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 
407 
281 
56 
24 
71,882 
487 
Limited Liability Corporation 
20 
14 
6 
- 
2,430 
33 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
339 
267 
52 
22 
65,248 
406 
Partnerships 
34 
13 
5 
2 
4,656 
70 
Corporations 
22 
73 
5 
2 
3,134 
21 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
28 
5 
1 
- 
1,110 
9 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
143 
153 
31 
2 
44,237 
212 
2 operators 
232 
168 
20 
15 
25,176 
241 
3 operators 
43 
25 
7 
9 
3,581 
39 
4 operators 
3 
6 
3 
- 
800 
11 
5 or more operators 
2 
6 
2 
- 
354 
3 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
264 
250 
23 
20 
25,588 
236 
2 operators 
6 
28 
6 
1 
1,018 
12 
3 operators 
4 
1 
- 
- 
138 
- 
4 operators 
- 
4 
- 
- 
24 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
" 
17 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
319 
140 
35 
19 
54,373 
374 
Dial-up 
30 
17 
5 
1 
5,434 
56 
DSL service 
133 
51 
14 
9 
23,906 
170 
Cable modem service 
42 
23 
7 
- 
5,846 
44 
Fiber-optic service 
34 
16 
- 
1 
5,204 
11 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
40 
33 
11 
7 
9,262 
68 
Satellite service 
52 
10 
7 
3 
8,959 
64 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
6 
1 
- 
- 
1,122 
3 
Other Internet service 
7 
3 
1 
1 
1,164 
6 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
22 
10 
5 
4 
2,069 
25 
acres 
19,080 
1,756 
1,610 
6,752 
1,500,880 
17,256 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
349 
292 
42 
19 
59,591 
382 
2 households 
53 
50 
12 
5 
10,973 
86 
3 households 
15 
5 
5 
- 
2,084 
23 
4 households 
5 
2 
- 
- 
834 
2 
5 or more households 
1 
9 
4 
2 
666 
13 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
301 
217 
42 
13 
38,825 
276 
25 to 49 percent 
39 
39 
4 
- 
7,633 
43 
50 to 74 percent 
35 
78 
7 
4 
10,291 
71 
75 to 99 percent 
33 
12 
6 
4 
9,614 
52 
100 percent 
15 
12 
4 
5 
7,785 
64 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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