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 
24,460 
(NA) 
126 
(NA) 
67 
(NA) 
1,932 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
1,604 
(NA) 
28 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
73 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
22,393 
22,989 
105 
106 
60 
40 
1,814 
1,886 
Partnerships 
1,482 
1,827 
6 
8 
5 
3 
97 
171 
Corporations 
1,108 
845 
11 
11 
2 
3 
94 
36 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
283 
206 
6 
1 
- 
- 
20 
15 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
15,502 
16,701 
65 
79 
23 
25 
1,443 
1,663 
2 operators 
8,206 
7,636 
63 
38 
33 
18 
451 
344 
3 operators 
1,281 
1,251 
- 
4 
9 
3 
109 
83 
4 operators 
181 
186 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
13 
5 or more operators 
96 
93 
- 
5 
- 
- 
20 
5 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
9,435 
9,231 
56 
47 
43 
21 
438 
463 
2 operators 
506 
547 
1 
4 
- 
3 
26 
18 
3 operators 
80 
73 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
15 
4 operators 
4 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
12 
8 
- 
" 
“ 
1 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
16,870 
12,344 
92 
57 
51 
23 
1,086 
605 
Dial-up 
1,555 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
97 
(NA) 
DSL service 
7,921 
(NA) 
46 
(NA) 
36 
(NA) 
556 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
2,997 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
196 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
757 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
39 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
3,633 
(NA) 
19 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
164 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
1,973 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
157 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
232 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
187 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
651 
602 
25 
7 
- 
- 
70 
110 
acres 
470,710 
427,073 
3,184 
140 
" 
- 
12,142 
8,363 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
21,216 
20,913 
115 
100 
50 
36 
1,635 
1,620 
2 households 
3,095 
3,955 
11 
25 
16 
6 
275 
369 
3 households 
606 
565 
- 
- 
1 
4 
66 
71 
4 households 
227 
283 
2 
1 
- 
- 
28 
28 
5 or more households 
122 
151 
" 
- 
- 
- 
21 
20 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
21,482 
22,010 
117 
108 
41 
41 
1,810 
1,871 
25 to 49 percent 
1,121 
1,291 
4 
6 
4 
- 
87 
95 
50 to 74 percent 
1,206 
1,112 
5 
2 
13 
4 
78 
79 
75 to 99 percent 
731 
774 
- 
4 
3 
1 
29 
33 
1 00 percent 
726 
680 
2 
6 
6 
- 
21 
30 
-continued 
50 South Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
