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 
34,356 
(NA) 
83 
(NA) 
76 
(NA) 
66 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2,333 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
29,679 
30,621 
78 
130 
54 
63 
56 
55 
Partnerships 
3,096 
3,347 
3 
6 
9 
6 
9 
10 
Corporations 
2,355 
2,110 
3 
2 
26 
12 
5 
1 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
407 
274 
1 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
18,077 
18,840 
50 
81 
40 
44 
31 
40 
2 operators 
14,487 
14,511 
29 
52 
33 
35 
39 
26 
3 operators 
2,342 
2,284 
3 
3 
13 
4 
- 
- 
4 operators 
432 
485 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
199 
232 
2 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
16,512 
16,663 
51 
68 
50 
45 
44 
31 
2 operators 
1,072 
1,078 
2 
2 
8 
1 
- 
2 
3 operators 
124 
125 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
24 
31 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
14 
3 
- 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
25,480 
22,738 
68 
67 
69 
46 
50 
46 
Dial-up 
2,607 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
DSL service 
8,308 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
25 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
8,174 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
35 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
795 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
4,155 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
3,405 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
595 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
281 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,152 
957 
1 
5 
16 
6 
- 
2 
acres 
542,287 
441,031 
(D) 
4,522 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
29,978 
29,903 
76 
126 
65 
65 
52 
59 
2 households 
4,209 
4,835 
4 
10 
11 
12 
8 
7 
3 households 
797 
932 
- 
- 
9 
3 
7 
- 
4 households 
319 
391 
5 
3 
4 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
234 
291 
" 
- 
1 
3 
3 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
23,689 
24,837 
71 
101 
51 
58 
50 
54 
25 to 49 percent 
2,896 
2,716 
5 
5 
11 
4 
5 
6 
50 to 74 percent 
3,003 
3,016 
5 
18 
5 
9 
3 
5 
75 to 99 percent 
2,481 
2,612 
3 
13 
8 
1 
5 
1 
100 percent 
3,468 
3,171 
1 
2 
15 
11 
7 
- 
-continued 
52 New York 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
