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 
44,714 
(NA) 
180 
(NA) 
133 
(NA) 
1,419 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
3,140 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
81 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
40,156 
41,173 
159 
161 
104 
61 
1,338 
1,506 
Partnerships 
2,874 
3,625 
7 
11 
13 
18 
81 
144 
Corporations 
2,550 
2,269 
13 
9 
17 
7 
52 
20 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
450 
316 
1 
5 
- 
- 
25 
10 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
26,093 
27,754 
69 
106 
47 
35 
1,142 
1,284 
2 operators 
16,936 
16,528 
105 
71 
80 
41 
267 
289 
3 operators 
2,402 
2,446 
4 
9 
6 
9 
74 
92 
4 operators 
423 
466 
2 
- 
- 
1 
11 
9 
5 or more operators 
176 
189 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
6 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
19,180 
19,090 
120 
100 
77 
48 
320 
389 
2 operators 
1,180 
1,143 
5 
7 
8 
3 
26 
28 
3 operators 
121 
114 
- 
2 
- 
2 
8 
2 
4 operators 
24 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
13 
21 
" 
" 
" 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
31,421 
25,493 
152 
122 
104 
43 
835 
563 
Dial-up 
3,633 
(NA) 
25 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
139 
(NA) 
DSL service 
10,602 
(NA) 
53 
(NA) 
44 
(NA) 
253 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
4,762 
(NA) 
25 
(NA) 
18 
(NA) 
149 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1,398 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
63 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
7,002 
(NA) 
35 
(NA) 
31 
(NA) 
186 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
5,851 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
180 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
881 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
850 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
27 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,030 
1,071 
4 
1 
2 
6 
41 
56 
acres 
538,862 
483,355 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
9,543 
8,979 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
37,729 
37,866 
157 
138 
98 
58 
1,186 
1,289 
2 households 
6,757 
7,637 
17 
34 
32 
10 
265 
305 
3 households 
973 
1,168 
4 
9 
3 
8 
26 
46 
4 households 
359 
495 
- 
5 
1 
7 
9 
30 
5 or more households 
212 
217 
2 
- 
- 
3 
10 
10 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
36,188 
38,201 
140 
155 
109 
64 
1,216 
1,461 
25 to 49 percent 
3,366 
3,165 
15 
10 
1 
6 
133 
110 
50 to 74 percent 
3,004 
2,766 
20 
6 
8 
5 
93 
58 
75 to 99 percent 
1,823 
1,814 
4 
14 
5 
6 
34 
47 
100 percent 
1,649 
1,437 
1 
1 
11 
5 
20 
4 
-continued 
50 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
