Table 46. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Land in farms 
Harvested cropland 
Market 
value of 
agricultural 
products 
sold 
($1,000) 
Farms by economic class and primary occupation 
Farming 
Other than farming 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
State Total 
Minnesota 
6,370 
916,200 
2,984 
396,139 
397,701 
639 
614 
1,180 
1,591 
1,414 
932 
Counties 
Aitkin 
62 
7,120 
40 
2,161 
624 
7 
6 
4 
24 
14 
7 
Anoka 
74 
2,996 
37 
1,144 
1,922 
18 
10 
9 
22 
11 
4 
Becker 
80 
17,046 
35 
4,786 
7,071 
6 
8 
17 
20 
15 
14 
Beltrami 
80 
14,003 
30 
4,175 
1,708 
7 
13 
8 
23 
12 
17 
Benton 
99 
6,550 
53 
2,672 
3,390 
20 
5 
11 
30 
12 
21 
Big Stone 
24 
3,566 
8 
1,518 
957 
- 
5 
2 
9 
6 
2 
Blue Earth 
89 
7,331 
30 
2,737 
11,940 
8 
1 
18 
27 
22 
13 
Brown 
42 
3,923 
18 
1,822 
2,310 
- 
6 
9 
4 
15 
8 
Carlton 
67 
7,167 
43 
2,098 
892 
9 
13 
9 
17 
10 
9 
Carver 
69 
5,051 
45 
2,957 
3,476 
7 
13 
20 
10 
12 
7 
Cass 
81 
13,799 
50 
4,071 
2,385 
13 
13 
19 
15 
12 
9 
Chippewa 
34 
2,647 
9 
299 
218 
6 
4 
3 
3 
11 
7 
Chisago 
107 
5,043 
56 
1,470 
1,114 
21 
11 
6 
31 
25 
13 
Clay 
55 
12,414 
19 
6,310 
2,015 
2 
1 
7 
17 
19 
9 
Clearwater 
50 
7,514 
26 
1,807 
452 
9 
5 
6 
12 
9 
9 
Cook 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Cottonwood 
50 
7,881 
23 
4,893 
2,836 
3 
4 
16 
9 
8 
10 
Crow Wing 
68 
8,087 
36 
2,847 
2,316 
27 
6 
9 
20 
1 
5 
Dakota 
121 
6,412 
66 
2,237 
9,550 
18 
9 
32 
32 
22 
8 
Dodge 
37 
4,745 
15 
3,804 
4,769 
7 
3 
8 
10 
6 
3 
Douglas 
80 
7,880 
34 
1,684 
982 
4 
2 
14 
18 
31 
11 
Faribault 
45 
7,768 
19 
6,149 
4,960 
1 
4 
9 
19 
5 
7 
Fillmore 
126 
15,317 
52 
6,396 
6,588 
7 
14 
23 
34 
29 
19 
Freeborn 
71 
13,530 
32 
10,625 
6,001 
1 
5 
25 
21 
5 
14 
Goodhue 
122 
36,685 
59 
(D) 
(D) 
13 
9 
12 
33 
28 
27 
Grant 
37 
3,989 
3 
418 
308 
2 
2 
1 
11 
12 
9 
Hennepin 
136 
5,448 
105 
2,108 
7,044 
35 
43 
25 
12 
11 
10 
Houston 
83 
16,509 
41 
4,273 
3,860 
3 
3 
21 
22 
23 
11 
Hubbard 
61 
7,715 
41 
1,558 
733 
10 
15 
12 
18 
1 
5 
Isanti 
106 
4,852 
45 
1,210 
854 
20 
8 
9 
42 
18 
9 
Itasca 
66 
8,162 
33 
2,597 
1,166 
14 
4 
23 
11 
12 
2 
Jackson 
80 
12,017 
41 
7,652 
5,741 
9 
8 
23 
13 
12 
15 
Kanabec 
64 
8,054 
44 
3,589 
1,383 
5 
11 
10 
24 
10 
4 
Kandiyohi 
102 
12,198 
33 
3,619 
3,302 
9 
4 
12 
24 
35 
18 
Kittson 
73 
27,212 
12 
8,502 
4,889 
2 
1 
8 
14 
31 
17 
Koochiching 
18 
1,300 
8 
260 
69 
5 
- 
- 
5 
6 
2 
Lac qui Parle 
71 
8,570 
23 
3,326 
2,051 
3 
9 
5 
22 
20 
12 
Lake 
7 
272 
5 
15 
50 
3 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
Lake of the Woods 
13 
6,695 
6 
977 
536 
1 
- 
5 
2 
3 
2 
Le Sueur 
98 
6,366 
36 
1,696 
