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 
4 
(NA) 
64,957 
(NA) 
213 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
1,158 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
4 
3 
61,729 
70,978 
198 
428 
Partnerships 
- 
1 
3,321 
5,400 
22 
39 
Corporations 
- 
- 
929 
837 
3 
1 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
481 
169 
3 
2 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
3 
38,684 
46,689 
112 
246 
2 operators 
4 
1 
23,730 
26,095 
90 
162 
3 operators 
- 
- 
3,348 
3,673 
19 
49 
4 operators 
- 
- 
536 
671 
3 
6 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
162 
256 
2 
7 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4 
3 
25,564 
29,319 
102 
202 
2 operators 
- 
- 
1,215 
1,431 
9 
24 
3 operators 
- 
- 
116 
142 
1 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
20 
25 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
9 
25 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
4 
3 
43,067 
38,673 
162 
190 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
4,714 
(NA) 
18 
(NA) 
DSL service 
4 
(NA) 
17,265 
(NA) 
64 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
8,587 
(NA) 
44 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
1,303 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
1 
(NA) 
8,928 
(NA) 
26 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
1 
(NA) 
6,038 
(NA) 
31 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
961 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
491 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
- 
1,068 
1,127 
3 
12 
acres 
- 
- 
375,781 
307,998 
252 
1,740 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
4 
2 
52,906 
59,518 
177 
336 
2 households 
- 
2 
11,109 
14,553 
36 
121 
3 households 
- 
- 
1,542 
2,254 
11 
11 
4 households 
- 
- 
641 
784 
- 
2 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
262 
275 
2 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4 
4 
54,092 
64,485 
191 
415 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
5,022 
5,130 
17 
19 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
3,920 
4,083 
10 
13 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
1,888 
2,123 
5 
9 
100 percent 
- 
- 
1,538 
1,563 
3 
14 
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