Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
58,768 
4,303 
4,421 
5,567 
6,768 
6,343 
Not on farm operated 
15,774 
956 
679 
880 
1,417 
1,769 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
30,907 
3,865 
3,406 
3,851 
4,053 
3,035 
Any 
43,635 
1,394 
1,694 
2,596 
4,132 
5,077 
1 to 49 days 
5,901 
441 
470 
554 
534 
507 
50 to 99 days 
3,069 
122 
195 
288 
408 
397 
100 to 199 days 
5,976 
161 
284 
490 
703 
862 
200 days or more 
28,689 
670 
745 
1,264 
2,487 
3,311 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,882 
46 
33 
89 
165 
294 
3 or 4 years 
2,721 
58 
82 
102 
304 
392 
5 to 9 years 
7,707 
258 
309 
437 
674 
891 
1 0 years or more 
62,232 
4,897 
4,676 
5,819 
7,042 
6,535 
Average years on present farm 
25.7 
29.4 
29.4 
29.1 
28.7 
26.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,315 
15 
9 
46 
105 
213 
3 or 4 years 
2,193 
23 
60 
75 
233 
301 
5 to 9 years 
6,629 
172 
238 
348 
558 
761 
10 years or more 
64,405 
5,049 
4,793 
5,978 
7,289 
6,837 
Average years operating any farm 
27.6 
31.1 
30.9 
30.7 
30.7 
28.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
419 
14 
15 
30 
61 
100 
25 to 34 years 
4,485 
250 
313 
501 
665 
772 
35 to 44 years 
8,647 
737 
705 
770 
890 
1,047 
45 to 49 years 
7,537 
743 
662 
820 
806 
738 
50 to 54 years 
11,468 
1,056 
964 
1,075 
1,242 
1,131 
55 to 59 years 
1 1 ,474 
1,071 
946 
1,166 
1,262 
1,128 
60 to 64 years 
10,257 
692 
752 
880 
1,162 
926 
65 to 69 years 
7,359 
320 
375 
558 
796 
808 
70 years and over 
12,896 
376 
368 
647 
1,301 
1,462 
Average age 
56.6 
53.5 
53.4 
54.0 
55.7 
55.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
339 
16 
14 
22 
49 
53 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
141 
2 
3 
4 
15 
11 
Asian 
266 
1 
- 
3 
4 
13 
Black or African American 
30 
3 
- 
5 
6 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
73,984 
5,248 
5,095 
6,426 
8,154 
8,084 
More than one race reported 
116 
5 
2 
9 
6 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
10,742 
390 
452 
723 
1,146 
1,280 
2 people 
36,225 
2,306 
2,321 
2,901 
3,976 
3,810 
3 people 
9,686 
796 
778 
1,024 
1,115 
1,085 
4 people 
9,211 
813 
713 
903 
1,017 
1,000 
5 or more people 
8,678 
954 
836 
896 
931 
937 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
39,068 
444 
422 
820 
1,526 
2,829 
25 to 49 percent 
7,671 
266 
300 
500 
1,276 
1,689 
50 to 74 percent 
10,374 
960 
1,025 
1,412 
2,087 
1,976 
75 to 99 percent 
9,629 
1,742 
1,815 
1,982 
1,864 
1,018 
1 00 percent 
7,800 
1,847 
1,538 
1,733 
1,432 
600 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,086 
552 
244 
207 
197 
210 
acres 
1,517,087 
952,082 
234,285 
119,947 
74,824 
38,634 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
54,513 
4,885 
4,418 
5,166 
5,804 
5,628 
Dial-up service 
5,451 
307 
381 
466 
613 
590 
DSL service 
23,960 
2,115 
1,978 
2,259 
2,508 
2,465 
Cable modem service 
5,869 
353 
377 
454 
587 
626 
Fiber-optic service 
5,210 
624 
456 
535 
609 
533 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
9,294 
1,005 
777 
849 
975 
923 
Satellite service 
8,970 
1,111 
961 
1,037 
1,003 
863 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,126 
138 
88 
103 
95 
112 
Other Internet service 
1,166 
154 
110 
127 
107 
106 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
59,907 
3,001 
3,724 
4,976 
6,598 
6,564 
2 households 
11,028 
1,450 
1,071 
1,137 
1,234 
1,278 
3 households 
2,094 
500 
218 
201 
212 
160 
4 households 
838 
172 
44 
75 
88 
78 
5 or more households 
675 
136 
43 
58 
53 
32 
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 
4,879 
4,930 
6,276 
8,020 
7,916 
acres 
24,752,497 
8,785,253 
4,387,586 
3,346,883 
2,518,457 
1,556,962 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,439 
306 
198 
233 
201 
131 
acres 
935,175 
413,202 
183,915 
106,110 
59,691 
23,107 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Minnesota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
