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) 
48,217 
(NA) 
52 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
1,899 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
- 
2 
42,400 
39,766 
50 
37 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
2,971 
3,611 
- 
4 
Corporations 
- 
- 
3,777 
3,567 
2 
2 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
659 
667 
3 
1 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
2 
28,402 
27,940 
30 
19 
2 operators 
- 
- 
18,058 
16,406 
22 
23 
3 operators 
- 
- 
2,708 
2,509 
2 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
448 
525 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
191 
231 
1 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
- 
18,433 
16,989 
28 
25 
2 operators 
- 
- 
747 
681 
2 
- 
3 operators 
- 
- 
61 
72 
- 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
9 
8 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
" 
3 
6 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
- 
2 
37,147 
30,007 
39 
26 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
2,846 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
DSL service 
- 
(NA) 
16,025 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
4,127 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
2,197 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
6,413 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
8,511 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
770 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
939 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
- 
2,183 
2,280 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
5,160,999 
4,301,718 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
_ 
_ 
38,635 
35,687 
41 
35 
2 households 
- 
2 
7,948 
8,408 
9 
6 
3 households 
- 
- 
1,954 
2,136 
4 
1 
4 households 
- 
- 
735 
816 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
535 
564 
1 
2 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
- 
2 
22,708 
21,336 
39 
28 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
5,267 
5,501 
8 
7 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
7,515 
7,686 
4 
3 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
8,278 
7,760 
2 
2 
100 percent 
- 
- 
6,039 
5,328 
2 
4 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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