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 
3 
(NA) 
10,992 
(NA) 
59 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
- 
(NA) 
1,117 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
3 
7 
8,952 
8,532 
55 
31 
Partnerships 
- 
- 
1,086 
997 
3 
4 
Corporations 
1 
1 
1,078 
1,001 
2 
6 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
376 
232 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
2 
7 
5,210 
4,920 
26 
22 
2 operators 
- 
1 
5,314 
4,801 
28 
14 
3 operators 
2 
- 
685 
732 
5 
3 
4 operators 
- 
- 
177 
252 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
106 
57 
1 
1 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2 
1 
5,901 
5,478 
32 
24 
2 operators 
- 
- 
343 
361 
2 
1 
3 operators 
- 
- 
50 
49 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
13 
3 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
3 
4 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
1 
2 
8,798 
7,134 
44 
25 
Dial-up 
- 
(NA) 
566 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
DSL service 
- 
(NA) 
2,782 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
- 
(NA) 
735 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
444 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
- 
(NA) 
1,481 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
1 
(NA) 
3,292 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
162 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
326 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
- 
1 
654 
520 
2 
2 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
6,190,090 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
2 
7 
9,349 
8,563 
53 
38 
2 households 
2 
1 
1,552 
1,559 
1 
2 
3 households 
- 
- 
366 
409 
5 
- 
4 households 
- 
- 
127 
147 
1 
1 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
98 
84 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1 
7 
7,807 
7,419 
42 
28 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
- 
892 
825 
4 
6 
50 to 74 percent 
1 
- 
1,011 
937 
9 
1 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
- 
1,085 
947 
2 
4 
1 00 percent 
2 
1 
697 
634 
3 
2 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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