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] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
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 
237 
133 
131 
23 
34,189 
404 
Limited Liability Corporation 
14 
12 
15 
1 
2,320 
43 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
217 
95 
110 
19 
29,533 
329 
Partnerships 
10 
14 
17 
1 
3,085 
55 
Corporations 
9 
37 
9 
3 
2,332 
40 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
5 
4 
- 
- 
407 
1 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
92 
49 
40 
12 
17,944 
152 
2 operators 
123 
76 
75 
11 
14,444 
227 
3 operators 
19 
21 
20 
- 
2,338 
34 
4 operators 
4 
2 
1 
- 
432 
4 
5 or more operators 
3 
2 
- 
- 
199 
8 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
160 
95 
85 
11 
16,430 
237 
2 operators 
14 
12 
8 
- 
1,070 
19 
3 operators 
2 
2 
- 
- 
124 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
24 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
- 
- 
14 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
201 
125 
107 
16 
25,359 
342 
Dial-up 
26 
7 
11 
- 
2,601 
20 
DSL service 
61 
47 
19 
2 
8,272 
130 
Cable modem service 
69 
55 
40 
7 
8,118 
108 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
2 
- 
- 
795 
14 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
29 
12 
15 
3 
4,141 
63 
Satellite service 
29 
8 
28 
4 
3,387 
40 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
3 
1 
3 
- 
595 
15 
Other Internet service 
4 
- 
- 
- 
277 
- 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
4 
18 
2 
7 
1,133 
28 
acres 
(D) 
913 
(D) 
928 
540,732 
4,099 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
211 
118 
109 
23 
29,836 
352 
2 households 
20 
16 
15 
- 
4,192 
47 
3 households 
1 
9 
9 
- 
786 
20 
4 households 
9 
4 
- 
- 
310 
6 
5 or more households 
- 
3 
3 
- 
233 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
192 
98 
99 
12 
23,561 
296 
25 to 49 percent 
25 
19 
8 
1 
2,886 
27 
50 to 74 percent 
12 
6 
11 
2 
2,993 
25 
75 to 99 percent 
4 
11 
8 
8 
2,466 
36 
100 percent 
8 
16 
10 
- 
3,451 
41 
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