Table 61. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race: 2012 
[Data were collected for a maximum of three operators. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
American Indian 
or Alaska Native 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Asian 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Black or African 
American 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Native Hawaiian 
or Other Pacific 
Islander alone or 
in combination with 
other races 
White 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
. number 
481 
31 
9 
13 
30,618 
183 
Land in farms 
acres 
495,701 
15,803 
(D) 
5,420 
38,948,727 
254,401 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
30 
2 
_ 
_ 
669 
9 
1 0 to 49 acres 
65 
- 
3 
4 
2,668 
17 
50 to 1 79 acres 
105 
11 
3 
4 
6,454 
32 
1 80 to 499 acres 
122 
9 
2 
- 
5,829 
23 
500 acres or more 
159 
9 
1 
5 
14,998 
102 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
416 
31 
9 
9 
27,854 
175 
acres 
271 ,374 
9,128 
(D) 
1,188 
19,631,015 
131,576 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
218 
6 
1 
12 
14,840 
89 
acres 
224,327 
6,675 
(D) 
4,232 
19,317,712 
122,825 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
263 
25 
8 
1 
15,778 
94 
acres 
179,086 
5,588 
(D) 
(D) 
7,683,585 
58,364 
Part owners 
farms 
153 
6 
1 
8 
12,076 
81 
acres 
261,638 
10,215 
(D) 
4,360 
28,168,374 
188,237 
Tenants 
farms 
65 
- 
4 
2,764 
8 
acres 
54,977 
- 
- 
(D) 
3,096,768 
7,800 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
481 
31 
9 
13 
30,618 
183 
$1,000 
45,085 
5,693 
335 
1,379 
11,314,430 
69,941 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
481 
31 
9 
13 
30,618 
183 
$1,000 
42,522 
5,505 
(D) 
1,338 
10,934,341 
67,371 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
215 
14 
4 
9 
18,070 
115 
$1,000 
25,881 
5,329 
(D) 
1,252 
9,656,191 
58,626 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
219 
7 
1 
5 
10,503 
98 
$1,000 
16,641 
175 
(D) 
86 
1,278,150 
8,746 
Government payments 
farms 
230 
22 
9 
5 
24,647 
134 
$1,000 
2,563 
189 
(D) 
41 
380,089 
2,570 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
92 
2 
3 
_ 
2,368 
14 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
48 
- 
- 
- 
2,199 
14 
$2,500 to $4,999 
72 
3 
- 
- 
2,765 
10 
$5,000 to $9,999 
47 
6 
- 
- 
3,029 
18 
$10,000 to $24,999 
44 
7 
5 
8 
3,242 
16 
$25,000 to $49,999 
50 
5 
- 
1 
2,108 
6 
$50,000 or more 
128 
8 
1 
4 
14,907 
105 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
272 
5 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
32,954 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
118 
10 
3 
1 
13,072 
63 
$1,000 
1,033 
71 
(D) 
(D) 
76,483 
593 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
164 
17 
7 
5 
19,118 
122 
$1,000 
1,530 
118 
39 
(D) 
303,606 
1,977 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
32 
8 
1 
4 
12,205 
57 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
- 
2 
- 
- 
134 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
41 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
54 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
199 
14 
8 
4 
10,654 
56 
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) 
199 
14 
8 
4 
10,654 
56 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
117 
7 
- 
5 
4,864 
51 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
8 
- 
- 
- 
151 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
90 
5 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
66 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
4 
- 
- 
- 
101 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
4 
- 
- 
- 
251 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
115 
- 
- 
- 
2,007 
14 
--continued 
50 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
