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 
35,620 
(NA) 
433 
(NA) 
412 
(NA) 
56 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2,788 
(NA) 
29 
(NA) 
61 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
30,167 
32,547 
381 
396 
314 
279 
50 
45 
Partnerships 
2,685 
2,932 
16 
27 
55 
28 
2 
- 
Corporations 
3,463 
3,266 
19 
22 
65 
51 
3 
1 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
934 
539 
42 
35 
2 
2 
5 
3 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
17,360 
19,049 
222 
222 
184 
155 
31 
18 
2 operators 
17,243 
17,387 
203 
217 
215 
164 
25 
31 
3 operators 
2,025 
2,115 
25 
25 
28 
24 
3 
- 
4 operators 
404 
486 
7 
6 
6 
12 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
217 
247 
1 
10 
3 
5 
“ 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
20,043 
20,589 
262 
287 
214 
165 
29 
31 
2 operators 
1,118 
1,254 
19 
21 
37 
22 
1 
- 
3 operators 
122 
125 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 operators 
29 
24 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
14 
20 
" 
" 
" 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
29,827 
27,265 
342 
325 
311 
197 
52 
38 
Dial-up 
2,800 
(NA) 
39 
(NA) 
24 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
DSL service 
10,682 
(NA) 
107 
(NA) 
85 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
5,140 
(NA) 
44 
(NA) 
102 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1,389 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
4,785 
(NA) 
50 
(NA) 
55 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
6,484 
(NA) 
91 
(NA) 
34 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
913 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
1,064 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
2,236 
1,645 
34 
26 
36 
15 
1 
2 
acres 
3,542,277 
1,834,895 
1,594,112 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
30,668 
31,914 
382 
404 
310 
254 
54 
43 
2 households 
4,615 
5,392 
67 
61 
70 
70 
3 
6 
3 households 
987 
1,120 
2 
7 
19 
19 
- 
- 
4 households 
466 
518 
2 
6 
16 
14 
1 
- 
5 or more households 
513 
340 
5 
2 
21 
3 
2 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
28,453 
29,634 
387 
378 
288 
235 
55 
43 
25 to 49 percent 
2,208 
2,401 
23 
25 
29 
27 
3 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
2,577 
2,925 
19 
39 
49 
31 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
1,919 
2,289 
9 
22 
26 
42 
1 
- 
100 percent 
2,092 
2,035 
20 
16 
44 
25 
1 
4 
-continued 
54 Washington 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
