Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
695 
11 
58 
25 
48 
37 
acres 
962,423 
19 
1,574 
1,468 
3,898 
4,282 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
27,578 
630 
2,545 
970 
1,340 
1,291 
acres 
31,181,498 
1,973 
72,695 
56,334 
108,660 
149,774 
Partnership 
farms 
2,124 
19 
101 
57 
65 
65 
acres 
5,470,405 
30 
2,847 
3,269 
5,317 
7,674 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,344 
13 
60 
27 
34 
40 
acres 
3,537,372 
16 
1,629 
1,555 
2,875 
4,670 
Corporation 
farms 
707 
28 
25 
12 
18 
11 
acres 
1,578,330 
85 
612 
668 
1,456 
1,345 
Family held 
farms 
662 
23 
25 
10 
16 
10 
acres 
1,504,821 
68 
612 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
652 
23 
25 
10 
16 
10 
Other than family held 
farms 
45 
5 
_ 
2 
2 
1 
acres 
73,509 
17 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
42 
5 
- 
2 
2 
1 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
552 
12 
40 
24 
32 
40 
acres 
1,032,380 
55 
1,322 
1,384 
2,604 
4,621 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
9,300 
123 
299 
114 
142 
186 
workers 
27,414 
462 
868 
219 
323 
425 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,610 
73 
106 
26 
58 
74 
workers 
9,188 
227 
242 
43 
116 
107 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
6,729 
76 
215 
93 
97 
122 
workers 
18,226 
235 
626 
176 
207 
318 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
284 
10 
9 
. 
. 
4 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
10,096 
265 
1,029 
321 
460 
401 
workers 
21,632 
613 
2,356 
691 
944 
866 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
689 
689 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,711 
- 
2,711 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
1,063 
- 
- 
1,063 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
1,455 
- 
- 
- 
1,455 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,407 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,407 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,632 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
958 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
862 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
4,086 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
4,237 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,424 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
6,437 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
12,218 
1 
165 
73 
142 
179 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
136 
17 
32 
6 
7 
2 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
41 
11 
21 
- 
2 
4 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
56 
27 
19 
_ 
3 
_ 
Other crop farming (1119) 
10,807 
23 
1,076 
624 
950 
860 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
10,807 
23 
1,076 
624 
950 
860 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,949 
296 
465 
163 
192 
209 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
157 
2 
12 
- 
13 
8 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
90 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
66 
8 
28 
4 
12 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
105 
29 
51 
11 
2 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
251 
18 
113 
24 
14 
24 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,085 
252 
729 
158 
118 
116 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
9,868 
312 
565 
203 
240 
273 
number 
1,809,613 
10,844 
1 1 ,305 
7,770 
8,065 
1 1 ,595 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
836 
114 
260 
59 
47 
43 
1 0 to 49 
2,813 
153 
266 
131 
169 
185 
50 to 99 
1,625 
26 
20 
11 
16 
23 
100 to 199 
1,806 
10 
13 
- 
2 
18 
200 to 499 
1,941 
9 
6 
1 
- 
3 
500 or more 
847 
- 
- 
1 
6 
1 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
9,049 
286 
403 
155 
208 
239 
number 
899,558 
5,874 
5,149 
2,184 
3,066 
5,444 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
70 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
