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 
353 
152 
186 
15 
72,982 
569 
Limited Liability Corporation 
17 
10 
6 
- 
4,145 
42 
Operation's legal status tor tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
321 
137 
172 
13 
66,721 
518 
Partnerships 
18 
13 
8 
2 
4,611 
44 
Corporations 
14 
3 
6 
- 
2,751 
20 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
4 
3 
4 
- 
1,135 
13 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
123 
65 
91 
3 
42,724 
248 
2 operators 
198 
86 
81 
8 
26,890 
293 
3 operators 
21 
3 
16 
4 
4,393 
47 
4 operators 
10 
2 
1 
- 
816 
2 
5 or more operators 
5 
- 
1 
- 
395 
5 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
222 
94 
90 
9 
28,306 
361 
2 operators 
15 
2 
8 
2 
1,534 
7 
3 operators 
4 
- 
1 
- 
175 
1 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
32 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
20 
2 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
278 
126 
137 
14 
51,080 
405 
Dial-up 
42 
12 
12 
2 
5,524 
42 
DSL service 
81 
45 
58 
3 
18,544 
155 
Cable modem service 
60 
38 
24 
2 
1 1 ,004 
84 
Fiber-optic service 
5 
5 
- 
2 
1,310 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
62 
19 
26 
2 
9,379 
63 
Satellite service 
41 
14 
32 
1 
8,056 
58 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
6 
2 
3 
2 
1,592 
8 
Other Internet service 
18 
4 
4 
- 
1,172 
15 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
2 
7 
1 
- 
1,378 
30 
acres 
(D) 
950 
(D) 
- 
561,789 
2,772 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
291 
136 
162 
11 
59,989 
486 
2 households 
54 
13 
21 
2 
1 1 ,439 
91 
3 households 
5 
4 
5 
- 
2,266 
14 
4 households 
3 
3 
2 
- 
847 
4 
5 or more households 
4 
- 
- 
2 
677 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
286 
126 
168 
14 
51,162 
462 
25 to 49 percent 
22 
13 
11 
- 
7,236 
41 
50 to 74 percent 
28 
10 
7 
- 
7,664 
35 
75 to 99 percent 
9 
3 
3 
1 
5,142 
31 
1 00 percent 
12 
4 
1 
- 
4,014 
26 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Ohio 53 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
