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 
Native Hawaiian 
reporting 
Characteristics 
or other 
White 
more than 
Pacific Islander 
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 
5 
(NA) 
71,726 
(NA) 
110 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
2,422 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
5 
4 
65,117 
69,583 
92 
137 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
4,639 
6,196 
14 
13 
Corporations 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
“ 
“ 
3,123 
2,836 
7 
2 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
1,105 
1,845 
3 
3 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
2 
2 
44,178 
49,073 
61 
88 
2 operators 
- 
2 
25,088 
26,491 
49 
51 
3 operators 
3 
- 
3,565 
3,738 
6 
12 
4 operators 
- 
- 
799 
774 
- 
4 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
354 
384 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
3 
2 
25,495 
27,834 
51 
64 
2 operators 
- 
- 
1,013 
1,125 
1 
3 
3 operators 
- 
- 
138 
139 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
24 
38 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
17 
12 
- 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
- 
1 
54,249 
49,653 
84 
93 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
5,426 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
DSL service 
- 
(NA) 
23,860 
(NA) 
33 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
5,828 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
“ 
(NA) 
5,185 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
9,244 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
8,930 
(NA) 
26 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
1,122 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
1,164 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager 
farms 
- 
- 
2,064 
1,907 
2 
3 
acres 
- 
- 
1,496,640 
1,100,233 
(D) 
593 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
5 
3 
59,452 
63,981 
99 
118 
2 households 
- 
1 
10,956 
12,487 
14 
17 
3 households 
- 
- 
2,077 
2,309 
2 
10 
4 households 
- 
- 
833 
924 
1 
5 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
666 
759 
5 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5 
3 
38,701 
46,301 
88 
96 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
7,622 
7,922 
7 
16 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
1 
10,278 
10,186 
12 
21 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
9,602 
8,977 
6 
13 
100 percent 
- 
- 
7,781 
7,074 
3 
9 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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