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 
74,943 
(NA) 
174 
(NA) 
69 
(NA) 
420 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2,700 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
70,093 
76,140 
163 
278 
63 
55 
393 
440 
Partnerships 
4,666 
7,334 
10 
20 
8 
5 
26 
47 
Corporations 
1,853 
1,429 
3 
7 
- 
3 
13 
9 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
452 
357 
2 
4 
- 
1 
5 
9 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
45,361 
52,524 
95 
171 
25 
35 
306 
360 
2 operators 
27,433 
28,085 
68 
126 
42 
27 
103 
118 
3 operators 
3,520 
3,724 
14 
7 
4 
2 
18 
17 
4 operators 
565 
681 
- 
4 
- 
- 
5 
6 
5 or more operators 
185 
246 
1 
1 
- 
- 
5 
4 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
28,895 
30,037 
81 
139 
43 
33 
117 
139 
2 operators 
1,279 
1,333 
5 
8 
- 
- 
11 
9 
3 operators 
121 
151 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
7 
28 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
9 
4 
- 
" 
1 
2 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
49,889 
43,127 
119 
193 
37 
24 
243 
189 
Dial-up 
4,712 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
27 
(NA) 
DSL service 
25,093 
(NA) 
42 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
110 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
7,055 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
40 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1,991 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
7,313 
(NA) 
25 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
36 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
7,782 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
51 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,991 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
865 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,214 
1,354 
5 
13 
- 
- 
9 
11 
acres 
505,564 
503,821 
708 
3,381 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
60,000 
63,849 
152 
222 
53 
55 
327 
365 
2 households 
13,748 
17,425 
16 
73 
12 
5 
89 
108 
3 households 
2,057 
2,666 
7 
11 
- 
2 
12 
19 
4 households 
781 
1,083 
1 
3 
6 
2 
4 
8 
5 or more households 
478 
237 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 
5 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
57,321 
65,115 
148 
237 
47 
50 
369 
414 
25 to 49 percent 
7,245 
7,522 
12 
22 
12 
7 
37 
41 
50 to 74 percent 
6,459 
6,421 
9 
32 
4 
3 
13 
29 
75 to 99 percent 
3,465 
3,682 
4 
15 
1 
2 
9 
17 
100 percent 
2,574 
2,520 
5 
3 
7 
2 
9 
4 
-continued 
50 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
