Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
68,172 
5,344 
5,162 
6,351 
8,063 
7,649 
Female 
6,370 
68 
87 
113 
294 
403 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
39,423 
5,165 
4,908 
5,581 
6,102 
4,749 
Other 
35,119 
247 
341 
883 
2,255 
3,303 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
58,768 
4,429 
4,568 
5,570 
6,882 
6,275 
Not on farm operated 
15,774 
983 
681 
894 
1,475 
1,777 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
30,907 
3,972 
3,505 
3,843 
4,091 
2,975 
Any 
43,635 
1,440 
1,744 
2,621 
4,266 
5,077 
1 to 49 days 
5,901 
450 
488 
549 
547 
505 
50 to 99 days 
3,069 
131 
201 
282 
420 
390 
100 to 199 days 
5,976 
167 
299 
494 
728 
854 
200 days or more 
28,689 
692 
756 
1,296 
2,571 
3,328 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,882 
52 
33 
87 
166 
303 
3 or 4 years 
2,721 
59 
83 
112 
323 
377 
5 to 9 years 
7,707 
260 
317 
449 
692 
897 
10 years or more 
62,232 
5,041 
4,816 
5,816 
7,176 
6,475 
Average years on present farm 
25.7 
29.4 
29.6 
29.1 
28.7 
26.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,315 
15 
11 
48 
103 
221 
3 or 4 years 
2,193 
24 
61 
85 
239 
299 
5 to 9 years 
6,629 
179 
242 
354 
571 
770 
10 years or more 
64,405 
5,194 
4,935 
5,977 
7,444 
6,762 
Average years operating any farm 
27.6 
31.1 
31.1 
30.6 
30.8 
28.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
419 
14 
15 
34 
60 
101 
25 to 34 years 
4,485 
263 
321 
504 
675 
765 
35 to 44 years 
8,647 
763 
704 
773 
919 
1,029 
45 to 49 years 
7,537 
767 
664 
834 
797 
736 
50 to 54 years 
11,468 
1,087 
980 
1,080 
1,237 
1,136 
55 to 59 years 
1 1 ,474 
1,097 
1,003 
1,140 
1,270 
1,113 
60 to 64 years 
10,257 
711 
776 
875 
1,194 
924 
65 to 69 years 
7,359 
325 
408 
558 
839 
763 
70 years and over 
12,896 
385 
378 
666 
1,366 
1,485 
Average age 
56.6 
53.4 
53.6 
53.9 
55.9 
55.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
339 
16 
15 
21 
51 
51 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
141 
2 
4 
5 
13 
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 
5,401 
5,243 
6,442 
8,328 
8,024 
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 
411 
453 
757 
1,162 
1,274 
2 people 
36,225 
2,357 
2,438 
2,878 
4,094 
3,795 
3 people 
9,686 
820 
797 
1,022 
1,154 
1,049 
4 people 
9,211 
839 
729 
902 
1,012 
1,005 
5 or more people 
8,678 
985 
832 
905 
935 
929 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
39,068 
453 
442 
823 
1,641 
2,868 
25 to 49 percent 
7,671 
273 
305 
538 
1,302 
1,696 
50 to 74 percent 
10,374 
986 
1,056 
1,438 
2,152 
1,922 
75 to 99 percent 
9,629 
1,804 
1,870 
1,949 
1,862 
980 
1 00 percent 
7,800 
1,896 
1,576 
1,716 
1,400 
586 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,086 
567 
244 
203 
199 
207 
acres 
1,517,087 
974,589 
225,955 
112,002 
74,251 
38,016 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
54,513 
5,025 
4,525 
5,157 
5,888 
5,584 
Dial-up service 
5,451 
331 
385 
456 
625 
595 
DSL service 
23,960 
2,187 
2,035 
2,230 
2,558 
2,432 
Cable modem service 
5,869 
370 
378 
462 
590 
633 
Fiber-optic service 
5,210 
628 
480 
533 
632 
518 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
9,294 
1,034 
774 
875 
961 
938 
Satellite service 
8,970 
1,148 
977 
1,029 
1,023 
830 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,126 
143 
90 
99 
95 
120 
Other Internet service 
1,166 
156 
111 
132 
102 
106 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
59,907 
3,100 
3,846 
4,995 
6,762 
6,516 
2 households 
1 1 ,028 
1,488 
1,102 
1,124 
1,250 
1,263 
3 households 
2,094 
515 
211 
203 
210 
163 
4 households 
838 
173 
44 
83 
86 
76 
5 or more households 
675 
136 
46 
59 
49 
34 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
