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) 
22,247 
(NA) 
88 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
1,494 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
- 
5 
20,333 
20,786 
81 
166 
Partnerships 
- 
2 
1,367 
1,629 
7 
14 
Corporations 
- 
- 
998 
792 
3 
3 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
256 
186 
1 
4 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
2 
13,908 
14,816 
63 
116 
2 operators 
- 
3 
7,633 
7,182 
26 
51 
3 operators 
- 
2 
1,160 
1,140 
3 
19 
4 operators 
- 
- 
177 
173 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
76 
82 
- 
1 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
6 
8,864 
8,615 
34 
79 
2 operators 
- 
- 
477 
519 
2 
3 
3 operators 
- 
- 
68 
58 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
3 
7 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
" 
12 
7 
- 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
- 
2 
15,580 
11,562 
61 
95 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
1,440 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
DSL service 
- 
(NA) 
7,265 
(NA) 
18 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
2,759 
(NA) 
19 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
718 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
3,426 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
1,803 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
218 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
165 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
1 
553 
478 
3 
6 
acres 
- 
(D) 
455,176 
416,901 
208 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
_ 
5 
19,338 
19,007 
78 
145 
2 households 
- 
2 
2,783 
3,518 
10 
35 
3 households 
- 
- 
535 
486 
4 
4 
4 households 
- 
- 
197 
253 
- 
1 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
101 
129 
2 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
- 
7 
19,434 
19,820 
80 
163 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
1,020 
1,182 
6 
8 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
1,107 
1,024 
3 
3 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
696 
734 
3 
2 
100 percent 
- 
- 
697 
633 
- 
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