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 
Native Hawaiian 
reporting 
Characteristics 
or other 
White 
more than 
Pacific Islander 
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 
4 
(NA) 
29,694 
(NA) 
45 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
682 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
4 
2 
27,235 
27,700 
41 
49 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
2,101 
2,803 
7 
8 
Corporations 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
■ 
■ 
699 
559 
" 
■ 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
504 
478 
3 
1 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
4 
- 
19,232 
20,773 
19 
31 
2 operators 
- 
2 
9,424 
9,020 
24 
22 
3 operators 
- 
- 
1,455 
1,409 
7 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
305 
241 
- 
3 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
123 
97 
1 
1 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
2 
10,407 
10,291 
23 
23 
2 operators 
- 
- 
331 
301 
7 
- 
3 operators 
- 
- 
93 
56 
- 
4 
4 operators 
- 
- 
10 
11 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
13 
7 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
4 
- 
22,971 
19,266 
37 
42 
Dial-up 
4 
(NA) 
1,684 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
DSL service 
- 
(NA) 
9,680 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
3,562 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
■ 
(NA) 
5,796 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
3,360 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
2,363 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
338 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
379 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager 
farms 
- 
- 
636 
169 
1 
1 
acres 
- 
- 
1,810,432 
738,375 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
4 
2 
24,123 
24,666 
44 
49 
2 households 
- 
- 
4,698 
5,125 
5 
6 
3 households 
- 
- 
1,044 
1,026 
- 
- 
4 households 
- 
- 
380 
374 
- 
2 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
294 
349 
2 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4 
- 
13,575 
12,450 
23 
28 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
2 
3,004 
3,513 
6 
5 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
4,506 
5,395 
12 
14 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
5,128 
5,994 
10 
3 
1 00 percent 
- 
- 
4,326 
4,188 
- 
8 
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