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 
96,351 
(NA) 
433 
(NA) 
233 
(NA) 
168 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
4,149 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
88,713 
94,818 
416 
367 
220 
191 
147 
151 
Partnerships 
5,421 
8,202 
5 
17 
5 
16 
16 
22 
Corporations 
3,099 
3,063 
8 
6 
5 
13 
8 
4 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
1,938 
1,742 
13 
7 
5 
8 
5 
2 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
54,055 
61,062 
195 
220 
106 
105 
110 
132 
2 operators 
38,889 
40,191 
211 
150 
115 
97 
65 
42 
3 operators 
4,811 
5,134 
25 
21 
9 
22 
1 
5 
4 operators 
1,010 
1,006 
9 
6 
4 
2 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
406 
432 
2 
“ 
1 
2 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
42,254 
45,035 
242 
193 
133 
113 
64 
60 
2 operators 
1,858 
1,857 
23 
14 
8 
9 
2 
3 
3 operators 
225 
202 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
38 
35 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
13 
20 
" 
" 
" 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
65,407 
55,844 
311 
227 
165 
105 
102 
73 
Dial-up 
8,266 
(NA) 
32 
(NA) 
25 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
DSL service 
27,941 
(NA) 
126 
(NA) 
102 
(NA) 
40 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
5,285 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
26 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
2,824 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
12,012 
(NA) 
78 
(NA) 
18 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
12,959 
(NA) 
85 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
26 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,542 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
1,896 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
“ 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,886 
1,818 
14 
16 
7 
9 
3 
4 
acres 
1,328,941 
1,119,050 
1,900 
2,866 
460 
720 
1,863 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
78,814 
82,298 
387 
315 
142 
137 
145 
127 
2 households 
15,822 
19,201 
45 
62 
52 
54 
20 
25 
3 households 
2,808 
2,973 
8 
7 
11 
11 
9 
10 
4 households 
1,048 
2,596 
- 
11 
12 
11 
- 
16 
5 or more households 
679 
757 
2 
2 
18 
15 
2 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
69,189 
77,545 
344 
333 
132 
126 
139 
148 
25 to 49 percent 
10,490 
10,468 
37 
24 
13 
18 
8 
11 
50 to 74 percent 
9,833 
9,705 
35 
23 
25 
34 
12 
12 
75 to 99 percent 
5,470 
6,164 
12 
9 
34 
22 
11 
5 
100 percent 
4,189 
3,943 
14 
8 
31 
28 
6 
3 
-continued 
50 Missouri 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
