Table 24. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Minnesota: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
7,359 
3,370 
1,247 
998 
545 
697 
266 
16 
220 
70 years and over 
12,896 
7,095 
1,703 
1,830 
778 
727 
309 
34 
420 
Average age 
56.6 
69.4 
52.1 
55.0 
55.1 
53.7 
53.6 
55.6 
56.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
339 
71 
91 
92 
27 
29 
14 
- 
15 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
141 
26 
62 
28 
9 
4 
2 
- 
10 
Asian 
266 
22 
58 
113 
1 
2 
1 
- 
69 
Black or African American 
30 
3 
10 
2 
5 
3 
2 
1 
4 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
5 
- 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
73,984 
14,276 
26,281 
11,910 
6,051 
8,691 
4,270 
247 
2,258 
More than one race reported 
116 
26 
41 
27 
4 
7 
5 
- 
6 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
10,742 
3,272 
2,908 
2,159 
843 
818 
329 
24 
389 
2 people 
36,225 
9,725 
11,308 
5,301 
2,847 
3,973 
1,858 
114 
1,099 
3 people 
9,686 
800 
3,904 
1,700 
901 
1,358 
663 
38 
322 
4 people 
9,211 
330 
4,590 
1,335 
776 
1,206 
660 
28 
286 
5 or more people 
8,678 
226 
3,744 
1,588 
703 
1,352 
770 
44 
251 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
39,068 
9,927 
20,648 
5,371 
675 
807 
303 
40 
1,297 
25 to 49 percent 
7,671 
1,665 
2,870 
1,589 
579 
506 
201 
13 
248 
50 to 74 percent 
10,374 
1,678 
2,163 
2,243 
1,449 
1,722 
728 
42 
349 
75 to 99 percent 
9,629 
894 
634 
1,527 
1,766 
3,037 
1,477 
77 
217 
1 00 percent 
7,800 
189 
139 
1,353 
1,601 
2,635 
1,571 
76 
236 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
2,086 
230 
354 
319 
180 
346 
398 
43 
216 
acres 
1,517,087 
31,261 
62,343 
48,004 
71,894 
269,988 
769,510 
90,804 
173,283 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
54,513 
8,393 
20,690 
7,905 
4,402 
7,388 
3,967 
240 
1,528 
Dial-up service 
5,451 
1,192 
1,732 
1,010 
475 
615 
266 
21 
140 
DSL service 
23,960 
3,442 
9,418 
3,378 
1,898 
3,356 
1,696 
93 
679 
Cable modem service 
5,869 
1,137 
2,426 
779 
352 
628 
287 
22 
238 
Fiber-optic service 
5,210 
822 
1,690 
767 
476 
741 
525 
30 
159 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
9,294 
1,168 
3,684 
1,355 
701 
1,218 
842 
37 
289 
Satellite service 
8,970 
1,270 
2,928 
1,154 
850 
1,563 
915 
60 
230 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
1,126 
209 
370 
186 
66 
131 
115 
2 
47 
Other Internet service 
1,166 
139 
466 
134 
86 
186 
124 
14 
17 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
59,907 
11,935 
22,634 
10,058 
4,965 
6,578 
2,551 
82 
1,104 
2 households 
11,028 
2,017 
2,910 
1,592 
842 
1,669 
1,150 
73 
775 
3 households 
2,094 
253 
457 
247 
158 
310 
368 
53 
248 
4 households 
838 
85 
252 
115 
72 
70 
122 
19 
103 
5 or more households 
675 
63 
201 
71 
33 
80 
89 
21 
117 
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 
.farms 
72,195 
14,353 
26,454 
12,083 
6,070 
8,707 
4,280 
248 
- 
acres 
24,752,497 
1,993,598 
3,153,187 
1,918,757 
2,296,643 
6,539,545 
7,938,246 
912,521 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
2,439 
400 
762 
352 
154 
303 
232 
21 
215 
acres 
935,175 
57,468 
90,466 
38,762 
53,777 
194,554 
375,325 
30,030 
94,793 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
65,530 
13,382 
24,862 
11,403 
5,584 
7,425 
2,798 
76 
- 
acres 
19,547,925 
1,817,033 
2,898,505 
1,819,480 
2,097,431 
5,510,807 
5,076,619 
328,050 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
4,668 
477 
818 
336 
271 
607 
700 
81 
1,378 
acres 
3,676,068 
94,935 
141,720 
54,620 
117,932 
498,491 
1,524,607 
435,762 
808,001 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
3,402 
303 
578 
229 
191 
474 
588 
76 
963 
acres 
2,929,504 
61,166 
97,945 
36,285 
83,908 
373,411 
1,225,170 
408,277 
643,342 
Corporation 
.farms 
3,215 
205 
460 
273 
180 
622 
759 
89 
627 
acres 
2,478,574 
32,706 
65,794 
(D) 
67,261 
482,167 
1,291,541 
(D) 
365,903 
Family held 
.farms 
2,948 
191 
394 
257 
175 
601 
732 
80 
518 
acres 
2,387,735 
31,332 
60,576 
33,135 
66,631 
474,020 
1,265,249 
123,483 
333,309 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.farms 
39 
6 
12 
4 
1 
2 
2 
2 
10 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
2,909 
185 
382 
253 
174 
599 
730 
78 
508 
Other than family held 
.farms 
267 
14 
66 
16 
5 
21 
27 
9 
109 
acres 
90,839 
1,374 
5,218 
(D) 
630 
8,147 
26,292 
(D) 
32,594 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
35 
- 
- 
2 
- 
7 
5 
3 
18 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
232 
14 
66 
14 
5 
14 
22 
6 
91 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
1,129 
289 
314 
71 
35 
53 
23 
2 
342 
acres 
333,271 
48,924 
47,168 
(D) 
14,019 
48,080 
45,479 
(D) 
109,437 
330 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
