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 
110 
17 
90 
10 
7,868 
114 
Limited Liability Corporation 
10 
1 
1 
1 
396 
4 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
87 
17 
89 
5 
6,860 
103 
Partnerships 
21 
1 
3 
5 
525 
7 
Corporations 
2 
- 
- 
- 
582 
6 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
2 
- 
- 
- 
135 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
21 
2 
61 
1 
3,712 
13 
2 operators 
68 
16 
30 
9 
3,786 
84 
3 operators 
15 
- 
1 
- 
445 
17 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
119 
2 
5 or more operators 
7 
- 
- 
- 
40 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
82 
16 
77 
9 
4,652 
82 
2 operators 
6 
1 
4 
- 
348 
17 
3 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
21 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
86 
12 
69 
9 
6,339 
87 
Dial-up 
13 
- 
- 
- 
597 
6 
DSL service 
42 
3 
8 
6 
2,744 
38 
Cable modem service 
31 
9 
52 
1 
1,987 
34 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
- 
- 
- 
122 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
10 
7 
- 
1 
745 
18 
Satellite service 
2 
- 
12 
- 
469 
5 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
8 
- 
8 
1 
271 
2 
Other Internet service 
- 
- 
- 
1 
107 
- 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
2 
- 
- 
5 
294 
5 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
585 
173,250 
675 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
93 
18 
91 
10 
7,086 
98 
2 households 
10 
- 
- 
- 
765 
15 
3 households 
2 
- 
1 
- 
142 
3 
4 households 
6 
- 
- 
- 
63 
- 
5 or more households 
1 
- 
- 
- 
46 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
71 
15 
28 
5 
6,091 
100 
25 to 49 percent 
22 
1 
7 
- 
583 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
4 
1 
- 
- 
619 
11 
75 to 99 percent 
8 
1 
1 
- 
361 
- 
1 00 percent 
7 
- 
56 
5 
448 
3 
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