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] 
Characteristics 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
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 
45 
91 
90 
8 
7,228 
157 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
9 
3 
- 
470 
17 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
39 
55 
76 
8 
6,060 
125 
Partnerships 
- 
39 
12 
- 
552 
6 
Corporations 
2 
3 
5 
- 
716 
26 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
4 
7 
1 
- 
284 
15 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
31 
20 
59 
1 
3,842 
47 
2 operators 
5 
69 
27 
7 
3,084 
102 
3 operators 
8 
14 
2 
- 
508 
11 
4 operators 
1 
1 
6 
- 
118 
6 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60 
6 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
20 
76 
60 
7 
4,035 
96 
2 operators 
3 
16 
1 
- 
383 
7 
3 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
89 
7 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
28 
102 
76 
6 
6,090 
125 
Dial-up 
5 
- 
- 
- 
341 
8 
DSL service 
4 
30 
6 
- 
1,389 
35 
Cable modem service 
10 
38 
57 
6 
3,050 
69 
Fiber-optic service 
3 
23 
8 
- 
745 
19 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
4 
4 
10 
- 
768 
16 
Satellite service 
2 
6 
1 
- 
378 
6 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1 
8 
1 
- 
235 
12 
Other Internet service 
- 
- 
- 
- 
63 
- 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
2 
7 
3 
- 
488 
27 
acres 
(D) 
136 
(D) 
73,590 
657 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
39 
93 
65 
8 
6,619 
142 
2 households 
1 
4 
7 
- 
739 
15 
3 households 
4 
6 
9 
- 
157 
13 
4 households 
1 
- 
9 
- 
59 
1 
5 or more households 
- 
1 
4 
- 
38 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
29 
68 
75 
8 
5,626 
100 
25 to 49 percent 
2 
28 
6 
- 
551 
16 
50 to 74 percent 
6 
7 
6 
- 
629 
27 
75 to 99 percent 
7 
- 
4 
- 
361 
15 
100 percent 
1 
1 
3 
- 
445 
14 
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