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 
23,885 
(NA) 
5,064 
(NA) 
29 
(NA) 
39 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
1,233 
(NA) 
48 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
21,610 
18,185 
4,859 
4,346 
28 
22 
39 
45 
Partnerships 
1,290 
1,456 
44 
61 
- 
1 
- 
5 
Corporations 
1,079 
839 
20 
7 
1 
3 
- 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
742 
450 
279 
79 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
14,221 
12,263 
3,455 
2,763 
16 
17 
14 
25 
2 operators 
8,555 
7,063 
1,299 
1,433 
11 
8 
19 
19 
3 operators 
1,544 
1,214 
352 
251 
2 
1 
6 
3 
4 operators 
211 
251 
39 
20 
- 
- 
- 
3 
5 or more operators 
190 
139 
57 
26 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
10,950 
9,266 
2,463 
2,274 
12 
11 
31 
25 
2 operators 
738 
706 
223 
263 
1 
- 
1 
- 
3 operators 
106 
77 
32 
21 
- 
- 
- 
3 
4 operators 
11 
18 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
16 
8 
6 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
13,796 
10,020 
1,011 
1,263 
24 
18 
31 
20 
Dial-up 
1,186 
(NA) 
114 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
DSL service 
6,044 
(NA) 
294 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
1,950 
(NA) 
93 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
555 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
2,329 
(NA) 
216 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
2,773 
(NA) 
267 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
499 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
296 
(NA) 
53 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,046 
846 
144 
167 
2 
1 
1 
2 
acres 
9,612,013 
14,359,580 
2,208,899 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
18,888 
16,002 
3,441 
3,392 
26 
21 
34 
49 
2 households 
4,005 
3,505 
1,004 
791 
3 
2 
5 
1 
3 households 
936 
781 
366 
152 
- 
2 
- 
- 
4 households 
532 
360 
183 
94 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
360 
282 
208 
64 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
20,196 
16,661 
4,704 
3,982 
26 
20 
33 
50 
25 to 49 percent 
1,477 
1,359 
227 
159 
1 
2 
5 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
1,450 
1,540 
154 
296 
- 
1 
1 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
922 
813 
73 
38 
2 
3 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
676 
557 
44 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
--continued 
48 New Mexico 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
