Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Big Stone 
Blue Earth 
Brown 
Carlton 
Carver 
Cass 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
128 
343 
329 
80 
233 
110 
workers 
369 
1,242 
1,080 
209 
905 
287 
$1 ,000 payroll 
2,849 
10,505 
9,192 
378 
6,338 
1,785 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
63 
112 
120 
35 
64 
50 
workers 
63 
112 
120 
35 
64 
50 
2 workers 
farms 
19 
77 
54 
16 
55 
24 
workers 
38 
154 
108 
32 
110 
48 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
23 
81 
102 
20 
52 
25 
workers 
77 
280 
338 
63 
181 
83 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
15 
61 
38 
6 
47 
6 
workers 
90 
366 
226 
33 
278 
38 
10 workers or more 
farms 
8 
12 
15 
3 
15 
5 
workers 
101 
330 
288 
46 
272 
68 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
39 
152 
166 
12 
100 
45 
workers 
94 
375 
347 
(D) 
290 
88 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
21 
75 
103 
9 
32 
30 
workers 
21 
75 
103 
9 
32 
30 
2 workers 
farms 
5 
40 
22 
1 
23 
8 
workers 
10 
80 
44 
2 
46 
16 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
8 
12 
30 
2 
36 
3 
workers 
29 
39 
106 
(D) 
118 
(D) 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
5 
22 
8 
6 
3 
workers 
34 
131 
49 
- 
42 
19 
10 workers or more 
farms 
- 
3 
3 
- 
3 
1 
workers 
- 
50 
45 
- 
52 
(D) 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
105 
283 
239 
74 
192 
80 
workers 
275 
867 
733 
(D) 
615 
199 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
50 
108 
77 
30 
56 
33 
workers 
50 
108 
77 
30 
56 
33 
2 workers 
farms 
16 
68 
42 
18 
57 
18 
workers 
32 
136 
84 
36 
114 
36 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
19 
70 
94 
20 
56 
23 
workers 
62 
224 
295 
65 
192 
74 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
15 
31 
19 
3 
12 
3 
workers 
79 
196 
112 
(D) 
61 
17 
10 workers or more 
farms 
5 
6 
7 
3 
11 
3 
workers 
52 
203 
165 
46 
192 
39 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
23 
60 
90 
6 
41 
30 
workers 
43 
143 
139 
(D) 
117 
50 
$1 ,000 payroll 
930 
3,271 
2,324 
20 
2,159 
447 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
89 
191 
163 
68 
133 
65 
workers 
183 
447 
414 
177 
425 
142 
$1 ,000 payroll 
459 
985 
926 
(D) 
524 
329 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
16 
92 
76 
6 
59 
15 
150 days or more, workers 
51 
232 
208 
(D) 
173 
38 
less than 150 days, workers 
92 
420 
319 
15 
190 
57 
$1 ,000 payroll 
1,461 
6,249 
5,942 
(D) 
3,654 
1,010 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
3 
1 
6 
- 
1 
2 
workers 
12 
(D) 
35 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
3 
1 
6 
- 
1 
2 
workers 
12 
(D) 
35 
- 
(D) 
(□) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
110 
361 
307 
261 
320 
247 
workers 
188 
764 
569 
659 
720 
606 
-continued 
318 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
