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 
394 
203 
1,525 
22 
43,208 
665 
Limited Liability Corporation 
32 
15 
100 
4 
3,067 
99 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
355 
165 
1,430 
21 
38,752 
574 
Partnerships 
18 
20 
90 
4 
2,785 
50 
Corporations 
21 
17 
58 
- 
2,486 
56 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
5 
4 
28 
- 
428 
6 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
112 
50 
1,153 
13 
24,824 
240 
2 operators 
253 
128 
323 
10 
16,687 
360 
3 operators 
27 
17 
112 
2 
2,355 
71 
4 operators 
7 
10 
13 
- 
412 
9 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
5 
- 
173 
6 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
275 
134 
378 
10 
18,862 
401 
2 operators 
14 
15 
38 
2 
1,159 
39 
3 operators 
1 
2 
8 
- 
113 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
24 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
" 
- 
- 
13 
3 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
330 
165 
918 
23 
30,525 
530 
Dial-up 
38 
8 
142 
- 
3,480 
41 
DSL service 
93 
63 
287 
9 
10,318 
150 
Cable modem service 
55 
31 
169 
2 
4,612 
82 
Fiber-optic service 
15 
20 
68 
1 
1,329 
37 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
98 
49 
208 
4 
6,785 
145 
Satellite service 
58 
21 
197 
5 
5,677 
107 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
3 
4 
24 
- 
861 
20 
Other Internet service 
9 
2 
32 
7 
821 
37 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
6 
3 
47 
- 
987 
28 
acres 
136 
(D) 
9,828 
- 
529,648 
9,497 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
325 
163 
1,252 
22 
36,473 
567 
2 households 
63 
39 
304 
3 
6,484 
96 
3 households 
9 
3 
31 
- 
945 
14 
4 households 
- 
1 
9 
- 
349 
2 
5 or more households 
2 
- 
10 
- 
200 
7 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
337 
175 
1,300 
22 
34,904 
553 
25 to 49 percent 
21 
2 
139 
2 
3,235 
32 
50 to 74 percent 
25 
8 
106 
- 
2,910 
56 
75 to 99 percent 
10 
6 
37 
1 
1,785 
19 
100 percent 
6 
15 
24 
- 
1,617 
26 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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