Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
30,961 
3,183 
2,913 
3,156 
3,304 
2,074 
percent 
100.0 
10.3 
9.4 
10.2 
10.7 
6.7 
Land in farms 
acres 
39,262,613 
14,922,852 
7,822,328 
5,716,687 
4,222,167 
1 ,463,974 
Average size of farm 
acres 
1,268 
4,688 
2,685 
1,811 
1,278 
706 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
30,961 
3,183 
2,913 
3,156 
3,304 
2,074 
$1,000 
11,332,391 
6,889,827 
2,238,474 
1,243,967 
609,652 
1 62,739 
Average per farm 
dollars 
366,021 
2,164,570 
768,443 
394,159 
184,519 
78,466 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
2,449 
. 
. 
. 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
2,224 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,820 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,065 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,284 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,148 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,216 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,875 
$100,000 to $249,999 
3,260 
- 
- 
- 
3,062 
198 
$250,000 to $499,999 
3,147 
- 
- 
2,904 
242 
1 
$500,000 to $999,999 
3,004 
_ 
2,752 
252 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
3,344 
3,183 
161 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
2,687 
2,526 
161 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
508 
508 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
149 
149 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
30,961 
3,183 
2,913 
3,156 
3,304 
2,074 
$1,000 
10,950,680 
6,753,090 
2,163,140 
1,194,099 
577,981 
151,312 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
14,370 
3,119 
2,837 
2,948 
2,631 
1,286 
$1,000 
8,813,348 
5,561,064 
1,857,037 
936,222 
356,115 
72,528 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 1 ,858 
3,114 
2,818 
2,849 
2,219 
858 
$1,000 
8,757,977 
5,560,980 
1,856,648 
933,473 
344,995 
61,880 
Corn 
farms 
7,137 
2,300 
1,725 
1,502 
1,039 
332 
$1,000 
2,461,368 
1,780,338 
411,022 
189,886 
65,038 
11,570 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,449 
2,177 
1,516 
1,134 
531 
91 
$1,000 
2,421,530 
1,777,149 
405,268 
180,336 
52,719 
6,058 
Wheat 
farms 
10,353 
2,454 
2,265 
2,251 
1,800 
742 
$1,000 
2,535,187 
1,436,020 
602,265 
325,285 
128,918 
28,619 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7,741 
2,396 
2,132 
1,885 
1,098 
230 
$1,000 
2,470,865 
1,434,409 
598,039 
313,878 
108,603 
15,937 
Soybeans 
farms 
7,219 
2,181 
1,704 
1,584 
1,032 
407 
$1,000 
1,968,362 
1,234,987 
421,156 
212,715 
76,304 
17,374 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,829 
2,102 
1,586 
1,329 
667 
145 
$1,000 
1 ,931 ,234 
1,232,667 
417,747 
204,873 
66,324 
9,623 
Sorghum 
farms 
4 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
54 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
3,146 
882 
820 
688 
470 
159 
$1,000 
367,666 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,022 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,889 
773 
616 
350 
136 
14 
$1,000 
342,229 
208,132 
84,891 
36,323 
11,919 
964 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
7,419 
1,972 
1,719 
1,610 
1,283 
429 
$1,000 
1,480,711 
899,029 
332,985 
164,476 
67,006 
1 1 ,942 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,170 
1,887 
1,479 
1,163 
559 
82 
$1,000 
1,434,312 
896,893 
326,489 
154,185 
50,925 
5,820 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
264 
104 
21 
8 
21 
5 
$1,000 
251,033 
243,572 
5,197 
(D) 
916 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
125 
98 
14 
4 
8 
1 
$1,000 
250,044 
243,496 
5,145 
(D) 
765 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
74 
2 
2 
4 
7 
_ 
$1,000 
247 
(D) 
(D) 
15 
17 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
42 
- 
1 
2 
1 
- 
$1,000 
127 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
39 
2 
1 
3 
6 
- 
$1,000 
120 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
70 
2 
1 
5 
7 
9 
$1,000 
7,271 
(D) 
(D) 
1,167 
887 
510 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
20 
2 
1 
5 
5 
7 
$1,000 
6,627 
(D) 
(D) 
1,167 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
80 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
