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 
9 
(NA) 
31,577 
(NA) 
80 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
1,676 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
6 
13 
28,491 
31,425 
72 
53 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
2,567 
3,266 
5 
3 
Corporations 
3 
1 
1,339 
1,346 
5 
5 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
359 
315 
1 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
4 
10 
19,979 
22,755 
50 
33 
2 operators 
2 
3 
10,801 
1 1 ,368 
26 
22 
3 operators 
3 
1 
1,577 
1,756 
5 
4 
4 operators 
- 
- 
246 
313 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
153 
160 
1 
2 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
5 
4 
12,615 
13,824 
36 
32 
2 operators 
- 
- 
633 
638 
2 
2 
3 operators 
- 
- 
90 
115 
2 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
12 
22 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
6 
4 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
7 
4 
20,393 
16,610 
54 
37 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
2,254 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
DSL service 
2 
(NA) 
8,931 
(NA) 
25 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
3 
(NA) 
2,805 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
556 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
3 
(NA) 
3,554 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
2 
(NA) 
4,068 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
237 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
251 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
2 
1 
876 
774 
1 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
932,317 
806,768 
(D) 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
3 
14 
26,317 
28,513 
67 
42 
2 households 
5 
- 
4,877 
5,844 
9 
14 
3 households 
1 
- 
907 
1,146 
4 
4 
4 households 
- 
- 
358 
513 
2 
1 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
297 
336 
1 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
9 
8 
25,631 
29,181 
62 
51 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
2,170 
2,185 
10 
3 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
2,167 
2,165 
6 
1 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
1 
1,309 
1,464 
3 
4 
1 00 percent 
- 
5 
1,479 
1,357 
2 
2 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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