Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
3,233 
3,656 
Land in farms acres 
1,587,910 
1 ,794,582 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
97 
43 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
2,221 
2,641 
1 0 to 49 acres 
486 
408 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,195 
1,265 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
326 
319 
1 80 to 499 acres 
849 
1,175 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
6 
9 
500 acres or more 
606 
765 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
3 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
6 
7 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
28 
11 
Owned land in farms farms 
3,098 
3,519 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
36 
37 
acres 
1 ,024,793 
1,270,127 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
404 
465 
production (1 125, 1 129) 
329 
251 
acres 
563,117 
524,455 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
2,829 
3,191 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
795,628 
1 ,004,372 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
269 
328 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
588,274 
598,068 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
3,099 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
135 
137 
acres 
204,008 
192,142 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
91 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
2,826 
3,203 
Total farms 
3,233 
3,656 
Partnerships 
210 
261 
$1,000 
157,138 
107,901 
Corporations 
30 
33 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
167 
159 
sold farms 
3,233 
3,656 
$1,000 
136,586 
84,183 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
2,361 
2,724 
and greenhouse crops farms 
622 
640 
2 operators 
684 
729 
$1,000 
109,306 
65,674 
3 operators 
131 
160 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
24 
20 
their products farms 
614 
538 
5 or more operators 
33 
23 
$1,000 
27,280 
18,509 
Government payments farms 
2,597 
3,050 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
20,552 
23,718 
1 operator 
3,020 
3,474 
2 operators 
133 
125 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
61 
42 
4 operators 
10 
8 
Less than $1 ,000 
453 
497 
5 or more operators 
9 
7 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
448 
473 
$2,500 to $4,999 
676 
714 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
589 
791 
Internet access 
2,060 
1,488 
$10,000 to $24,999 
544 
629 
Dial-up service 
149 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
206 
223 
DSL service 
816 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
317 
329 
Cable modem service 
456 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
412 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
340 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
160 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
4 
27 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
10 
(NA) 
$1,000 
448 
355 
Other Internet service 
28 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
58 
19 
Programs payments farms 
2,191 
2,683 
acres 
270,899 
(D) 
$1,000 
14,408 
19,093 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,125 
1,251 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
6,144 
4,624 
1 household 
2,687 
2,965 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
357 
479 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
98 
99 
4 households 
32 
36 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
238 
355 
5 or more households 
59 
77 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
22 
8 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
9 
3 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
9 
13 
Less than 25 percent 
2,152 
2,135 
25 to 49 percent 
311 
503 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,221 
2,641 
50 to 74 percent 
352 
525 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
345 
378 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
73 
115 
42 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
