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] 
Characteristics 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
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 
1,626 
79 
23 
23 
25,551 
346 
Limited Liability Corporation 
45 
8 
- 
3 
1,549 
16 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,484 
65 
18 
20 
20,546 
295 
Partnerships 
66 
9 
- 
3 
2,294 
34 
Corporations 
57 
5 
5 
- 
3,490 
28 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
81 
3 
- 
- 
540 
2 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
903 
20 
8 
8 
13,164 
112 
2 operators 
684 
57 
4 
10 
11,476 
200 
3 operators 
75 
4 
8 
3 
1,675 
35 
4 operators 
14 
1 
- 
2 
377 
6 
5 or more operators 
12 
- 
3 
- 
178 
6 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
817 
59 
12 
14 
13,231 
221 
2 operators 
38 
2 
1 
2 
714 
14 
3 operators 
6 
- 
- 
- 
97 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
21 
1 
5 or more operators 
1 
" 
" 
- 
9 
2 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
1,052 
76 
16 
19 
20,254 
265 
Dial-up 
92 
6 
1 
4 
1,801 
25 
DSL service 
516 
34 
3 
7 
9,130 
115 
Cable modem service 
66 
14 
2 
4 
1,686 
27 
Fiber-optic service 
61 
3 
4 
1 
2,190 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
121 
8 
1 
- 
2,830 
49 
Satellite service 
238 
14 
5 
5 
4,599 
77 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
19 
4 
- 
- 
348 
5 
Other Internet service 
19 
8 
- 
- 
440 
4 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
52 
4 
- 
- 
1,357 
6 
acres 
2,811,365 
(D) 
- 
- 
8,974,733 
4,451 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
1,381 
66 
16 
19 
21,310 
289 
2 households 
219 
12 
4 
1 
4,121 
39 
3 households 
46 
2 
- 
- 
893 
19 
4 households 
28 
- 
3 
3 
363 
4 
5 or more households 
14 
2 
- 
- 
183 
8 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,115 
64 
14 
19 
16,078 
263 
25 to 49 percent 
143 
8 
1 
3 
2,064 
26 
50 to 74 percent 
183 
5 
2 
1 
2,955 
18 
75 to 99 percent 
158 
1 
3 
- 
3,363 
24 
100 percent 
89 
4 
3 
- 
2,410 
28 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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