Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,955 
2,723 
2,688 
232 
197 
879 
Female 
260 
225 
221 
35 
35 
250 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,344 
2,230 
2,210 
114 
95 
352 
Other 
871 
718 
699 
153 
137 
777 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,304 
2,171 
2,149 
133 
114 
588 
Not on farm operated 
911 
777 
760 
134 
118 
541 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,788 
1,683 
1,667 
105 
80 
489 
Any 
1,427 
1,265 
1,242 
162 
152 
640 
1 to 49 days 
271 
251 
242 
20 
16 
95 
50 to 99 days 
104 
98 
98 
6 
6 
26 
100 to 199 days 
178 
165 
164 
13 
13 
62 
200 days or more 
874 
751 
738 
123 
117 
457 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
78 
68 
68 
10 
9 
25 
3 or 4 years 
112 
103 
102 
9 
9 
50 
5 to 9 years 
319 
267 
264 
52 
49 
163 
10 years or more 
2,706 
2,510 
2,475 
196 
165 
891 
Average years on present farm 
25.3 
25.9 
26.0 
18.6 
18.4 
24.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
46 
37 
37 
9 
9 
17 
3 or 4 years 
85 
77 
76 
8 
8 
46 
5 to 9 years 
240 
198 
195 
42 
39 
140 
10 years or more 
2,844 
2,636 
2,601 
208 
176 
926 
Average years operating any farm 
27.8 
28.5 
28.6 
20.1 
19.9 
26.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
9 
9 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 34 years 
159 
151 
151 
8 
8 
40 
35 to 44 years 
380 
344 
338 
36 
35 
116 
45 to 49 years 
362 
337 
334 
25 
24 
84 
50 to 54 years 
542 
487 
481 
55 
50 
121 
55 to 59 years 
631 
581 
568 
50 
35 
143 
60 to 64 years 
465 
422 
422 
43 
39 
154 
65 to 69 years 
300 
280 
275 
20 
16 
139 
70 years and over 
367 
337 
331 
30 
25 
330 
Average age 
55.5 
55.4 
55.4 
55.8 
55.2 
61.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
10 
8 
8 
2 
2 
9 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
12 
9 
9 
3 
3 
18 
Asian 
69 
68 
68 
1 
1 
3 
Black or African American 
4 
2 
2 
2 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,123 
2,862 
2,823 
261 
226 
1,105 
More than one race reported 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
3 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
353 
306 
298 
47 
40 
277 
2 people 
1,597 
1,484 
1,469 
113 
97 
503 
3 people 
432 
384 
381 
48 
43 
154 
4 people 
404 
380 
374 
24 
24 
96 
5 or more people 
429 
394 
387 
35 
28 
99 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,090 
916 
890 
174 
157 
794 
25 to 49 percent 
279 
261 
257 
18 
16 
108 
50 to 74 percent 
526 
508 
503 
18 
17 
106 
75 to 99 percent 
676 
646 
643 
30 
24 
82 
100 percent 
644 
617 
616 
27 
18 
39 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
611 
562 
556 
49 
41 
101 
acres 
624,629 
603,158 
597,455 
21,471 
19,663 
91,205 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,716 
2,506 
2,480 
210 
182 
756 
Dial-up service 
194 
179 
179 
15 
13 
58 
DSL service 
1,295 
1,192 
1,182 
103 
84 
347 
Cable modem service 
280 
250 
247 
30 
29 
122 
Fiber-optic service 
320 
301 
298 
19 
17 
76 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
511 
472 
469 
39 
37 
117 
Satellite service 
468 
444 
438 
24 
22 
101 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
56 
49 
46 
7 
6 
18 
Other Internet service 
79 
77 
76 
2 
2 
19 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,951 
1,763 
1,738 
188 
160 
883 
2 households 
819 
783 
776 
36 
31 
140 
3 households 
265 
251 
250 
14 
14 
54 
4 households 
99 
86 
85 
13 
13 
25 
5 or more households 
81 
65 
60 
16 
14 
27 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Minnesota 149 
