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 
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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
3,335 
1,327 
692 
388 
237 
404 
200 
5 
82 
70 years and over 
6,063 
3,151 
946 
828 
334 
407 
172 
6 
219 
Average age 
57.0 
71.0 
53.4 
55.5 
53.3 
52.5 
52.4 
53.4 
59.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
122 
37 
16 
25 
7 
14 
15 
- 
8 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
348 
51 
161 
89 
8 
11 
6 
- 
22 
Asian 
16 
5 
6 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
3 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
30,539 
5,884 
8,630 
4,339 
2,753 
4,817 
3,145 
126 
845 
More than one race reported 
51 
4 
18 
16 
1 
4 
2 
- 
6 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,953 
2,099 
1,214 
1,046 
492 
590 
288 
12 
212 
2 people 
14,459 
3,450 
4,022 
1,922 
1,261 
2,143 
1,234 
42 
385 
3 people 
3,704 
236 
1,128 
525 
384 
748 
531 
34 
118 
4 people 
3,789 
53 
1,520 
500 
333 
752 
539 
15 
77 
5 or more people 
3,056 
106 
937 
456 
293 
599 
561 
23 
81 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
13,863 
3,726 
6,766 
2,020 
357 
393 
109 
7 
485 
25 to 49 percent 
3,049 
763 
1,129 
531 
211 
221 
102 
9 
83 
50 to 74 percent 
4,555 
831 
646 
953 
692 
913 
404 
10 
106 
75 to 99 percent 
5,156 
537 
211 
559 
832 
1,647 
1,193 
52 
125 
100 percent 
4,338 
87 
69 
386 
671 
1,658 
1,345 
48 
74 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
649 
64 
102 
78 
35 
107 
188 
8 
67 
acres 
1,856,212 
91,209 
41,704 
490,548 
60,690 
236,299 
742,441 
68,105 
125,216 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
23,223 
3,378 
6,923 
2,987 
2,116 
4,118 
2,987 
125 
589 
Dial-up service 
1,701 
404 
424 
232 
193 
246 
145 
5 
52 
DSL service 
9,829 
1,139 
2,838 
1,298 
913 
1,911 
1,435 
51 
244 
Cable modem service 
3,582 
801 
1,389 
340 
209 
424 
301 
5 
113 
Fiber-optic service 
5,836 
616 
1,633 
768 
605 
1,193 
832 
34 
155 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,372 
503 
981 
447 
281 
569 
470 
27 
94 
Satellite service 
2,380 
339 
566 
353 
225 
457 
361 
22 
57 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
348 
25 
94 
40 
43 
74 
51 
3 
18 
Other Internet service 
384 
121 
82 
34 
24 
61 
51 
3 
8 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
24,457 
4,829 
7,274 
3,552 
2,274 
3,863 
2,205 
47 
413 
2 households 
4,755 
861 
1,062 
675 
407 
770 
675 
32 
273 
3 households 
1,069 
180 
258 
134 
61 
119 
190 
24 
103 
4 households 
384 
28 
131 
50 
15 
53 
54 
16 
37 
5 or more households 
296 
46 
96 
38 
6 
27 
29 
7 
47 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
30,088 
5,944 
8,821 
4,449 
2,763 
4,832 
3,153 
126 
- 
acres 
38,047,018 
2,113,814 
2,844,259 
2,899,301 
4,193,876 
11,028,657 
13,537,721 
1,429,390 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
695 
198 
147 
98 
24 
78 
63 
9 
78 
acres 
962,423 
68,436 
71,663 
51,424 
30,237 
154,060 
344,785 
121,621 
120,197 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
27,578 
5,551 
8,278 
4,227 
2,657 
4,423 
2,390 
52 
- 
acres 
31,181,498 
1,855,974 
2,597,935 
2,223,205 
4,032,201 
9,882,896 
9,925,567 
663,720 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
2,124 
200 
298 
140 
73 
229 
492 
62 
630 
acres 
5,470,405 
122,431 
136,116 
91,275 
123,214 
761,386 
2,632,222 
649,448 
954,313 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,344 
118 
222 
86 
43 
144 
320 
51 
360 
acres 
3,537,372 
69,104 
99,692 
55,707 
73,941 
462,704 
1,554,527 
554,415 
667,282 
Corporation 
farms 
707 
38 
73 
40 
28 
165 
258 
8 
97 
acres 
1,578,330 
10,855 
24,544 
27,675 
28,901 
344,371 
900,242 
75,602 
166,140 
Family held 
farms 
662 
34 
65 
39 
28 
154 
253 
6 
83 
acres 
1,504,821 
(D) 
22,565 
(D) 
28,901 
322,300 
875,858 
(D) 
162,794 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
1 
4 
- 
- 
4 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
652 
34 
64 
35 
28 
154 
249 
6 
82 
Other than family held 
farms 
45 
4 
8 
1 
_ 
11 
5 
2 
14 
acres 
73,509 
(D) 
1,979 
(D) 
- 
22,071 
24,384 
(D) 
3,346 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
42 
3 
8 
1 
- 
10 
5 
1 
14 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
552 
155 
172 
42 
5 
15 
13 
4 
146 
acres 
1,032,380 
124,554 
85,664 
557,146 
9,560 
40,004 
79,690 
40,620 
95,142 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 483 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
