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 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
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 
72,195 
(NA) 
131 
(NA) 
197 
(NA) 
26 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2,439 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
65,530 
70,055 
101 
169 
190 
140 
25 
22 
Partnerships 
4,668 
6,227 
10 
11 
4 
7 
1 
- 
Corporations 
3,215 
2,848 
12 
9 
69 
1 
4 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
1,129 
1,862 
18 
14 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
44,502 
49,377 
93 
106 
149 
91 
19 
17 
2 operators 
25,273 
26,670 
36 
83 
95 
38 
5 
5 
3 operators 
3,605 
3,765 
11 
11 
14 
4 
6 
- 
4 operators 
803 
788 
1 
2 
3 
8 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
359 
392 
- 
1 
5 
7 
" 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
25,795 
28,080 
61 
91 
178 
84 
7 
5 
2 operators 
1,036 
1,143 
1 
4 
19 
11 
2 
- 
3 operators 
138 
143 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
4 operators 
28 
39 
- 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
18 
14 
1 
2 
- 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
54,513 
49,972 
93 
134 
69 
76 
18 
15 
Dial-up 
5,451 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
DSL service 
23,960 
(NA) 
39 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
5,869 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
5,210 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
9,294 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
8,970 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,126 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
1,166 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
2,086 
1,925 
10 
12 
6 
3 
4 
- 
acres 
1,517,087 
1,120,736 
15,850 
19,885 
(D) 
25 
730 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
59,907 
64,393 
123 
158 
211 
115 
17 
18 
2 households 
11,028 
12,561 
7 
34 
40 
18 
11 
4 
3 households 
2,094 
2,325 
8 
5 
5 
1 
2 
- 
4 households 
838 
939 
3 
6 
1 
4 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
675 
774 
" 
- 
9 
10 
- 
" 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
39,068 
46,634 
104 
122 
154 
100 
16 
12 
25 to 49 percent 
7,671 
7,985 
10 
23 
30 
24 
2 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
10,374 
10,252 
14 
34 
65 
10 
5 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
9,629 
9,020 
10 
15 
8 
10 
3 
5 
100 percent 
7,800 
7,101 
3 
9 
9 
4 
4 
5 
-continued 
50 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
