Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[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 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
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 
30,088 
(NA) 
326 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
695 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
27,578 
28,079 
280 
322 
16 
4 
2 
2 
Partnerships 
2,124 
2,834 
15 
23 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Corporations 
707 
560 
8 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
552 
497 
45 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
19,494 
21,082 
226 
272 
11 
4 
2 
2 
2 operators 
9,518 
9,124 
64 
80 
5 
- 
1 
- 
3 operators 
1,511 
1,420 
49 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
314 
245 
9 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
124 
99 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
10,532 
10,414 
85 
96 
16 
2 
1 
- 
2 operators 
341 
302 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 operators 
96 
60 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
10 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
13 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
23,223 
19,526 
199 
214 
11 
2 
1 
2 
Dial-up 
1,701 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
DSL service 
9,829 
(NA) 
125 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
3,582 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
5,836 
(NA) 
36 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
3,372 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
2,380 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
348 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
384 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
649 
176 
12 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,856,212 
773,016 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
24,457 
25,002 
267 
282 
16 
1 
3 
2 
2 households 
4,755 
5,190 
52 
57 
- 
2 
- 
- 
3 households 
1,069 
1,034 
25 
7 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 households 
384 
384 
4 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
296 
360 
- 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
13,863 
12,718 
248 
236 
11 
4 
2 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
3,049 
3,563 
37 
43 
2 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
4,555 
5,450 
36 
39 
- 
- 
1 
2 
75 to 99 percent 
5,156 
6,029 
15 
32 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
4,338 
4,210 
12 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
--continued 
48 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
