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 
86 
29 
33 
5 
7,067 
110 
Limited Liability Corporation 
12 
7 
1 
4 
654 
16 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
78 
29 
28 
1 
6,012 
88 
Partnerships 
7 
- 
1 
4 
694 
15 
Corporations 
1 
- 
4 
- 
486 
8 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
- 
- 
114 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
22 
7 
11 
- 
3,262 
23 
2 operators 
61 
17 
21 
5 
3,424 
76 
3 operators 
2 
5 
- 
- 
462 
10 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
117 
2 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
41 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
65 
27 
24 
5 
4,113 
78 
2 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
262 
9 
3 operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
37 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
- 
" 
- 
2 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
67 
28 
30 
5 
5,817 
101 
Dial-up 
11 
2 
1 
- 
398 
2 
DSL service 
32 
14 
20 
4 
3,253 
71 
Cable modem service 
15 
8 
1 
1 
1,101 
14 
Fiber-optic service 
3 
1 
- 
- 
214 
2 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
4 
4 
- 
- 
538 
3 
Satellite service 
16 
1 
8 
- 
692 
22 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
241 
4 
Other Internet service 
2 
1 
- 
- 
84 
1 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
6 
- 
- 
264 
6 
acres 
6 
- 
114,483 
1,563 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
78 
28 
31 
5 
6,310 
94 
2 households 
6 
1 
1 
- 
761 
15 
3 households 
1 
- 
1 
- 
137 
2 
4 households 
- 
- 
- 
- 
53 
- 
5 or more households 
1 
- 
- 
- 
45 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
56 
24 
26 
5 
5,068 
86 
25 to 49 percent 
2 
1 
- 
- 
476 
4 
50 to 74 percent 
23 
2 
1 
- 
699 
6 
75 to 99 percent 
3 
- 
- 
- 
456 
10 
100 percent 
2 
2 
6 
- 
607 
5 
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