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 
271 
111 
117 
22 
57,406 
536 
Limited Liability Corporation 
14 
8 
9 
1 
2,026 
41 
Operation's legal status tor tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
237 
99 
104 
22 
52,253 
457 
Partnerships 
28 
7 
12 
2 
3,808 
54 
Corporations 
14 
4 
4 
- 
2,291 
36 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
6 
1 
2 
- 
815 
3 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
117 
26 
48 
6 
32,526 
203 
2 operators 
140 
69 
57 
11 
22,037 
265 
3 operators 
23 
14 
11 
6 
3,618 
51 
4 operators 
2 
2 
5 
1 
645 
28 
5 or more operators 
3 
- 
1 
- 
341 
3 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
164 
81 
58 
23 
23,881 
291 
2 operators 
10 
8 
12 
- 
1,675 
33 
3 operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
184 
3 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
34 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
213 
83 
83 
22 
36,691 
354 
Dial-up 
39 
6 
12 
2 
3,697 
16 
DSL service 
88 
40 
45 
6 
17,835 
164 
Cable modem service 
54 
18 
15 
9 
8,932 
120 
Fiber-optic service 
13 
7 
9 
- 
1,755 
18 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
37 
12 
12 
5 
4,437 
48 
Satellite service 
23 
9 
8 
- 
2,929 
19 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
4 
2 
- 
- 
858 
15 
Other Internet service 
3 
- 
1 
- 
277 
6 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
10 
1 
- 
- 
1,409 
27 
acres 
4,317 
(D) 
- 
- 
398,409 
2,837 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
245 
96 
91 
24 
50,154 
438 
2 households 
29 
12 
26 
- 
6,885 
98 
3 households 
3 
- 
2 
- 
1,250 
7 
4 households 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 
3 
5 or more households 
8 
3 
3 
- 
378 
4 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
214 
89 
107 
19 
40,529 
367 
25 to 49 percent 
11 
4 
3 
- 
4,012 
46 
50 to 74 percent 
23 
7 
7 
5 
4,752 
70 
75 to 99 percent 
15 
2 
3 
- 
4,532 
23 
1 00 percent 
22 
9 
2 
- 
5,342 
44 
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