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 
27 
(NA) 
95,036 
(NA) 
454 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
6 
(NA) 
4,079 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
23 
26 
87,485 
93,478 
422 
605 
Partnerships 
2 
1 
5,371 
8,104 
22 
42 
Corporations 
2 
1 
3,061 
3,023 
15 
16 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
1,909 
1,708 
6 
17 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
10 
15 
53,401 
60,257 
233 
333 
2 operators 
17 
8 
38,288 
39,605 
193 
289 
3 operators 
- 
3 
4,745 
5,039 
31 
44 
4 operators 
- 
2 
991 
987 
6 
9 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
401 
425 
2 
5 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
19 
11 
41,550 
44,306 
246 
352 
2 operators 
- 
2 
1,804 
1,802 
21 
27 
3 operators 
- 
- 
224 
201 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
38 
35 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
13 
19 
- 
1 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
19 
17 
64,477 
55,042 
333 
380 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
8,155 
(NA) 
45 
(NA) 
DSL service 
3 
(NA) 
27,541 
(NA) 
129 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
4 
(NA) 
5,218 
(NA) 
19 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
6 
(NA) 
2,780 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
3 
(NA) 
11,839 
(NA) 
58 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
4 
(NA) 
12,738 
(NA) 
83 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
1,502 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
1,880 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
2 
1,849 
1,776 
13 
11 
acres 
- 
(D) 
1,318,725 
1,105,008 
5,993 
9,644 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
20 
20 
77,741 
81,146 
379 
553 
2 households 
2 
4 
15,637 
18,957 
66 
99 
3 households 
4 
2 
2,762 
2,932 
14 
11 
4 households 
- 
2 
1,031 
2,542 
5 
14 
5 or more households 
1 
- 
655 
736 
1 
3 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
24 
27 
68,198 
76,373 
352 
538 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
10,389 
10,352 
43 
63 
50 to 74 percent 
3 
1 
9,709 
9,593 
49 
42 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
5,401 
6,107 
12 
21 
100 percent 
- 
- 
4,129 
3,888 
9 
16 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Missouri 51 
