NA) 
35 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
344 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
432 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
- 
1,347 
526 
6 
7 
acres 
- 
- 
8,948,730 
4,866,555 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
6 
4 
21,015 
21,715 
124 
114 
2 households 
1 
2 
4,055 
4,379 
18 
28 
3 households 
- 
- 
888 
1,030 
2 
3 
4 households 
- 
- 
355 
430 
2 
1 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
181 
287 
2 
2 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
6 
6 
15,845 
16,574 
87 
100 
25 to 49 percent 
1 
- 
2,028 
2,478 
14 
7 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
2,908 
3,135 
21 
16 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
3,324 
3,439 
17 
17 
100 percent 
- 
- 
2,389 
2,215 
9 
8 
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