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 
48 
(NA) 
34,396 
(NA) 
275 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2 
(NA) 
2,672 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
41 
48 
29,137 
31,508 
244 
271 
Partnerships 
2 
3 
2,596 
2,865 
14 
9 
Corporations 
6 
3 
3,352 
3,168 
18 
21 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
873 
495 
12 
4 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
28 
22 
16,746 
18,486 
149 
146 
2 operators 
21 
27 
16,654 
16,808 
125 
140 
3 operators 
- 
3 
1,959 
2,045 
10 
18 
4 operators 
- 
2 
387 
466 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
212 
231 
1 
1 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
23 
33 
19,320 
19,898 
195 
175 
2 operators 
1 
1 
1,052 
1,199 
8 
11 
3 operators 
- 
4 
121 
120 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
28 
22 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
" 
14 
20 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
32 
30 
28,902 
26,463 
188 
212 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
2,706 
(NA) 
28 
(NA) 
DSL service 
15 
(NA) 
10,392 
(NA) 
73 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
7 
(NA) 
4,959 
(NA) 
20 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1 
(NA) 
1,346 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
10 
(NA) 
4,616 
(NA) 
34 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
6 
(NA) 
6,310 
(NA) 
35 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
874 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
1,046 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
1 
2,156 
1,592 
9 
9 
acres 
- 
(D) 
1,933,910 
1,757,786 
(D) 
6,913 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
38 
40 
29,625 
30,918 
259 
255 
2 households 
3 
11 
4,450 
5,203 
22 
41 
3 households 
- 
2 
962 
1,088 
4 
4 
4 households 
3 
1 
443 
492 
1 
5 
5 or more households 
5 
- 
478 
335 
2 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
40 
45 
27,431 
28,684 
252 
249 
25 to 49 percent 
5 
6 
2,135 
2,324 
13 
17 
50 to 74 percent 
2 
3 
2,499 
2,834 
8 
18 
75 to 99 percent 
2 
- 
1,871 
2,213 
10 
12 
100 percent 
- 
- 
2,022 
1,981 
5 
9 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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