Tables. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
30,961 
100.0 
31,970 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
39,262,613 
100.0 
39,674,586 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
27,440 
88.6 
29,378 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
27,147,240 
69.1 
27,527,180 
summer fallow 
farms 
1,603 
5.2 
3,443 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
19,391 
62.6 
20,408 
acres 
312,443 
0.8 
598,516 
acres 
23,469,816 
59.8 
22,035,717 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
2,851 
9.2 
2,587 
1 to 49 acres 
2,481 
8.0 
2,488 
acres 
271,799 
0.7 
233,883 
1 to 9 acres 
510 
1.6 
524 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,088 
3.5 
1,017 
1 0 to 19 acres 
555 
1.8 
612 
acres 
125,002 
0.3 
112,722 
20 to 29 acres 
599 
1.9 
466 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
2,017 
6.5 
1,824 
30 to 49 acres 
817 
2.6 
886 
acres 
146,797 
0.4 
121,161 
50 to 99 acres 
1,410 
4.6 
1,339 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,991 
6.4 
1,983 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
3,072 
9.9 
3,631 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
14,750 
47.6 
14,964 
500 to 999 acres 
2,942 
9.5 
3,474 
acres 
10,247,184 
26.1 
10,418,885 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
3,451 
11.1 
3,914 
2,000 acres or more 
4,044 
13.1 
3,579 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
18,925 
61.1 
17,110 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
1,596,390 
4.1 
1,494,638 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
1,549 
5.0 
4,025 
acres 
321,936 
0.8 
812,553 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
15,437 
49.9 
17,326 
acres 
3,355,488 
8.5 
4,678,910 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
13,150 
(X) 
15,253 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
2,163,579 
(X) 
3,434,036 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
13,494 
43.6 
13,489 
acres 
2,665,385 
6.8 
3,549,898 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
13,335 
(X) 
14,317 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
1,823 
5.9 
2,855 
acres 
20,632,487 
(X) 
19,793,137 
acres 
377,660 
1.0 
530,496 
16 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
