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] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
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 
927 
620 
110 
90 
34,942 
2,215 
Limited Liability Corporation 
67 
87 
3 
5 
2,713 
256 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
825 
487 
97 
75 
29,617 
1,907 
Partnerships 
42 
69 
3 
3 
2,626 
225 
Corporations 
48 
84 
9 
10 
3,391 
222 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
56 
13 
5 
4 
891 
27 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
362 
197 
37 
34 
16,890 
1,043 
2 operators 
517 
395 
71 
54 
17,030 
1,054 
3 operators 
65 
47 
5 
4 
1,996 
240 
4 operators 
23 
9 
1 
- 
395 
27 
5 or more operators 
4 
5 
- 
- 
214 
17 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
654 
401 
78 
59 
19,757 
1,127 
2 operators 
50 
43 
2 
1 
1,078 
47 
3 operators 
3 
2 
- 
- 
122 
11 
4 operators 
- 
1 
- 
- 
28 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
“ 
" 
14 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
714 
506 
103 
69 
29,333 
1,770 
Dial-up 
84 
47 
10 
4 
2,747 
201 
DSL service 
242 
159 
30 
30 
10,552 
655 
Cable modem service 
93 
153 
12 
15 
5,015 
258 
Fiber-optic service 
32 
19 
4 
1 
1,375 
79 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
119 
83 
27 
20 
4,689 
275 
Satellite service 
172 
64 
20 
12 
6,409 
388 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
28 
19 
2 
2 
887 
48 
Other Internet service 
20 
8 
7 
1 
1,055 
46 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
61 
51 
1 
- 
2,184 
287 
acres 
1,615,230 
8,260 
(D) 
1,944,399 
192,353 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
821 
499 
105 
71 
30,127 
1,868 
2 households 
123 
89 
6 
13 
4,498 
353 
3 households 
13 
21 
- 
- 
970 
69 
4 households 
5 
20 
1 
3 
446 
36 
5 or more households 
9 
24 
2 
5 
484 
55 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
822 
470 
107 
79 
27,930 
1,729 
25 to 49 percent 
47 
35 
4 
6 
2,153 
120 
50 to 74 percent 
41 
60 
- 
3 
2,514 
194 
75 to 99 percent 
26 
36 
2 
3 
1,887 
148 
100 percent 
35 
52 
1 
1 
2,041 
190 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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