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 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
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 
30,911 
(NA) 
776 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
944 
(NA) 
34 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
27,544 
26,633 
647 
640 
4 
16 
6 
10 
Partnerships 
2,150 
2,658 
59 
44 
- 
3 
- 
- 
Corporations 
1,644 
1,421 
25 
15 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
651 
457 
86 
49 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
18,540 
18,743 
448 
466 
1 
14 
3 
6 
2 operators 
11,017 
10,157 
291 
197 
4 
5 
2 
4 
3 operators 
1,865 
1,704 
72 
66 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 operators 
385 
397 
6 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
182 
168 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
11,106 
10,454 
343 
290 
4 
8 
3 
4 
2 operators 
555 
436 
35 
26 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 operators 
35 
47 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
11 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
41 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
24,110 
19,907 
555 
412 
5 
12 
4 
8 
Dial-up 
2,021 
(NA) 
62 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
DSL service 
8,570 
(NA) 
183 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
4,018 
(NA) 
54 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
4,765 
(NA) 
86 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
3,864 
(NA) 
94 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
3,578 
(NA) 
94 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
644 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
553 
(NA) 
47 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,168 
930 
55 
19 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
3,663,551 
2,920,813 
(D) 
212,487 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
24,737 
23,888 
608 
588 
4 
15 
4 
10 
2 households 
5,245 
5,331 
142 
111 
- 
2 
2 
- 
3 households 
1,155 
1,216 
29 
32 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 households 
502 
462 
21 
13 
1 
2 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
350 
272 
17 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
14,268 
13,445 
410 
388 
5 
10 
3 
7 
25 to 49 percent 
3,140 
3,215 
63 
67 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
4,697 
4,998 
123 
117 
- 
6 
1 
3 
75 to 99 percent 
5,600 
5,489 
126 
122 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 00 percent 
4,284 
4,022 
95 
54 
- 
1 
- 
- 
--continued 
48 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
