Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
11,468 
4,771 
144 
112 
142 
2,613 
- 
55 to 59 years 
11,474 
4,923 
140 
122 
160 
2,882 
- 
60 to 64 years 
10,257 
4,278 
151 
146 
154 
2,838 
- 
65 to 69 years 
7,359 
3,008 
108 
74 
127 
2,354 
- 
70 years and over 
12,896 
4,911 
122 
106 
156 
5,306 
- 
Average age 
56.6 
55.5 
55.0 
58.0 
59.0 
61.0 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
339 
126 
8 
7 
2 
75 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
141 
30 
8 
3 
1 
48 
- 
Asian 
266 
19 
218 
2 
7 
13 
- 
Black or African American 
30 
12 
2 
3 
- 
7 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
5 
- 
3 
- 
- 
2 
- 
White 
73,984 
31,507 
768 
700 
891 
19,484 
- 
More than one race reported 
116 
29 
2 
1 
2 
43 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
10,742 
4,524 
153 
77 
105 
3,753 
- 
2 people 
36,225 
15,302 
376 
376 
498 
10,514 
- 
3 people 
9,686 
4,101 
111 
90 
118 
2,092 
- 
4 people 
9,211 
3,995 
125 
80 
105 
1,807 
- 
5 or more people 
8,678 
3,675 
236 
86 
75 
1,431 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
39,068 
9,457 
589 
598 
576 
15,718 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
7,671 
4,256 
125 
33 
85 
1,509 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
10,374 
6,646 
167 
35 
91 
1,295 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
9,629 
6,640 
79 
27 
78 
711 
- 
100 percent 
7,800 
4,598 
41 
16 
71 
364 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,086 
982 
47 
15 
57 
404 
- 
acres 
1,517,087 
1,100,990 
51,211 
3,023 
7,240 
142,730 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
54,513 
23,881 
679 
603 
737 
12,931 
- 
Dial-up service 
5,451 
2,335 
83 
57 
75 
1,292 
- 
DSL service 
23,960 
10,186 
318 
292 
356 
5,601 
- 
Cable modem service 
5,869 
2,429 
93 
77 
105 
1,918 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
5,210 
2,406 
30 
38 
42 
1,219 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
9,294 
4,205 
118 
103 
112 
2,091 
- 
Satellite service 
8,970 
4,338 
93 
84 
93 
1,696 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,126 
503 
18 
14 
16 
273 
- 
Other Internet service 
1,166 
559 
17 
17 
14 
268 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
59,907 
24,813 
837 
621 
730 
16,131 
- 
2 households 
11,028 
5,290 
121 
71 
129 
2,457 
- 
3 households 
2,094 
949 
23 
6 
25 
508 
- 
4 households 
838 
327 
4 
5 
12 
250 
- 
5 or more households 
675 
218 
16 
6 
5 
251 
- 
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 
30,734 
903 
686 
854 
18,748 
- 
acres 
24,752,497 
17,404,694 
156,654 
33,540 
59,901 
3,081,240 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,439 
733 
60 
75 
95 
704 
- 
acres 
935,175 
542,849 
7,942 
2,256 
7,051 
140,288 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
65,530 
28,014 
811 
570 
651 
17,172 
- 
acres 
19,547,925 
13,670,405 
88,731 
26,679 
41,705 
2,570,778 
- 
Partnership farms 
4,668 
1,980 
50 
46 
58 
1,284 
- 
acres 
3,676,068 
2,681,816 
17,496 
3,080 
3,529 
378,907 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
3,402 
1,410 
39 
36 
51 
904 
- 
acres 
2,929,504 
2,120,877 
16,692 
2,378 
3,008 
288,215 
- 
Corporation farms 
3,215 
1,352 
134 
87 
185 
487 
- 
acres 
2,478,574 
1,772,092 
65,407 
5,868 
20,018 
213,492 
- 
Family held farms 
2,948 
1,309 
131 
72 
165 
391 
- 
acres 
2,387,735 
1,726,245 
62,925 
4,599 
19,099 
191,086 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
39 
9 
1 
- 
1 
18 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
2,909 
1,300 
130 
72 
164 
373 
- 
Other than family held farms 
267 
43 
3 
15 
20 
96 
- 
acres 
90,839 
45,847 
2,482 
1,269 
919 
22,406 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
