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 
7,099 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
663 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
6,043 
5,848 
21 
14 
15 
1 
22 
10 
Partnerships 
695 
608 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Corporations 
486 
400 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
114 
128 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
3,286 
3,357 
6 
13 
7 
- 
11 
10 
2 operators 
3,430 
3,062 
13 
1 
6 
- 
11 
- 
3 operators 
463 
413 
1 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
4 operators 
117 
116 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
42 
36 
- 
" 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4,130 
3,637 
16 
11 
13 
1 
14 
3 
2 operators 
262 
232 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 operators 
38 
23 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 operators 
8 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
- 
" 
" 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
5,843 
4,627 
18 
14 
14 
1 
20 
5 
Dial-up 
398 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
DSL service 
3,263 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
1,110 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
214 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
538 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
698 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
241 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
85 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
270 
203 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
114,489 
84,689 
- 
6 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
6,340 
5,916 
19 
14 
14 
1 
22 
10 
2 households 
762 
863 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 households 
138 
136 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 households 
53 
35 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
45 
34 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
5,099 
4,861 
13 
14 
12 
1 
17 
7 
25 to 49 percent 
477 
448 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
699 
565 
6 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
456 
556 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 percent 
607 
554 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
3 
-continued 
48 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
