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 
36,711 
(NA) 
128 
(NA) 
63 
(NA) 
4,854 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
1,952 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
247 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
33,316 
36,353 
119 
141 
43 
40 
4,585 
4,681 
Partnerships 
2,871 
3,769 
8 
22 
13 
8 
278 
470 
Corporations 
1,463 
1,467 
5 
6 
10 
3 
101 
106 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
426 
370 
1 
6 
- 
- 
65 
49 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
23,705 
26,787 
59 
72 
24 
26 
3,589 
3,891 
2 operators 
12,040 
12,571 
63 
74 
33 
21 
1,115 
1,083 
3 operators 
1,869 
2,082 
11 
25 
8 
4 
265 
292 
4 operators 
284 
344 
- 
2 
1 
- 
36 
29 
5 or more operators 
178 
175 
- 
2 
- 
- 
24 
11 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
14,200 
15,555 
80 
105 
38 
24 
1,426 
1,566 
2 operators 
753 
729 
- 
5 
5 
- 
113 
84 
3 operators 
98 
130 
- 
2 
- 
- 
6 
12 
4 operators 
12 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
13 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
5 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
23,113 
18,405 
101 
98 
57 
26 
2,501 
1,630 
Dial-up 
2,713 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
432 
(NA) 
DSL service 
9,980 
(NA) 
39 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
961 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
3,226 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
378 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
635 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
74 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
4,042 
(NA) 
45 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
421 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
4,708 
(NA) 
44 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
567 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
279 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
40 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
285 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
32 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
1,051 
926 
6 
1 
6 
3 
160 
147 
acres 
968,857 
856,768 
4,992 
(D) 
768 
495 
27,980 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
30,414 
32,635 
116 
113 
35 
34 
3,876 
3,919 
2 households 
5,805 
6,898 
15 
43 
16 
12 
883 
985 
3 households 
1,080 
1,368 
- 
5 
1 
1 
167 
212 
4 households 
425 
637 
2 
7 
11 
2 
52 
114 
5 or more households 
352 
421 
- 
7 
3 
2 
51 
76 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
30,193 
34,151 
125 
138 
31 
31 
4,335 
4,742 
25 to 49 percent 
2,498 
2,450 
5 
15 
7 
2 
306 
245 
50 to 74 percent 
2,412 
2,372 
2 
2 
5 
5 
232 
199 
75 to 99 percent 
1,405 
1,564 
- 
8 
14 
6 
79 
81 
1 00 percent 
1,568 
1,422 
1 
12 
9 
7 
77 
39 
--continued 
48 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
