Table 35. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - North Dakota: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.number 
30,961 
5,944 
8,821 
4,449 
2,763 
4,832 
3,153 
126 
873 
percent 
100.0 
19.2 
28.5 
14.4 
8.9 
15.6 
10.2 
0.4 
2.8 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
39,262,613 
2,113,814 
2,844,259 
2,899,301 
4,193,876 
11,028,657 
13,537,721 
1,429,390 
1,215,595 
Average size of farm 
.... acres 
1,268 
356 
322 
652 
1,518 
2,282 
4,294 
1 1 ,344 
1,392 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
30,961 
5,944 
8,821 
4,449 
2,763 
4,832 
3,153 
126 
873 
$1,000 
11,332,391 
124,498 
257,705 
202,780 
637,091 
2,916,392 
5,677,412 
933,617 
582,895 
Average per farm 
...dollars 
366,021 
20,945 
29,215 
45,579 
230,579 
603,558 
1,800,638 
7,409,661 
667,692 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
2,449 
862 
1,252 
284 
51 
$1,000 to $2,499 
2,224 
814 
1,079 
262 
- 
- 
- 
- 
69 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,820 
1,064 
1,354 
329 
- 
- 
- 
- 
73 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,065 
1,067 
1,402 
467 
- 
2 
- 
- 
127 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,284 
1,010 
1,487 
658 
2 
3 
- 
- 
124 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,148 
482 
830 
763 
6 
2 
2 
_ 
63 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,216 
341 
695 
1,090 
47 
4 
- 
- 
39 
$100,000 to $249,999 
3,260 
269 
579 
591 
1,732 
24 
- 
- 
65 
$250,000 to $499,999 
3,147 
35 
143 
3 
971 
1,953 
1 
- 
41 
$500,000 to $999,999 
3,004 
- 
- 
- 
4 
2,795 
154 
- 
51 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
3,344 
- 
- 
2 
1 
49 
2,996 
126 
170 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
2,687 
- 
- 
2 
1 
47 
2,528 
- 
109 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
508 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
465 
5 
37 
$5,000,000 or more 
149 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
121 
24 
Total sales 
.... farms 
30,961 
5,944 
8,821 
4,449 
2,763 
4,832 
3,153 
126 
873 
$1,000 
10,950,680 
90,169 
220,123 
181,628 
606,388 
2,812,498 
5,545,213 
924,111 
570,551 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
... farms 
14,370 
699 
1,514 
1,624 
2,318 
4,629 
3,104 
121 
361 
$1,000 
8,813,348 
49,028 
119,043 
80,898 
392,915 
2,343,333 
4,799,544 
671,067 
357,520 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
11,858 
325 
763 
679 
2,012 
4,571 
3,099 
121 
288 
$1,000 
8,757,977 
41,969 
103,987 
59,189 
384,582 
2,341,869 
4,799,460 
671,067 
355,855 
Corn 
... farms 
7,137 
172 
438 
372 
1,010 
2,628 
2,234 
103 
180 
$1,000 
2,461,368 
9,390 
25,886 
10,863 
71,428 
509,996 
1,400,424 
309,968 
123,412 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
5,449 
69 
187 
68 
544 
2,209 
2,108 
103 
161 
$1,000 
2,421,530 
7,408 
20,530 
4,848 
59,693 
498,997 
1,396,986 
309,968 
123,100 
Wheat 
... farms 
10,353 
419 
836 
992 
1,655 
3,644 
2,450 
94 
263 
$1,000 
2,535,187 
19,152 
39,194 
34,342 
144,235 
772,222 
1,335,289 
109,485 
81,269 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
7,741 
124 
284 
235 
1,134 
3,282 
2,390 
94 
198 
$1,000 
2,470,865 
12,914 
27,594 
17,866 
128,586 
760,942 
1,333,543 
109,485 
79,936 
Soybeans 
... farms 
7,219 
228 
455 
458 
962 
2,705 
2,122 
105 
184 
$1,000 
1,968,362 
11,843 
24,894 
18,644 
84,720 
542,980 
1,049,160 
151,577 
84,544 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
5,829 
104 
164 
137 
688 
2,440 
2,032 
103 
161 
$1,000 
1,931,234 
(D) 
17,715 
10,564 
76,905 
535,009 
1,046,422 
(D) 
84,050 
Sorghum 
... farms 
4 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
- 
$1,000 
54 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
... farms 
3,146 
72 
178 
207 
471 
1,227 
891 
28 
72 
$1,000 
367,666 
1,817 
6,085 
3,965 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
21,354 
14,146 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1,889 
14 
39 
16 
160 
804 
777 
26 
53 
$1,000 
342,229 
(D) 
3,471 
1,255 
14,609 
99,974 
186,615 
(D) 
13,895 
Rice 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
.... farms 
7,419 
222 
498 
561 
1,202 
2,675 
1,994 
68 
199 
$1,000 
1,480,711 
6,826 
22,984 
13,085 
70,931 
408,778 
825,278 
78,682 
54,148 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
5,170 
52 
186 
64 
581 
2,177 
1,901 
65 
144 
$1,000 
1,434,312 
4,093 
17,099 
4,734 
57,641 
396,022 
822,932 
78,609 
53,184 
Tobacco 
... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
.... farms 
264 
26 
62 
29 
17 
16 
65 
26 
23 
$1,000 
251,033 
278 
478 
668 
429 
3,289 
74,529 
110,356 
61,007 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
125 
1 
1 
5 
3 
10 
61 
25 
19 
$1,000 
250,044 
(D) 
(D) 
456 
277 
3,239 
74,487 
(D) 
60,979 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
... farms 
74 
13 
33 
16 
4 
4 
2 
_ 
2 
$1,000 
247 
33 
114 
60 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
... farms 
42 
3 
22 
13 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
127 
14 
51 
52 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
... farms 
39 
10 
15 
5 
3 
3 
2 
- 
1 
$1,000 
120 
19 
63 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 475 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
