Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
1 00 to 1 39 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
58,768 
2,678 
1 1 ,947 
3,257 
5,394 
4,575 
Not on farm operated 
15,774 
810 
3,345 
1,084 
2,000 
1,589 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
30,907 
865 
4,174 
1,335 
2,375 
2,168 
Any 
43,635 
2,623 
11,118 
3,006 
5,019 
3,996 
1 to 49 days 
5,901 
232 
1,214 
335 
574 
491 
50 to 99 days 
3,069 
177 
578 
186 
300 
262 
100 to 199 days 
5,976 
278 
1,223 
343 
619 
519 
200 days or more 
28,689 
1,936 
8,103 
2,142 
3,526 
2,724 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,882 
202 
523 
137 
245 
179 
3 or 4 years 
2,721 
295 
817 
191 
383 
222 
5 to 9 years 
7,707 
619 
2,262 
568 
997 
688 
10 years or more 
62,232 
2,372 
11,690 
3,445 
5,769 
5,075 
Average years on present farm 
25.7 
17.9 
20.9 
22.9 
23.4 
25.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,315 
157 
399 
107 
181 
133 
3 or 4 years 
2,193 
266 
665 
158 
301 
180 
5 to 9 years 
6,629 
531 
1,981 
513 
895 
588 
10 years or more 
64,405 
2,534 
12,247 
3,563 
6,017 
5,263 
Average years operating any farm 
27.6 
19.6 
22.8 
24.7 
25.4 
27.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
419 
54 
102 
29 
38 
38 
25 to 34 years 
4,485 
469 
958 
232 
490 
330 
35 to 44 years 
8,647 
578 
1,924 
477 
897 
656 
45 to 49 years 
7,537 
393 
1,654 
405 
673 
507 
50 to 54 years 
11,468 
534 
2,371 
623 
1,027 
908 
55 to 59 years 
11,474 
466 
2,247 
631 
1,005 
889 
60 to 64 years 
10,257 
392 
2,112 
555 
912 
849 
65 to 69 years 
7,359 
261 
1,501 
467 
800 
662 
70 years and over 
12,896 
341 
2,423 
922 
1,552 
1,325 
Average age 
56.6 
51.3 
56.0 
57.8 
57.3 
58.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
339 
21 
77 
18 
31 
17 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
141 
16 
40 
11 
6 
13 
Asian 
266 
211 
20 
2 
10 
13 
Black or African American 
30 
5 
2 
- 
- 
4 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
5 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
73,984 
3,253 
15,188 
4,318 
7,364 
6,126 
More than one race reported 
116 
- 
42 
10 
14 
8 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
10,742 
481 
2,187 
768 
1,233 
1,024 
2 people 
36,225 
1,389 
7,354 
2,110 
3,681 
3,086 
3 people 
9,686 
472 
1,973 
539 
842 
721 
4 people 
9,211 
544 
2,032 
485 
867 
709 
5 or more people 
8,678 
602 
1,746 
439 
771 
624 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
39,068 
2,788 
12,639 
3,364 
5,189 
3,918 
25 to 49 percent 
7,671 
201 
1,005 
399 
931 
835 
50 to 74 percent 
10,374 
226 
850 
322 
783 
818 
75 to 99 percent 
9,629 
148 
495 
176 
305 
347 
1 00 percent 
7,800 
125 
303 
80 
186 
246 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,086 
82 
330 
80 
131 
144 
acres 
1,517,087 
387 
8,671 
4,645 
10,808 
16,922 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
54,513 
2,553 
1 1 ,327 
3,071 
5,174 
4,200 
Dial-up service 
5,451 
208 
1,161 
305 
542 
454 
DSL service 
23,960 
1,120 
5,135 
1,390 
2,217 
1,849 
Cable modem service 
5,869 
306 
1,170 
387 
679 
473 
Fiber-optic service 
5,210 
168 
812 
230 
488 
381 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
9,294 
469 
2,028 
522 
884 
695 
Satellite service 
8,970 
397 
1,653 
463 
726 
585 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,126 
44 
245 
69 
79 
90 
Other Internet service 
1,166 
62 
231 
56 
121 
79 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
59,907 
3,012 
13,063 
3,694 
6,200 
5,085 
2 households 
11,028 
358 
1,703 
498 
933 
841 
3 households 
2,094 
60 
264 
78 
157 
130 
4 households 
838 
29 
147 
37 
42 
67 
5 or more households 
675 
29 
115 
34 
62 
41 
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 
3,341 
14,870 
4,233 
7,203 
5,981 
acres 
24,752,497 
16,347 
409,105 
247,390 
587,248 
700,613 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
70 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
