Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms with a woman operator 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Minnesota 
26,830 
27,802 
7,318,629 
6,370 
916,200 
Counties 
Aitkin 
247 
257 
49,057 
62 
7,120 
Anoka 
174 
189 
8,336 
74 
2,996 
Becker 
441 
452 
150,638 
80 
17,046 
Beltrami 
288 
299 
86,322 
80 
14,003 
Benton 
387 
404 
63,816 
99 
6,550 
Big Stone 
90 
90 
40,236 
24 
3,566 
Blue Earth 
338 
355 
71,958 
89 
7,331 
Brown 
256 
261 
79,209 
42 
3,923 
Carlton 
288 
297 
49,613 
67 
7,167 
Carver 
297 
307 
44,380 
69 
5,051 
Cass 
298 
320 
85,149 
81 
13,799 
Chippewa 
158 
163 
74,986 
34 
2,647 
Chisago 
375 
385 
27,832 
107 
5,043 
Clay 
212 
218 
88,018 
55 
12,414 
Clearwater 
208 
216 
58,792 
50 
7,514 
Cook 
13 
15 
974 
2 
(D) 
Cottonwood 
232 
232 
93,646 
50 
7,881 
Crow Wing 
236 
252 
36,888 
68 
8,087 
Dakota 
369 
405 
62,461 
121 
6,412 
Dodge 
235 
241 
58,378 
37 
4,745 
Douglas 
380 
387 
73,651 
80 
7,880 
Faribault 
241 
246 
126,558 
45 
7,768 
Fillmore 
606 
627 
117,715 
126 
15,317 
Freeborn 
341 
369 
116,704 
71 
13,530 
Goodhue 
555 
572 
124,210 
122 
36,685 
Grant 
189 
196 
117,898 
37 
3,989 
Hennepin 
305 
312 
16,300 
136 
5,448 
Houston 
336 
350 
72,925 
83 
16,509 
Hubbard 
194 
208 
45,932 
61 
7,715 
Isanti 
400 
417 
49,795 
106 
4,852 
Itasca 
217 
223 
42,833 
66 
8,162 
Jackson 
284 
295 
102,832 
80 
12,017 
Kanabec 
289 
296 
44,317 
64 
8,054 
Kandiyohi 
495 
507 
84,668 
102 
12,198 
Kittson 
153 
176 
98,101 
73 
27,212 
Koochiching 
89 
91 
23,603 
18 
1,300 
Lac qui Parle 
287 
304 
122,167 
71 
8,570 
Lake 
25 
25 
1,636 
7 
272 
Lake of the Woods 
64 
64 
20,115 
13 
6,695 
Le Sueur 
351 
365 
57,891 
98 
6,366 
Lincoln 
225 
237 
102,388 
66 
1 1 ,406 
Lyon 
250 
251 
91,709 
31 
7,025 
McLeod 
272 
291 
58,846 
64 
7,673 
Mahnomen 
85 
85 
70,889 
19 
10,150 
Marshall 
362 
372 
207,494 
123 
38,302 
Martin 
296 
307 
129,131 
55 
6,431 
Meeker 
391 
398 
65,433 
99 
10,806 
Mille Lacs 
330 
339 
55,871 
79 
10,449 
Morrison 
810 
833 
176,276 
160 
21,977 
Mower 
366 
370 
125,630 
55 
17,767 
Murray 
254 
263 
78,313 
62 
13,572 
Nicollet 
220 
222 
78,669 
37 
2,274 
Nobles 
322 
333 
102,420 
45 
6,570 
Norman 
190 
200 
144,073 
40 
10,973 
Olmsted 
436 
445 
75,043 
87 
4,634 
Otter Tail 
1,027 
1,073 
276,077 
256 
44,142 
Pennington 
169 
173 
85,228 
34 
11,485 
Pine 
412 
420 
82,332 
105 
16,373 
Pipestone 
194 
197 
62,914 
36 
8,306 
Polk 
387 
398 
244,024 
130 
41,605 
Pope 
279 
290 
79,258 
62 
1 1 ,325 
Ramsey 
59 
64 
477 
45 
(D) 
Red Lake 
113 
116 
66,943 
31 
10,836 
Redwood 
316 
326 
129,344 
40 
8,567 
Renville 
251 
255 
128,030 
52 
6,874 
Rice 
499 
525 
66,772 
144 
10,094 
Rock 
167 
171 
62,539 
22 
5,517 
Roseau 
287 
305 
116,294 
74 
23,616 
St. Louis 
365 
383 
60,932 
123 
17,485 
Scott 
372 
387 
58,012 
121 
8,831 
Sherburne 
227 
239 
44,817 
63 
5,461 
Sibley 
291 
295 
114,258 
46 
4,892 
Stearns 
1,463 
1,506 
304,540 
187 
24,914 
Steele 
283 
295 
68,584 
58 
3,316 
Stevens 
181 
184 
73,163 
43 
9,707 
Swift 
227 
236 
86,341 
81 
11,968 
Todd 
769 
785 
136,177 
128 
17,552 
Traverse 
133 
136 
93,388 
61 
8,158 
Wabasha 
313 
330 
66,381 
71 
10,026 
Wadena 
226 
227 
48,913 
44 
8,529 
Waseca 
271 
280 
58,159 
67 
4,674 
Washington 
288 
311 
24,198 
102 
3,712 
Watonwan 
138 
142 
73,224 
35 
9,299 
Wilkin 
86 
89 
60,624 
27 
2,508 
Winona 
429 
447 
93,258 
73 
11,016 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Minnesota 647 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
