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 
4 
(NA) 
42,851 
(NA) 
127 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
3 
(NA) 
3,022 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
4 
18 
38,437 
39,204 
114 
223 
Partnerships 
3 
1 
2,762 
3,430 
8 
21 
Corporations 
- 
- 
2,463 
2,216 
5 
17 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
422 
300 
2 
1 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
5 
9 
24,774 
26,184 
56 
136 
2 operators 
2 
4 
16,426 
16,021 
56 
102 
3 operators 
- 
- 
2,308 
2,319 
10 
17 
4 operators 
- 
- 
403 
451 
7 
5 
5 or more operators 
- 
6 
173 
175 
- 
2 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2 
7 
18,602 
18,430 
59 
116 
2 operators 
- 
6 
1,133 
1,089 
8 
10 
3 operators 
- 
- 
113 
107 
- 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
24 
17 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
13 
21 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
7 
11 
30,228 
24,626 
95 
128 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
3,461 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
DSL service 
5 
(NA) 
10,220 
(NA) 
27 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
4,554 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
1,311 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
6,726 
(NA) 
24 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
2 
(NA) 
5,617 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
853 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
2 
(NA) 
809 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
- 
983 
1,008 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
529,211 
473,757 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
7 
16 
36,172 
36,203 
109 
162 
2 households 
- 
3 
6,426 
7,208 
17 
77 
3 households 
- 
- 
937 
1,087 
3 
18 
4 households 
- 
- 
349 
450 
- 
3 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
200 
202 
2 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
7 
16 
34,599 
36,288 
117 
217 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
3,214 
3,015 
3 
24 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
2 
2,879 
2,685 
4 
10 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
1 
1,775 
1,736 
5 
10 
100 percent 
- 
- 
1,617 
1,426 
- 
1 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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