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 
9 
(NA) 
74,023 
(NA) 
248 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
2,644 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
9 
9 
69,230 
74,857 
235 
501 
Partnerships 
- 
2 
4,610 
7,201 
12 
59 
Corporations 
- 
- 
1,835 
1,403 
2 
7 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
441 
342 
4 
1 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
2 
6 
44,791 
51,628 
142 
324 
2 operators 
7 
5 
27,120 
27,603 
93 
206 
3 operators 
- 
- 
3,467 
3,671 
17 
27 
4 operators 
- 
- 
560 
664 
- 
7 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
178 
237 
1 
4 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
7 
5 
28,533 
29,479 
114 
242 
2 operators 
- 
- 
1,259 
1,308 
4 
8 
3 operators 
- 
- 
120 
148 
- 
3 
4 operators 
- 
- 
7 
28 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
8 
2 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
9 
8 
49,310 
42,459 
171 
254 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
4,647 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
DSL service 
4 
(NA) 
24,849 
(NA) 
75 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
3 
(NA) 
6,957 
(NA) 
26 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
1,979 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
7,211 
(NA) 
29 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
2 
(NA) 
7,674 
(NA) 
31 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
1,956 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
853 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
2 
1,198 
1,320 
2 
8 
acres 
- 
(D) 
504,143 
493,195 
(D) 
4,882 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
9 
7 
59,255 
62,788 
204 
412 
2 households 
- 
4 
13,596 
17,105 
35 
130 
3 households 
- 
- 
2,031 
2,615 
7 
19 
4 households 
- 
- 
764 
1,064 
6 
6 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
470 
231 
1 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
7 
9 
56,525 
63,960 
225 
445 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
1 
7,174 
7,408 
10 
43 
50 to 74 percent 
2 
- 
6,426 
6,313 
5 
44 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
1 
3,444 
3,626 
7 
21 
100 percent 
- 
- 
2,547 
2,496 
6 
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