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 
9 
(NA) 
67,327 
(NA) 
87 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
1 
(NA) 
4,673 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
6 
5 
60,287 
67,799 
78 
76 
Partnerships 
3 
3 
4,650 
6,355 
3 
5 
Corporations 
- 
- 
3,319 
3,316 
6 
1 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
1,118 
588 
2 
3 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
1 
2 
35,682 
41,209 
45 
50 
2 operators 
6 
6 
28,495 
31,489 
34 
33 
3 operators 
2 
- 
3,937 
4,118 
9 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
837 
828 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
423 
414 
- 
1 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
7 
6 
30,247 
34,164 
40 
51 
2 operators 
1 
- 
1,386 
1,476 
7 
2 
3 operators 
- 
- 
148 
161 
1 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
53 
34 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
21 
31 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
8 
5 
48,420 
44,983 
76 
54 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
5,510 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
DSL service 
1 
(NA) 
21,643 
(NA) 
34 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
2 
(NA) 
5,671 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
2,184 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
4 
(NA) 
8,480 
(NA) 
19 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
1 
(NA) 
8,002 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
953 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
1 
(NA) 
1,163 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
2 
- 
2,066 
1,934 
6 
2 
acres 
(D) 
- 
1,127,442 
854,579 
1,534 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
7 
8 
57,249 
63,657 
80 
74 
2 households 
2 
- 
9,347 
11,164 
7 
9 
3 households 
- 
- 
1,658 
1,884 
2 
- 
4 households 
- 
- 
610 
817 
- 
2 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
510 
536 
- 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
9 
8 
42,908 
51,174 
74 
61 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
5,938 
5,950 
3 
5 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
- 
7,094 
6,610 
1 
7 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
5,960 
6,317 
5 
7 
1 00 percent 
- 
- 
7,474 
8,007 
6 
5 
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USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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