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 
66,497 
(NA) 
271 
(NA) 
87 
(NA) 
965 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
1,198 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
27 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
63,175 
72,675 
253 
264 
83 
64 
908 
938 
Partnerships 
3,419 
5,568 
16 
23 
3 
9 
57 
96 
Corporations 
963 
865 
11 
9 
1 
1 
19 
17 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
493 
172 
1 
- 
- 
- 
8 
1 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
39,688 
47,849 
168 
131 
48 
41 
676 
739 
2 operators 
24,219 
26,678 
104 
138 
32 
28 
259 
254 
3 operators 
3,421 
3,798 
8 
22 
6 
4 
40 
50 
4 operators 
549 
684 
- 
3 
- 
1 
10 
3 
5 or more operators 
173 
271 
1 
2 
1 
- 
7 
6 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
26,176 
30,043 
112 
166 
40 
41 
354 
312 
2 operators 
1,249 
1,478 
5 
8 
3 
- 
17 
15 
3 operators 
123 
147 
1 
2 
- 
- 
5 
2 
4 operators 
22 
26 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
5 or more operators 
11 
28 
“ 
- 
" 
2 
3 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
44,001 
39,426 
160 
182 
59 
24 
549 
354 
Dial-up 
4,836 
(NA) 
25 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
62 
(NA) 
DSL service 
17,579 
(NA) 
42 
(NA) 
25 
(NA) 
179 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
8,811 
(NA) 
26 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
148 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1,322 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
9,093 
(NA) 
35 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
91 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
6,226 
(NA) 
37 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
113 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
988 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
494 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,107 
1,185 
12 
8 
3 
1 
21 
37 
acres 
378,193 
318,739 
544 
(D) 
362 
(D) 
1,254 
7,237 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
54,168 
60,927 
246 
249 
59 
43 
776 
779 
2 households 
11,363 
14,942 
29 
45 
15 
25 
174 
196 
3 households 
1,575 
2,316 
5 
2 
- 
1 
17 
48 
4 households 
657 
804 
1 
- 
7 
3 
8 
15 
5 or more households 
287 
291 
" 
- 
6 
2 
17 
14 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
55,478 
66,158 
239 
249 
69 
48 
883 
957 
25 to 49 percent 
5,109 
5,224 
21 
19 
- 
7 
49 
49 
50 to 74 percent 
3,984 
4,148 
15 
16 
2 
9 
37 
27 
75 to 99 percent 
1,911 
2,151 
- 
4 
5 
1 
13 
14 
100 percent 
1,568 
1,599 
6 
8 
11 
9 
10 
5 
-continued 
50 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
