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 
Native Hawaiian 
reporting 
Characteristics 
or other 
White 
more than 
Pacific Islander 
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 
1 
(NA) 
7,182 
(NA) 
29 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
464 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1 
1 
6,030 
6,223 
27 
19 
Partnerships 
- 
2 
540 
564 
- 
- 
Corporations 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
“ 
“ 
712 
632 
1 
“ 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
277 
150 
1 
1 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
1 
3 
3,832 
3,989 
16 
12 
2 operators 
- 
- 
3,043 
2,910 
12 
8 
3 operators 
- 
- 
506 
479 
1 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
118 
154 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
60 
37 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
- 
- 
3,995 
3,830 
22 
7 
2 operators 
- 
- 
377 
373 
- 
5 
3 operators 
- 
- 
89 
40 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
9 
12 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
" 
7 
2 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
- 
- 
6,038 
5,065 
22 
17 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
336 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
DSL service 
- 
(NA) 
1,383 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
3,022 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
“ 
(NA) 
738 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
763 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
378 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
229 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
63 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager 
farms 
- 
1 
479 
345 
2 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
73,328 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
1 
3 
6,579 
6,401 
25 
17 
2 households 
- 
- 
734 
868 
4 
1 
3 households 
- 
- 
150 
178 
- 
2 
4 households 
- 
- 
58 
66 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
38 
56 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1 
2 
5,586 
5,634 
16 
12 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
548 
523 
3 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
1 
623 
641 
6 
1 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
357 
384 
4 
1 
100 percent 
- 
- 
445 
387 
- 
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