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 
665 
164 
1,058 
27 
65,348 
665 
Limited Liability Corporation 
12 
6 
28 
- 
1,169 
13 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
616 
159 
991 
26 
62,099 
644 
Partnerships 
50 
4 
71 
1 
3,350 
16 
Corporations 
16 
1 
21 
- 
935 
6 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
7 
“ 
8 
- 
485 
6 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
256 
48 
704 
- 
38,796 
247 
2 operators 
362 
94 
308 
19 
23,985 
362 
3 operators 
45 
19 
58 
7 
3,384 
50 
4 operators 
18 
- 
14 
1 
539 
11 
5 or more operators 
8 
3 
7 
- 
165 
2 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
382 
107 
402 
19 
25,827 
421 
2 operators 
34 
6 
26 
- 
1,227 
12 
3 operators 
2 
2 
5 
2 
118 
1 
4 operators 
2 
- 
2 
- 
20 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
2 
2 
- 
9 
2 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
467 
124 
619 
22 
43,364 
493 
Dial-up 
54 
23 
70 
- 
4,751 
34 
DSL service 
171 
43 
210 
11 
17,371 
183 
Cable modem service 
79 
20 
163 
6 
8,642 
103 
Fiber-optic service 
16 
1 
8 
3 
1,314 
16 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
102 
31 
106 
4 
8,976 
112 
Satellite service 
93 
13 
128 
2 
6,113 
88 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
11 
2 
20 
- 
967 
22 
Other Internet service 
7 
2 
3 
- 
491 
5 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
18 
3 
25 
- 
1,075 
20 
acres 
1,428 
362 
1,978 
- 
376,406 
1,661 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
563 
126 
845 
22 
53,238 
532 
2 households 
105 
23 
188 
5 
11,169 
113 
3 households 
16 
2 
31 
- 
1,554 
11 
4 households 
4 
7 
8 
- 
644 
12 
5 or more households 
1 
6 
19 
- 
264 
4 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
582 
143 
960 
23 
54,451 
586 
25 to 49 percent 
40 
3 
60 
1 
5,044 
28 
50 to 74 percent 
35 
2 
41 
1 
3,939 
21 
75 to 99 percent 
16 
5 
16 
- 
1,894 
18 
100 percent 
16 
11 
14 
2 
1,541 
19 
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