1,451 
6 
4 
6 
25 
31 
26 
Lincoln 
66 
11,406 
19 
4,209 
3,416 
3 
3 
17 
12 
18 
13 
Lyon 
31 
7,025 
12 
5,158 
3,773 
- 
4 
4 
11 
4 
8 
McLeod 
64 
7,673 
29 
5,411 
3,529 
13 
2 
16 
22 
8 
3 
Mahnomen 
19 
10,150 
10 
6,743 
5,063 
- 
1 
6 
3 
5 
4 
Marshall 
123 
38,302 
25 
10,388 
4,456 
2 
10 
15 
20 
45 
31 
Martin 
55 
6,431 
21 
4,041 
5,026 
4 
1 
17 
13 
15 
5 
Meeker 
99 
10,806 
36 
4,308 
7,008 
3 
15 
22 
17 
27 
15 
Mille Lacs 
79 
10,449 
52 
3,218 
1,887 
12 
3 
12 
26 
17 
9 
Morrison 
160 
21,977 
115 
7,745 
7,977 
8 
9 
39 
39 
27 
38 
Mower 
55 
17,767 
34 
15,129 
12,010 
6 
4 
13 
14 
5 
13 
Murray 
62 
13,572 
22 
10,657 
8,069 
3 
- 
9 
18 
18 
14 
Nicollet 
37 
2,274 
17 
862 
(D) 
1 
2 
6 
6 
20 
2 
Nobles 
45 
6,570 
27 
3,984 
3,416 
- 
1 
19 
11 
5 
9 
Norman 
40 
10,973 
11 
3,850 
1,258 
- 
2 
7 
8 
11 
12 
Olmsted 
87 
4,634 
35 
1,005 
822 
15 
12 
11 
21 
22 
6 
Otter Tail 
256 
44,142 
101 
18,207 
9,901 
27 
23 
42 
83 
62 
19 
Pennington 
34 
1 1 ,485 
8 
2,123 
763 
3 
- 
3 
10 
6 
12 
Pine 
105 
16,373 
79 
5,768 
11,799 
11 
15 
21 
18 
28 
12 
Pipestone 
36 
8,306 
19 
4,844 
5,090 
3 
- 
10 
9 
5 
9 
Polk 
130 
41,605 
38 
8,614 
5,430 
1 
14 
25 
31 
26 
33 
Pope 
62 
1 1 ,325 
27 
4,429 
2,015 
1 
8 
12 
7 
26 
8 
Ramsey 
45 
(D) 
45 
(D) 
338 
- 
33 
5 
- 
7 
- 
Red Lake 
31 
10,836 
15 
5,605 
2,309 
1 
2 
18 
4 
3 
3 
Redwood 
40 
8,567 
15 
5,031 
3,895 
1 
4 
10 
12 
6 
7 
Renville 
52 
6,874 
14 
3,188 
19,445 
5 
1 
11 
16 
12 
7 
Rice 
144 
10,094 
63 
3,385 
9,506 
12 
9 
15 
50 
40 
18 
Rock 
22 
5,517 
13 
4,609 
3,879 
- 
- 
3 
7 
1 
11 
Roseau 
74 
23,616 
25 
7,527 
3,285 
5 
6 
10 
15 
24 
14 
St. Louis 
123 
17,485 
78 
9,983 
2,061 
22 
16 
21 
34 
22 
8 
Scott 
121 
8,831 
70 
2,407 
2,117 
21 
11 
25 
30 
23 
11 
Sherburne 
63 
5,461 
37 
2,697 
2,928 
11 
9 
4 
17 
20 
2 
Sibley 
46 
4,892 
25 
3,258 
2,639 
2 
1 
11 
12 
10 
10 
Stearns 
187 
24,914 
108 
13,176 
29,636 
8 
12 
48 
44 
37 
38 
Steele 
58 
3,316 
15 
737 
3,626 
7 
10 
8 
14 
14 
5 
Stevens 
43 
9,707 
11 
6,215 
5,251 
- 
2 
7 
11 
16 
7 
Swift 
81 
11,968 
24 
5,101 
4,419 
- 
9 
7 
13 
37 
15 
Todd 
128 
17,552 
79 
6,539 
4,520 
5 
8 
42 
29 
23 
21 
Traverse 
61 
8,158 
11 
3,985 
2,773 
3 
5 
9 
18 
18 
8 
Wabasha 
71 
10,026 
36 
4,200 
8,996 
3 
1 
25 
22 
12 
8 
Wadena 
44 
8,529 
23 
2,047 
4,897 
9 
5 
9 
12 
4 
5 
Waseca 
67 
4,674 
25 
1,702 
4,678 
1 
8 
18 
13 
19 
8 
Washington 
102 
3,712 
41 
654 
2,292 
30 
9 
13 
25 
11 
14 
Watonwan 
35 
9,299 
16 
6,645 
10,783 
1 
7 
7 
8 
6 
6 
Wilkin 
27 
2,508 
10 
1,230 
(D) 
4 
5 
1 
6 
7 
4 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Minnesota 645 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
