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 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
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 
73,220 
(NA) 
112 
(NA) 
83 
(NA) 
145 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
4,163 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
66,942 
66,382 
98 
76 
73 
66 
132 
156 
Partnerships 
4,626 
5,737 
11 
- 
10 
3 
5 
17 
Corporations 
2,753 
2,956 
3 
4 
2 
9 
6 
3 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
1,141 
786 
1 
- 
2 
- 
3 
5 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
42,919 
45,153 
51 
21 
61 
53 
81 
109 
2 operators 
26,924 
25,360 
57 
54 
23 
20 
50 
61 
3 operators 
4,404 
4,166 
4 
3 
1 
5 
14 
11 
4 operators 
819 
749 
1 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
396 
433 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
28,371 
27,519 
63 
55 
33 
34 
60 
74 
2 operators 
1,537 
1,440 
1 
4 
- 
2 
5 
3 
3 operators 
175 
184 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 operators 
32 
41 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
21 
23 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
51,238 
43,852 
82 
49 
67 
46 
98 
89 
Dial-up 
5,544 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
DSL service 
18,607 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
19 
(NA) 
48 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
11,051 
(NA) 
18 
(NA) 
29 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1,314 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
9,390 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
8,078 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
26 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,597 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
1,174 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,386 
1,443 
- 
- 
7 
4 
1 
5 
acres 
562,889 
564,797 
- 
- 
(D) 
352 
(D) 
79 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
60,197 
59,507 
88 
68 
73 
63 
125 
147 
2 households 
11,465 
12,405 
23 
5 
9 
12 
14 
29 
3 households 
2,271 
2,379 
- 
5 
2 
1 
5 
3 
4 households 
852 
851 
- 
1 
3 
1 
2 
2 
5 or more households 
677 
719 
2 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
51,369 
54,201 
90 
68 
71 
58 
130 
144 
25 to 49 percent 
7,247 
6,959 
5 
4 
8 
6 
9 
4 
50 to 74 percent 
7,682 
6,646 
9 
- 
7 
7 
6 
25 
75 to 99 percent 
5,143 
4,564 
- 
5 
- 
1 
1 
2 
1 00 percent 
4,021 
3,491 
9 
3 
1 
6 
- 
6 
--continued 
50 Ohio 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
