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 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Item 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Ethanol farms 
Other farms 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
Part owners farms 
Tenants farms 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
acres 
Owned land in farms farms 
acres 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
acres 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
acres 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
acres 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
2 operators 
3 operators 
4 operators 
5 or more operators 
Total women operators number 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2 operators 
3 operators 
4 operators 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
Female 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
Other 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
Not on farm operated 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
Any 
1 to 49 days 
50 to 99 days 
100 to 199 days 
200 days or more 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
3 or 4 years 
5 to 9 years 
1 0 years or more 
Average years on present farm 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
3 or 4 years 
5 to 9 years 
10 years or more 
Average years operating any farm 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
25 to 34 years 
35 to 44 years 
45 to 49 years 
50 to 54 years 
55 to 59 years 
60 to 64 years 
Off-farm 
All farms Retirement occupation 
7 
- 
1 
239 
43 
63 
15,967 
5,166 
6,368 
12,173 
567 
1,653 
2,821 
211 
800 
28,447 
5,805 
8,087 
24,928,152 
3,407,665 
3,408,693 
28,140 
5,733 
8,021 
19,819,026 
1,765,803 
1,994,682 
15,090 
802 
2,481 
19,593,352 
360,875 
892,579 
14,994 
778 
2,453 
19,443,587 
348,011 
849,577 
10,292 
3,003 
3,176 
5,258,891 
1,654,726 
1,457,013 
45,015 
7,769 
13,133 
19,494 
4,365 
5,274 
9,518 
1,391 
2,996 
1,511 
150 
410 
314 
24 
101 
124 
14 
40 
11,617 
2,658 
4,042 
10,532 
2,425 
3,577 
341 
58 
133 
96 
27 
50 
10 
- 
5 
13 
6 
5 
27,728 
4,547 
7,650 
3,233 
1,397 
1,171 
17,509 
2,127 
13,452 
3,817 
8,821 
19,918 
2,779 
4,808 
1 1 ,043 
3,165 
4,013 
14,496 
3,996 
411 
16,465 
1,948 
8,410 
2,548 
523 
526 
1,233 
269 
221 
2,418 
442 
958 
10,266 
714 
6,705 
850 
68 
391 
1,197 
132 
575 
3,241 
450 
1,374 
25,673 
5,294 
6,481 
26.4 
32.5 
20.3 
605 
41 
303 
959 
113 
476 
2,868 
380 
1,224 
26,529 
5,410 
6,818 
27.9 
34.4 
21.7 
330 
86 
2,432 
- 
909 
3,572 
45 
1,299 
2,484 
90 
897 
4,119 
194 
1,320 
4,469 
348 
1,481 
4,157 
789 
1,191 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
25 
30 
39 
2,553 
508 
514 
1,292 
1,853 
3,815 
604 
402 
503 
3,924 
2,407 
4,363 
2,306,896 
2,653,015 
5,754,377 
3,845 
2,361 
4,329 
1,576,333 
2,285,841 
5,276,320 
1,927 
2,259 
4,323 
1,344,134 
1,918,796 
5,773,756 
1,896 
2,255 
4,318 
1,322,968 
1,908,035 
5,752,337 
1,640 
697 
904 
751,729 
377,935 
499,476 
6,256 
3,948 
6,882 
2,918 
1,746 
3,118 
1,309 
870 
1,451 
182 
126 
213 
30 
21 
38 
10 
- 
12 
1,475 
839 
1,234 
1,398 
790 
1,163 
28 
23 
31 
7 
1 
3 
4,076 
2,696 
4,773 
373 
67 
59 
4,449 
2,763 
4,509 
- 
323 
3,148 
2,293 
3,880 
1,301 
470 
952 
2,061 
1,699 
3,361 
2,388 
1,064 
1,471 
471 
261 
448 
313 
159 
156 
490 
210 
207 
1,114 
434 
660 
232 
50 
48 
231 
97 
106 
476 
266 
426 
3,510 
2,350 
4,252 
25.4 
28.1 
28.5 
159 
33 
28 
182 
71 
83 
426 
255 
382 
3,682 
2,404 
4,339 
27.4 
29.4 
29.6 
120 
55 
63 
394 
330 
559 
544 
323 
685 
342 
251 
456 
635 
401 
755 
615 
455 
821 
583 
377 
682 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
- 
- 
6 
31 
- 
8 
317 
23 
518 
2,651 
92 
250 
185 
11 
105 
2,975 
115 
771 
6,066,365 
605,855 
725,286 
2,968 
115 
768 
5,748,636 
583,769 
587,642 
2,840 
103 
355 
7,812,424 
859,315 
631,473 
2,836 
103 
355 
7,789,085 
845,621 
627,953 
556 
17 
299 
341,068 
35,780 
141,164 
5,137 
304 
1,586 
1,632 
39 
402 
1,162 
40 
299 
276 
24 
130 
67 
9 
24 
16 
14 
18 
984 
50 
335 
905 
36 
238 
38 
4 
26 
1 
2 
5 
- 
- 
5 
2 
3,122 
125 
739 
31 
1 
134 
3,105 
124 
432 
48 
2 
441 
2,539 
84 
387 
614 
42 
486 
2,441 
99 
428 
712 
27 
445 
250 
3 
66 
81 
2 
32 
54 
3 
54 
327 
19 
293 
14 
1 
46 
22 
- 
34 
157 
8 
84 
2,960 
117 
709 
29.3 
28.3 
24.7 
8 
33 
10 
- 
24 
119 
6 
76 
3,016 
120 
740 
30.2 
30.4 
27.2 
3 
3 
193 
3 
44 
562 
16 
98 
371 
16 
61 
653 
38 
123 
591 
23 
135 
408 
19 
108 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
482 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
