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] 
Characteristics 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
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 
5,358 
70 
79 
35 
18,855 
9,690 
Limited Liability Corporation 
62 
1 
1 
- 
1,189 
396 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
5,111 
69 
76 
35 
16,779 
9,018 
Partnerships 
72 
- 
6 
- 
1,250 
460 
Corporations 
36 
1 
2 
- 
1,061 
281 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
290 
1 
2 
- 
468 
203 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
3,511 
17 
26 
3 
10,733 
5,759 
2 operators 
1,491 
46 
47 
30 
7,303 
3,365 
3 operators 
405 
8 
13 
2 
1,207 
691 
4 operators 
42 
- 
- 
- 
174 
72 
5 or more operators 
60 
- 
- 
- 
141 
75 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2,680 
45 
64 
30 
8,534 
3,878 
2 operators 
244 
2 
1 
- 
524 
238 
3 operators 
32 
- 
- 
- 
75 
34 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
11 
4 
5 or more operators 
7 
- 
- 
- 
10 
8 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
1,242 
58 
59 
31 
12,804 
5,522 
Dial-up 
129 
2 
12 
5 
1,086 
503 
DSL service 
392 
29 
26 
5 
5,755 
2,488 
Cable modem service 
116 
13 
5 
6 
1,844 
939 
Fiber-optic service 
30 
2 
- 
1 
541 
220 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
258 
13 
10 
- 
2,110 
991 
Satellite service 
340 
4 
8 
15 
2,518 
1,019 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
23 
- 
1 
- 
476 
202 
Other Internet service 
55 
- 
- 
- 
243 
64 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
158 
3 
2 
- 
906 
399 
acres 
2,304,399 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
7,413,138 
1,082,028 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
3,661 
59 
58 
18 
15,471 
7,555 
2 households 
1,074 
11 
27 
17 
3,010 
1,798 
3 households 
371 
- 
1 
- 
570 
325 
4 households 
191 
1 
- 
- 
353 
180 
5 or more households 
212 
- 
- 
- 
154 
104 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4,951 
67 
74 
34 
15,519 
8,552 
25 to 49 percent 
250 
2 
5 
1 
1,258 
544 
50 to 74 percent 
171 
- 
2 
- 
1,299 
433 
75 to 99 percent 
85 
2 
4 
- 
849 
242 
1 00 percent 
52 
- 
1 
- 
633 
191 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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