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 
6 
(NA) 
57,200 
(NA) 
143 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
2,022 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
6 
5 
52,070 
57,342 
129 
150 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
3,785 
3,252 
13 
9 
Corporations 
- 
- 
2,285 
1,701 
5 
3 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
811 
427 
4 
1 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
6 
5 
32,442 
37,732 
86 
108 
2 operators 
- 
- 
21,927 
20,569 
52 
44 
3 operators 
- 
- 
3,600 
3,388 
9 
5 
4 operators 
- 
- 
643 
717 
2 
6 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
339 
316 
2 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
5 
- 
23,752 
23,464 
69 
68 
2 operators 
- 
- 
1,670 
1,410 
4 
2 
3 operators 
- 
- 
184 
161 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
34 
26 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
7 
10 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
6 
2 
36,541 
31,989 
102 
95 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
3,667 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
DSL service 
1 
(NA) 
17,767 
(NA) 
46 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
5 
(NA) 
8,895 
(NA) 
27 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
1,744 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
4,413 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
2,911 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
854 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
274 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
- 
1,405 
1,327 
2 
6 
acres 
- 
- 
394,689 
328,021 
(D) 
209 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
6 
4 
49,972 
53,214 
124 
130 
2 households 
- 
1 
6,859 
7,352 
19 
25 
3 households 
- 
- 
1,247 
1,316 
3 
1 
4 households 
- 
- 
500 
483 
- 
5 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
373 
357 
5 
2 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1 
5 
40,361 
45,498 
113 
117 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
4,006 
3,793 
4 
10 
50 to 74 percent 
5 
- 
4,742 
4,241 
9 
14 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
4,517 
4,453 
10 
7 
1 00 percent 
- 
- 
5,325 
4,737 
15 
15 
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