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 
- 
(NA) 
30,017 
(NA) 
107 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
907 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
- 
- 
26,797 
25,886 
90 
81 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
2,080 
2,605 
11 
6 
Corporations 
- 
- 
1,612 
1,402 
6 
4 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
- 
1 
563 
406 
2 
1 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
- 
18,034 
18,210 
54 
47 
2 operators 
- 
- 
10,681 
9,920 
39 
31 
3 operators 
- 
- 
1,782 
1,626 
10 
12 
4 operators 
- 
- 
374 
382 
5 
2 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
181 
161 
1 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
- 
10,704 
10,100 
52 
52 
2 operators 
- 
- 
515 
410 
5 
- 
3 operators 
- 
- 
32 
44 
- 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
11 
8 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
41 
- 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
- 
1 
23,460 
19,412 
86 
62 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
1,946 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
DSL service 
- 
(NA) 
8,351 
(NA) 
32 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
3,941 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
4,666 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
3,760 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
3,471 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
632 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
503 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
1 
1,111 
904 
2 
6 
acres 
- 
(D) 
3,236,546 
2,655,955 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
_ 
1 
24,051 
23,205 
70 
69 
2 households 
- 
- 
5,078 
5,205 
23 
13 
3 households 
- 
- 
1,118 
1,177 
8 
7 
4 households 
- 
- 
477 
444 
3 
3 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
328 
268 
5 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
- 
1 
13,802 
12,999 
48 
40 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
3,064 
3,138 
13 
10 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
4,556 
4,852 
17 
20 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
5,456 
5,350 
16 
15 
1 00 percent 
- 
- 
4,174 
3,960 
15 
7 
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