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 
1,164 
359 
262 
74 
95,779 
763 
Limited Liability Corporation 
50 
26 
12 
14 
4,107 
41 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,096 
336 
224 
64 
88,184 
700 
Partnerships 
37 
10 
34 
5 
5,400 
48 
Corporations 
24 
8 
15 
3 
3,078 
28 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
26 
9 
6 
4 
1,918 
17 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
383 
126 
138 
16 
53,634 
338 
2 operators 
674 
212 
116 
54 
38,735 
390 
3 operators 
103 
17 
21 
6 
4,800 
53 
4 operators 
19 
5 
2 
- 
1,008 
9 
5 or more operators 
4 
3 
2 
- 
403 
3 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
776 
245 
131 
62 
42,053 
408 
2 operators 
56 
10 
6 
3 
1,846 
19 
3 operators 
- 
1 
- 
- 
224 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
38 
1 
5 or more operators 
" 
" 
" 
13 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
861 
262 
168 
59 
65,033 
541 
Dial-up 
103 
48 
14 
8 
8,218 
48 
DSL service 
347 
133 
63 
15 
27,773 
268 
Cable modem service 
46 
12 
30 
6 
5,251 
41 
Fiber-optic service 
34 
3 
9 
6 
2,808 
16 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
186 
40 
33 
14 
11,940 
91 
Satellite service 
204 
49 
43 
17 
12,882 
134 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
22 
17 
13 
3 
1,522 
13 
Other Internet service 
24 
4 
- 
1 
1,895 
9 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
28 
10 
7 
3 
1,863 
40 
acres 
10,501 
2,011 
4,698 
860 
1,324,970 
18,124 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
1,000 
234 
218 
63 
78,364 
640 
2 households 
146 
80 
40 
4 
15,744 
122 
3 households 
22 
18 
17 
8 
2,779 
21 
4 households 
8 
13 
- 
- 
1,036 
7 
5 or more households 
7 
18 
4 
1 
657 
3 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
920 
225 
213 
58 
68,800 
588 
25 to 49 percent 
89 
34 
16 
11 
10,445 
73 
50 to 74 percent 
115 
34 
28 
4 
9,771 
72 
75 to 99 percent 
35 
39 
13 
2 
5,417 
30 
100 percent 
24 
31 
9 
1 
4,147 
30 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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