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 
124 
46 
40 
3 
21,025 
177 
Limited Liability Corporation 
4 
1 
2 
2 
718 
9 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
120 
42 
35 
3 
19,961 
154 
Partnerships 
4 
2 
4 
- 
892 
13 
Corporations 
3 
2 
1 
- 
428 
10 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
3 
- 
1 
- 
157 
2 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
35 
13 
19 
- 
12,407 
93 
2 operators 
75 
24 
22 
3 
7,761 
75 
3 operators 
13 
9 
- 
- 
1,021 
9 
4 operators 
3 
- 
- 
- 
186 
2 
5 or more operators 
4 
- 
- 
- 
63 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
82 
32 
21 
3 
8,520 
84 
2 operators 
14 
2 
- 
- 
399 
4 
3 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
41 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
" 
- 
1 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
105 
27 
24 
2 
13,101 
113 
Dial-up 
10 
2 
1 
- 
1,616 
13 
DSL service 
46 
15 
12 
- 
5,859 
55 
Cable modem service 
14 
- 
3 
- 
2,237 
26 
Fiber-optic service 
2 
3 
1 
- 
360 
2 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
13 
4 
3 
- 
1,335 
16 
Satellite service 
28 
5 
4 
2 
2,501 
14 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
4 
- 
- 
- 
289 
4 
Other Internet service 
1 
- 
1 
- 
143 
2 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
2 
1 
2 
- 
327 
6 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
107,912 
2,590 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
103 
34 
33 
3 
17,784 
142 
2 households 
24 
9 
4 
- 
3,018 
21 
3 households 
1 
3 
1 
- 
393 
4 
4 households 
2 
- 
2 
- 
136 
5 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
1 
- 
107 
7 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
117 
38 
35 
3 
18,501 
143 
25 to 49 percent 
2 
6 
5 
- 
1,255 
14 
50 to 74 percent 
7 
- 
- 
- 
918 
12 
75 to 99 percent 
1 
1 
1 
- 
413 
7 
100 percent 
3 
1 
- 
- 
351 
3 
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