Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
30,961 
31,970 
348 
364 
16 
4 
3 
2 
Land in farms 
acres 
39,262,613 
39,674,586 
392,080 
500,397 
(D) 
(D) 
2,230 
(D) 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
689 
387 
18 
7 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,711 
2,268 
43 
60 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 1 79 acres 
6,557 
6,068 
94 
95 
9 
2 
- 
- 
1 80 to 499 acres 
5,906 
6,710 
81 
80 
5 
2 
2 
- 
500 acres or more 
15,098 
16,537 
112 
122 
- 
- 
1 
2 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
28,140 
29,099 
293 
302 
16 
4 
3 
2 
acres 
19,819,026 
19,977,605 
203,237 
293,057 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
14,994 
15,667 
164 
209 
1 
2 
acres 
19,443,587 
19,696,981 
188,843 
207,340 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
15,967 
16,303 
184 
155 
16 
4 
2 
_ 
acres 
7,832,469 
7,702,479 
153,864 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Part owners 
farms 
12,173 
12,796 
109 
147 
1 
2 
acres 
28,298,194 
28,623,222 
191,566 
245,272 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
2,821 
2,871 
55 
62 
- 
- 
acres 
3,131,950 
3,348,885 
46,650 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
30,961 
31,970 
348 
364 
16 
4 
3 
2 
$1,000 
11,332,391 
6,443,750 
26,004 
21,828 
(D) 
36 
(D) 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
30,961 
31,970 
348 
364 
16 
4 
3 
2 
$1,000 
10,950,680 
6,084,218 
24,167 
20,536 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
18,220 
18,127 
158 
115 
4 
4 
1 
2 
$1,000 
9,664,285 
5,038,521 
13,605 
9,155 
73 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
10,635 
1 1 ,352 
141 
190 
4 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
1 ,286,395 
1,045,697 
10,562 
11,381 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Government payments 
farms 
24,790 
26,708 
144 
144 
14 
4 
3 
2 
$1,000 
381,710 
359,532 
1,836 
1,293 
87 
(D) 
36 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,449 
2,574 
83 
108 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
2,224 
2,048 
25 
28 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,820 
2,926 
58 
36 
3 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,065 
3,385 
34 
32 
5 
2 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,284 
3,727 
36 
50 
6 
2 
2 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,148 
2,583 
40 
34 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
14,971 
14,727 
72 
76 
- 
- 
1 
2 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
272 
1,257 
_ 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
$1,000 
32,954 
87,231 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
13,150 
15,253 
76 
58 
8 
3 
3 
2 
$1,000 
77,328 
108,166 
799 
375 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
19,210 
20,169 
96 
125 
9 
4 
1 
2 
$1,000 
304,382 
251,366 
1,037 
918 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
12,218 
12,705 
13 
27 
2 
3 
1 
2 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
136 
140 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
41 
46 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floricuiture 
production (1 1 14) 
56 
72 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
10,807 
10,687 
153 
91 
8 
1 
2 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
10,807 
10,687 
153 
91 
8 
1 
2 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,949 
5,961 
88 
155 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
157 
252 
6 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
90 
212 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
66 
74 
- 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
105 
130 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
251 
276 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,085 
1,415 
82 
77 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
46 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
