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 
298 
97 
4,978 
19 
31,980 
485 
Limited Liability Corporation 
25 
13 
257 
- 
1,691 
32 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
271 
76 
4,686 
16 
28,859 
452 
Partnerships 
18 
16 
296 
1 
2,594 
30 
Corporations 
15 
10 
113 
3 
1,361 
13 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
5 
- 
69 
- 
365 
3 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
86 
28 
3,610 
4 
20,027 
260 
2 operators 
185 
56 
1,156 
5 
1 1 ,092 
193 
3 operators 
35 
17 
330 
10 
1,655 
34 
4 operators 
2 
1 
43 
1 
251 
10 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
25 
- 
154 
1 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
194 
66 
1,491 
11 
12,919 
218 
2 operators 
8 
7 
118 
4 
651 
23 
3 operators 
2 
- 
8 
- 
93 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
7 
- 
6 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
225 
85 
2,590 
12 
20,658 
332 
Dial-up 
29 
4 
436 
2 
2,290 
35 
DSL service 
92 
34 
989 
7 
9,021 
154 
Cable modem service 
39 
17 
385 
3 
2,849 
42 
Fiber-optic service 
3 
4 
79 
- 
560 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
54 
23 
446 
4 
3,644 
46 
Satellite service 
83 
21 
588 
2 
4,146 
70 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
3 
- 
43 
- 
241 
8 
Other Internet service 
5 
- 
33 
- 
259 
9 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
14 
7 
172 
3 
882 
26 
acres 
10,414 
2,571 
46,305 
1,249 
938,040 
17,518 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
257 
63 
3,968 
11 
26,643 
405 
2 households 
43 
21 
917 
5 
4,951 
70 
3 households 
5 
3 
172 
3 
918 
13 
4 households 
4 
11 
54 
- 
365 
7 
5 or more households 
- 
4 
53 
1 
302 
3 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
274 
57 
4,433 
20 
26,004 
429 
25 to 49 percent 
17 
11 
316 
- 
2,199 
19 
50 to 74 percent 
10 
9 
243 
- 
2,173 
23 
75 to 99 percent 
3 
15 
89 
- 
1,318 
7 
1 00 percent 
5 
10 
83 
- 
1,485 
20 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Mississippi 51 
