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 
12 
(NA) 
34,019 
(NA) 
100 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
1 
(NA) 
2,299 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
9 
- 
29,396 
30,302 
86 
71 
Partnerships 
1 
- 
3,066 
3,321 
8 
4 
Corporations 
2 
- 
2,315 
2,093 
4 
2 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
402 
271 
3 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
12 
- 
17,886 
18,626 
58 
49 
2 operators 
- 
- 
14,354 
14,375 
32 
23 
3 operators 
- 
- 
2,317 
2,272 
9 
5 
4 operators 
- 
- 
427 
485 
2 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
195 
229 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
- 
16,318 
16,488 
49 
31 
2 operators 
- 
- 
1,058 
1,073 
4 
- 
3 operators 
- 
- 
122 
125 
2 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
24 
31 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
" 
14 
3 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
5 
- 
25,205 
22,540 
83 
39 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
2,582 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
DSL service 
- 
(NA) 
8,225 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
4 
(NA) 
8,065 
(NA) 
30 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
793 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
1 
(NA) 
4,117 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
3,369 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
594 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
277 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
6 
- 
1,128 
936 
1 
8 
acres 
888 
" 
536,991 
434,514 
(D) 
1,182 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
12 
_ 
29,683 
29,586 
90 
67 
2 households 
- 
- 
4,179 
4,799 
7 
7 
3 households 
- 
- 
778 
928 
3 
1 
4 households 
- 
- 
309 
386 
1 
2 
5 or more households 
- 
" 
230 
288 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
6 
- 
23,431 
24,565 
80 
59 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
2,863 
2,696 
12 
5 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
2,984 
2,978 
6 
6 
75 to 99 percent 
6 
- 
2,459 
2,595 
- 
2 
100 percent 
- 
- 
3,442 
3,153 
3 
5 
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