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] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
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 
504 
146 
484 
41 
74,413 
617 
Limited Liability Corporation 
36 
11 
24 
- 
2,669 
22 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
467 
125 
451 
35 
69,594 
568 
Partnerships 
31 
13 
34 
6 
4,630 
47 
Corporations 
7 
9 
15 
- 
1,841 
22 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
8 
1 
5 
- 
446 
2 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
221 
32 
329 
6 
44,926 
314 
2 operators 
245 
97 
128 
26 
27,344 
268 
3 operators 
42 
16 
36 
9 
3,502 
34 
4 operators 
3 
2 
7 
- 
560 
21 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
5 
- 
179 
2 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
292 
103 
144 
27 
28,767 
292 
2 operators 
11 
4 
18 
- 
1,270 
27 
3 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
120 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
1 
- 
8 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
369 
101 
299 
34 
49,593 
406 
Dial-up 
40 
8 
34 
- 
4,683 
42 
DSL service 
150 
46 
136 
19 
24,965 
210 
Cable modem service 
53 
18 
49 
6 
7,005 
55 
Fiber-optic service 
12 
8 
5 
1 
1,985 
11 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
78 
19 
45 
9 
7,269 
69 
Satellite service 
71 
17 
55 
5 
7,723 
62 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
24 
6 
18 
- 
1,971 
11 
Other Internet service 
6 
5 
5 
- 
860 
10 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
10 
4 
13 
- 
1,205 
21 
acres 
982 
3,496 
1,955 
- 
505,089 
3,702 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
428 
117 
371 
34 
59,574 
494 
2 households 
57 
21 
105 
2 
13,653 
105 
3 households 
19 
2 
16 
5 
2,043 
15 
4 households 
6 
7 
7 
- 
770 
10 
5 or more households 
3 
1 
6 
- 
471 
15 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
448 
107 
424 
35 
56,864 
479 
25 to 49 percent 
25 
18 
39 
- 
7,190 
62 
50 to 74 percent 
14 
6 
20 
5 
6,437 
51 
75 to 99 percent 
13 
7 
11 
1 
3,454 
24 
100 percent 
13 
10 
11 
- 
2,566 
23 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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