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 
Characteristics 
Native Hawaiian 
or other 
Pacific Islander 
White 
reporting 
more than 
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 
- 
(NA) 
72,700 
(NA) 
180 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
4,132 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
- 
4 
66,472 
65,972 
167 
108 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
4,593 
5,712 
7 
5 
Corporations 
- 
- 
2,736 
2,938 
6 
2 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
1,133 
781 
2 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
2 
42,644 
44,915 
82 
53 
2 operators 
- 
2 
26,710 
25,170 
84 
53 
3 operators 
- 
- 
4,377 
4,143 
8 
4 
4 operators 
- 
- 
813 
742 
3 
5 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
390 
433 
5 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
4 
28,118 
27,293 
97 
59 
2 operators 
- 
- 
1,523 
1,426 
8 
5 
3 operators 
- 
- 
173 
182 
2 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
31 
41 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
20 
23 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
- 
4 
50,847 
43,590 
144 
74 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
5,493 
(NA) 
18 
(NA) 
DSL service 
- 
(NA) 
18,468 
(NA) 
51 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
10,963 
(NA) 
25 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
1,304 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
9,320 
(NA) 
36 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
8,016 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
1,589 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
1,158 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
- 
1,378 
1,434 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
561,789 
564,366 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
_ 
3 
59,751 
59,126 
160 
100 
2 households 
- 
1 
11,400 
12,346 
19 
12 
3 households 
- 
- 
2,262 
2,370 
2 
- 
4 households 
- 
- 
846 
845 
1 
2 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
675 
716 
- 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
- 
4 
50,930 
53,830 
148 
97 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
7,217 
6,940 
8 
5 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
7,645 
6,610 
15 
4 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
5,135 
4,553 
7 
3 
1 00 percent 
- 
- 
4,007 
3,470 
4 
6 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Ohio 51 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
