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 
225 
239 
67 
26 
67,461 
443 
Limited Liability Corporation 
8 
20 
6 
9 
4,681 
61 
Operation's legal status tor tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
205 
222 
59 
16 
60,406 
378 
Partnerships 
4 
13 
5 
10 
4,659 
44 
Corporations 
13 
5 
4 
- 
3,327 
34 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
16 
1 
3 
- 
1,124 
4 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
60 
79 
26 
1 
35,727 
153 
2 operators 
151 
137 
40 
17 
28,575 
255 
3 operators 
18 
21 
5 
7 
3,952 
42 
4 operators 
6 
4 
- 
1 
838 
7 
5 or more operators 
3 
- 
- 
- 
424 
3 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
156 
175 
39 
23 
30,338 
284 
2 operators 
20 
13 
4 
2 
1,394 
6 
3 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
149 
- 
4 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
53 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
21 
1 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
201 
156 
52 
25 
48,545 
372 
Dial-up 
27 
6 
3 
2 
5,519 
32 
DSL service 
91 
71 
28 
10 
21,705 
164 
Cable modem service 
29 
42 
5 
6 
5,684 
52 
Fiber-optic service 
10 
1 
3 
- 
2,189 
25 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
37 
17 
7 
8 
8,507 
73 
Satellite service 
23 
22 
9 
2 
8,021 
62 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
6 
3 
2 
1 
955 
1 
Other Internet service 
8 
7 
- 
1 
1,167 
7 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
22 
11 
4 
2 
2,075 
30 
acres 
14,270 
(D) 
1,084 
(D) 
1,135,528 
14,651 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
212 
173 
61 
19 
57,375 
376 
2 households 
21 
26 
5 
7 
9,359 
63 
3 households 
3 
9 
4 
- 
1,660 
8 
4 households 
- 
7 
1 
- 
610 
4 
5 or more households 
2 
26 
- 
- 
512 
9 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
189 
175 
50 
24 
43,024 
320 
25 to 49 percent 
10 
19 
5 
- 
5,943 
25 
50 to 74 percent 
12 
30 
8 
- 
7,100 
39 
75 to 99 percent 
10 
15 
4 
1 
5,968 
28 
1 00 percent 
17 
2 
4 
1 
7,481 
48 
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USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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