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 
Characteristics 
Native Hawaiian 
or other 
Pacific Islander 
White 
reporting 
more than 
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 
4 
(NA) 
6,995 
(NA) 
41 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
4 
(NA) 
645 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
- 
1 
5,949 
5,796 
36 
26 
Partnerships 
4 
- 
687 
608 
3 
- 
Corporations 
- 
- 
484 
399 
2 
1 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
114 
128 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
- 
- 
3,246 
3,324 
16 
10 
2 operators 
4 
1 
3,371 
3,043 
25 
17 
3 operators 
- 
- 
460 
412 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
116 
116 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
41 
36 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4 
- 
4,057 
3,598 
26 
24 
2 operators 
- 
- 
261 
232 
1 
- 
3 operators 
- 
- 
37 
23 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
8 
10 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
" 
2 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
4 
1 
5,757 
4,585 
30 
21 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
395 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
DSL service 
4 
(NA) 
3,213 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
1,089 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
212 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
532 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
687 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
239 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
84 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
- 
264 
203 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
114,483 
84,689 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
4 
1 
6,244 
5,865 
37 
25 
2 households 
- 
- 
757 
861 
3 
2 
3 households 
- 
- 
136 
136 
- 
- 
4 households 
- 
- 
53 
35 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
" 
44 
34 
1 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4 
1 
5,028 
4,819 
25 
19 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
475 
446 
- 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
678 
564 
13 
1 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
454 
551 
1 
5 
100 percent 
- 
- 
599 
551 
2 
- 
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