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] 
Characteristics 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
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 
175 
39 
27 
- 
48,293 
410 
Limited Liability Corporation 
8 
6 
6 
- 
1,900 
17 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
154 
39 
27 
- 
42,467 
358 
Partnerships 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2,974 
20 
Corporations 
9 
- 
- 
- 
3,783 
24 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
11 
- 
2 
2 
662 
12 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
67 
18 
18 
- 
28,432 
193 
2 operators 
94 
21 
9 
2 
18,104 
184 
3 operators 
14 
- 
- 
- 
2,710 
33 
4 operators 
2 
- 
2 
- 
448 
3 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
192 
1 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
109 
21 
11 
2 
18,485 
190 
2 operators 
6 
- 
- 
- 
749 
13 
3 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
61 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
" 
- 
3 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
126 
32 
23 
2 
37,200 
301 
Dial-up 
10 
1 
- 
- 
2,850 
17 
DSL service 
44 
16 
15 
2 
16,041 
113 
Cable modem service 
11 
4 
1 
- 
4,136 
25 
Fiber-optic service 
6 
- 
- 
- 
2,197 
22 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
29 
3 
4 
2 
6,427 
52 
Satellite service 
33 
8 
5 
- 
8,522 
97 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
1 
6 
- 
770 
- 
Other Internet service 
8 
- 
- 
- 
947 
13 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2,183 
24 
acres 
7,649 
- 
- 
5,160,999 
20,505 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
150 
36 
29 
2 
38,696 
323 
2 households 
21 
2 
- 
- 
7,961 
63 
3 households 
4 
1 
- 
- 
1,958 
6 
4 households 
3 
- 
- 
- 
735 
9 
5 or more households 
1 
- 
- 
- 
536 
13 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
111 
21 
18 
2 
22,760 
249 
25 to 49 percent 
12 
7 
- 
- 
5,276 
31 
50 to 74 percent 
30 
7 
5 
- 
7,529 
56 
75 to 99 percent 
13 
4 
6 
- 
8,280 
43 
100 percent 
13 
- 
- 
- 
6,041 
35 
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