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] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
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 
265 
110 
1,994 
18 
22,476 
333 
Limited Liability Corporation 
42 
7 
78 
2 
1,531 
45 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
231 
96 
1,866 
15 
20,536 
293 
Partnerships 
16 
6 
106 
- 
1,391 
15 
Corporations 
18 
7 
97 
3 
1,007 
22 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
7 
1 
21 
- 
265 
10 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
117 
27 
1,459 
1 
13,964 
154 
2 operators 
143 
64 
483 
14 
7,786 
148 
3 operators 
11 
15 
125 
3 
1,194 
37 
4 operators 
1 
4 
2 
- 
177 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
21 
- 
78 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
144 
72 
467 
15 
8,994 
143 
2 operators 
8 
3 
28 
- 
481 
18 
3 operators 
- 
- 
12 
- 
68 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
" 
" 
" 
12 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
193 
85 
1,130 
11 
15,750 
261 
Dial-up 
18 
7 
100 
- 
1,450 
16 
DSL service 
77 
54 
582 
6 
7,349 
118 
Cable modem service 
44 
11 
199 
1 
2,790 
44 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
3 
39 
- 
721 
14 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
51 
14 
173 
2 
3,470 
69 
Satellite service 
12 
7 
162 
2 
1,823 
46 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
2 
2 
12 
- 
218 
1 
Other Internet service 
2 
- 
20 
- 
166 
- 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
28 
1 
75 
2 
581 
44 
acres 
3,392 
(D) 
15,170 
(D) 
460,056 
5,256 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
240 
79 
1,683 
14 
19,531 
281 
2 households 
26 
27 
286 
4 
2,819 
46 
3 households 
4 
4 
72 
- 
549 
8 
4 households 
2 
- 
28 
- 
199 
4 
5 or more households 
- 
21 
- 
101 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
250 
77 
1,862 
18 
19,655 
295 
25 to 49 percent 
7 
5 
91 
- 
1,031 
12 
50 to 74 percent 
10 
15 
80 
- 
1,115 
21 
75 to 99 percent 
3 
7 
33 
- 
699 
3 
100 percent 
2 
6 
24 
- 
699 
9 
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