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 
7,362 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
59 
(NA) 
76 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
475 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
6,168 
6,318 
15 
10 
32 
45 
63 
20 
Partnerships 
583 
574 
- 
1 
31 
2 
12 
5 
Corporations 
719 
641 
- 
- 
2 
2 
4 
7 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
285 
158 
- 
6 
7 
1 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
3,937 
4,075 
15 
11 
20 
38 
53 
22 
2 operators 
3,116 
2,940 
- 
- 
41 
17 
20 
5 
3 operators 
518 
480 
- 
- 
10 
- 
1 
1 
4 operators 
124 
158 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
4 
5 or more operators 
60 
38 
- 
- 
1 
" 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4,110 
3,888 
2 
10 
44 
33 
47 
8 
2 operators 
394 
378 
- 
- 
16 
- 
1 
- 
3 operators 
89 
41 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 operators 
9 
13 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
7 
2 
- 
“ 
" 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
6,207 
5,162 
8 
11 
71 
44 
68 
25 
Dial-up 
341 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
DSL service 
1,417 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
25 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
3,104 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
56 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
766 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
776 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
384 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
235 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
63 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
490 
362 
- 
1 
6 
12 
3 
3 
acres 
73,847 
58,009 
(D) 
120 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
6,737 
6,507 
12 
11 
65 
51 
55 
24 
2 households 
742 
878 
- 
- 
- 
4 
4 
5 
3 households 
168 
181 
3 
- 
6 
- 
9 
1 
4 households 
66 
67 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
1 
5 or more households 
42 
58 
" 
- 
1 
4 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,727 
5,727 
10 
10 
43 
47 
71 
22 
25 to 49 percent 
575 
537 
1 
1 
21 
7 
2 
4 
50 to 74 percent 
636 
645 
- 
- 
7 
- 
- 
2 
75 to 99 percent 
368 
390 
3 
- 
- 
1 
4 
4 
100 percent 
449 
392 
1 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
-continued 
48 Massachusetts 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
