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] 
Characteristics 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
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 
1,055 
30 
12 
7 
30,292 
257 
Limited Liability Corporation 
42 
- 
1 
- 
923 
12 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
897 
27 
12 
7 
27,034 
209 
Partnerships 
77 
3 
- 
- 
2,106 
33 
Corporations 
33 
3 
- 
- 
1,625 
15 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
89 
- 
- 
- 
568 
6 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
491 
12 
5 
- 
18,088 
138 
2 operators 
489 
17 
6 
5 
10,867 
98 
3 operators 
98 
4 
1 
2 
1,814 
21 
4 operators 
17 
- 
- 
- 
382 
3 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
182 
3 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
551 
19 
6 
6 
10,903 
95 
2 operators 
46 
- 
- 
1 
531 
14 
3 operators 
4 
- 
- 
- 
34 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
41 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
787 
27 
10 
6 
23,690 
205 
Dial-up 
78 
4 
- 
- 
1,968 
20 
DSL service 
270 
7 
3 
3 
8,435 
69 
Cable modem service 
80 
6 
- 
1 
3,974 
32 
Fiber-optic service 
122 
6 
2 
- 
4,707 
28 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
131 
6 
1 
2 
3,791 
47 
Satellite service 
150 
6 
4 
- 
3,500 
42 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
13 
1 
- 
- 
633 
5 
Other Internet service 
50 
- 
- 
- 
518 
9 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
63 
- 
- 
- 
1,121 
29 
acres 
446,040 
- 
- 
- 
3,281,051 
149,665 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
808 
21 
6 
5 
24,246 
189 
2 households 
193 
6 
3 
- 
5,139 
54 
3 households 
46 
1 
- 
- 
1,127 
9 
4 households 
29 
3 
- 
2 
481 
- 
5 or more households 
20 
2 
3 
- 
340 
11 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
531 
18 
4 
4 
13,939 
120 
25 to 49 percent 
84 
6 
- 
2 
3,093 
11 
50 to 74 percent 
164 
4 
4 
- 
4,591 
76 
75 to 99 percent 
176 
3 
2 
- 
5,498 
39 
1 00 percent 
141 
2 
2 
1 
4,212 
17 
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