Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
19,918 
2,515 
2,387 
2,479 
2,544 
1,467 
Not on farm operated 
1 1 ,043 
668 
526 
677 
760 
607 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,496 
2,463 
2,148 
1,950 
1,711 
784 
Any 
16,465 
720 
765 
1,206 
1,593 
1,290 
1 to 49 days 
2,548 
227 
269 
310 
256 
174 
50 to 99 days 
1,233 
78 
80 
138 
179 
104 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,418 
61 
86 
194 
311 
239 
200 days or more 
10,266 
354 
330 
564 
847 
773 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
850 
18 
27 
39 
86 
117 
3 or 4 years 
1,197 
25 
44 
97 
141 
105 
5 to 9 years 
3,241 
163 
211 
331 
338 
222 
1 0 years or more 
25,673 
2,977 
2,631 
2,689 
2,739 
1,630 
Average years on present farm 
26.4 
29.1 
28.9 
27.9 
27.3 
25.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
605 
9 
17 
25 
61 
70 
3 or 4 years 
959 
15 
25 
77 
104 
73 
5 to 9 years 
2,868 
121 
182 
315 
305 
204 
1 0 years or more 
26,529 
3,038 
2,689 
2,739 
2,834 
1,727 
Average years operating any farm 
27.9 
30.2 
29.8 
29.1 
28.9 
28.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
330 
3 
22 
66 
48 
54 
25 to 34 years 
2,432 
188 
295 
405 
393 
256 
35 to 44 years 
3,572 
546 
481 
400 
377 
249 
45 to 49 years 
2,484 
384 
284 
270 
306 
146 
50 to 54 years 
4,119 
681 
455 
468 
465 
271 
55 to 59 years 
4,469 
593 
513 
509 
495 
225 
60 to 64 years 
4,157 
405 
430 
436 
417 
266 
65 to 69 years 
3,335 
204 
218 
290 
321 
202 
70 years and over 
6,063 
179 
215 
312 
482 
405 
Average age 
57.0 
52.5 
52.3 
52.6 
54.2 
54.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
122 
9 
13 
7 
8 
9 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
348 
6 
4 
8 
23 
22 
Asian 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
30,539 
3,175 
2,906 
3,145 
3,278 
2,048 
More than one race reported 
51 
2 
3 
2 
3 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,953 
300 
314 
485 
564 
351 
2 people 
14,459 
1,231 
1,277 
1,410 
1,543 
997 
3 people 
3,704 
546 
456 
461 
428 
281 
4 people 
3,789 
545 
441 
477 
419 
249 
5 or more people 
3,056 
561 
425 
323 
350 
196 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
13,863 
138 
172 
360 
659 
656 
25 to 49 percent 
3,049 
124 
90 
202 
409 
436 
50 to 74 percent 
4,555 
393 
506 
707 
833 
542 
75 to 99 percent 
5,156 
1,189 
1,087 
981 
792 
294 
1 00 percent 
4,338 
1,339 
1,058 
906 
611 
146 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
649 
208 
87 
47 
59 
31 
acres 
1,856,212 
849,004 
217,134 
90,957 
86,034 
24,540 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
23,223 
3,031 
2,555 
2,596 
2,498 
1,479 
Dial-up service 
1,701 
150 
158 
168 
209 
126 
DSL service 
9,829 
1,454 
1,170 
1,191 
1,045 
661 
Cable modem service 
3,582 
296 
255 
276 
298 
207 
Fiber-optic service 
5,836 
827 
746 
746 
700 
387 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,372 
487 
401 
332 
359 
187 
Satellite service 
2,380 
385 
314 
254 
262 
182 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
348 
49 
61 
40 
43 
30 
Other Internet service 
384 
55 
45 
25 
32 
17 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
24,457 
2,088 
2,246 
2,551 
2,690 
1,633 
2 households 
4,755 
754 
510 
487 
495 
358 
3 households 
1,069 
227 
96 
74 
88 
54 
4 households 
384 
78 
44 
22 
26 
16 
5 or more households 
296 
36 
17 
22 
5 
13 
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 farms 
30,088 
3,019 
2,856 
3,117 
3,242 
2,038 
acres 
38,047,018 
14,178,209 
7,680,352 
5,652,562 
4,163,266 
1 ,438,706 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
695 
84 
38 
50 
46 
33 
acres 
962,423 
553,018 
89,001 
79,824 
66,484 
38,577 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
94 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
