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 
34,253 
(NA) 
398 
(NA) 
261 
(NA) 
28 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2,754 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
24 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
29,858 
32,793 
375 
459 
203 
189 
23 
31 
Partnerships 
2,330 
2,907 
14 
21 
23 
18 
1 
2 
Corporations 
2,540 
2,507 
3 
14 
56 
60 
4 
2 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
711 
346 
11 
3 
4 
- 
3 
1 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
15,509 
16,870 
216 
268 
116 
118 
11 
15 
2 operators 
17,279 
18,809 
164 
188 
148 
127 
20 
21 
3 operators 
1,946 
2,090 
19 
27 
17 
21 
- 
- 
4 operators 
467 
541 
4 
4 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
238 
243 
- 
10 
3 
1 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
20,260 
22,210 
230 
267 
165 
128 
20 
22 
2 operators 
1,228 
1,386 
13 
23 
8 
11 
- 
- 
3 operators 
142 
138 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
24 
26 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
11 
14 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
28,977 
27,623 
291 
329 
250 
194 
29 
19 
Dial-up 
2,634 
(NA) 
54 
(NA) 
30 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
DSL service 
12,258 
(NA) 
81 
(NA) 
115 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
4,037 
(NA) 
37 
(NA) 
47 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1,154 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
4,517 
(NA) 
49 
(NA) 
28 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
5,821 
(NA) 
78 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,018 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
1,245 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
18 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,386 
1,508 
16 
12 
27 
34 
1 
3 
acres 
3,184,003 
3,302,637 
(D) 
(D) 
7,302 
10,322 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
29,921 
32,109 
342 
401 
209 
192 
28 
30 
2 households 
4,188 
4,877 
43 
77 
56 
54 
3 
5 
3 households 
738 
915 
6 
7 
10 
6 
- 
- 
4 households 
302 
366 
8 
8 
6 
9 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
290 
286 
4 
4 
5 
6 
- 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
27,307 
29,578 
342 
447 
169 
177 
29 
31 
25 to 49 percent 
2,167 
2,593 
23 
13 
30 
16 
1 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
2,410 
2,648 
27 
22 
30 
25 
- 
3 
75 to 99 percent 
1,819 
2,030 
3 
6 
29 
29 
1 
- 
1 00 percent 
1,736 
1,704 
8 
9 
28 
20 
- 
- 
--continued 
52 Oregon 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
