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 
28 
(NA) 
33,301 
(NA) 
237 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2 
(NA) 
2,687 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
27 
26 
29,016 
31,790 
214 
298 
Partnerships 
2 
4 
2,275 
2,847 
15 
15 
Corporations 
- 
1 
2,468 
2,414 
9 
16 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
690 
339 
3 
3 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
12 
8 
15,065 
16,326 
89 
135 
2 operators 
16 
20 
16,806 
18,282 
125 
171 
3 operators 
1 
3 
1,893 
2,019 
16 
20 
4 operators 
- 
- 
455 
537 
6 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
230 
226 
5 
6 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
20 
24 
19,679 
21,542 
146 
227 
2 operators 
- 
- 
1,193 
1,336 
14 
16 
3 operators 
- 
- 
138 
134 
4 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
22 
24 
2 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
10 
12 
- 
2 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
22 
21 
28,182 
26,828 
203 
232 
Dial-up 
4 
(NA) 
2,506 
(NA) 
36 
(NA) 
DSL service 
11 
(NA) 
11,963 
(NA) 
75 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
7 
(NA) 
3,919 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
1,126 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
4,399 
(NA) 
39 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
5,687 
(NA) 
29 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
997 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
1,210 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
7 
1 
1,331 
1,454 
4 
4 
acres 
2,438 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
815 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
27 
24 
29,112 
31,181 
203 
281 
2 households 
2 
5 
4,056 
4,694 
28 
42 
3 households 
- 
2 
716 
896 
6 
4 
4 households 
- 
- 
285 
349 
3 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
280 
270 
1 
5 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
20 
26 
26,536 
28,615 
211 
282 
25 to 49 percent 
2 
3 
2,102 
2,541 
9 
18 
50 to 74 percent 
2 
1 
2,341 
2,575 
10 
22 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
1 
1,780 
1,988 
6 
6 
1 00 percent 
5 
- 
1,690 
1,671 
5 
4 
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