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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
27,578 
2,200 
2,563 
2,956 
3,089 
1,929 
acres 
31,181,498 
9,865,098 
6,718,684 
5,367,201 
3,929,294 
1,353,522 
Partnership 
farms 
2,124 
675 
209 
122 
146 
105 
acres 
5,470,405 
3,884,381 
751,062 
212,676 
214,187 
77,208 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,344 
469 
128 
81 
60 
63 
acres 
3,537,372 
2,593,482 
439,418 
140,049 
86,389 
54,423 
Corporation 
farms 
707 
287 
134 
66 
49 
24 
acres 
1,578,330 
1,044,003 
332,319 
104,763 
31,643 
13,870 
Family held 
farms 
662 
278 
125 
64 
48 
23 
acres 
1,504,821 
998,683 
310,258 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
10 
4 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
652 
274 
124 
64 
48 
23 
Other than family held 
farms 
45 
9 
9 
2 
1 
1 
acres 
73,509 
45,320 
22,061 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
3 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
42 
8 
8 
2 
1 
1 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
552 
21 
7 
12 
20 
16 
acres 
1,032,380 
129,370 
20,263 
32,047 
47,043 
19,374 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
9,300 
2,749 
1,742 
1,345 
997 
428 
workers 
27,414 
12,803 
4,392 
2,881 
1,951 
867 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,610 
2,054 
883 
529 
345 
147 
workers 
9,188 
5,316 
1,443 
807 
466 
234 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
6,729 
1,931 
1,250 
1,005 
741 
323 
workers 
18,226 
7,487 
2,949 
2,074 
1,485 
633 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
284 
176 
58 
18 
9 
4 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
11 
1 
3 
- 
- 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
10,096 
928 
990 
1,117 
1,198 
682 
workers 
21,632 
1,899 
2,122 
2,305 
2,542 
1,595 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
689 
8 
14 
14 
39 
37 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,711 
7 
11 
5 
17 
32 
50 to 69 acres 
1,063 
4 
- 
- 
2 
7 
70 to 99 acres 
1,455 
2 
- 
2 
5 
31 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,407 
1 
- 
3 
14 
66 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,632 
4 
8 
4 
51 
188 
180 to 219 acres 
958 
- 
- 
8 
40 
77 
220 to 259 acres 
862 
1 
1 
5 
49 
83 
260 to 499 acres 
4,086 
7 
13 
93 
493 
464 
500 to 999 acres 
4,237 
22 
118 
658 
1,029 
661 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,424 
190 
972 
1,421 
997 
341 
2,000 acres or more 
6,437 
2,937 
1,776 
943 
568 
87 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
12,218 
2,845 
2,576 
2,518 
2,003 
969 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
136 
54 
7 
2 
7 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
41 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
56 
2 
1 
3 
5 
8 
Other crop farming (1119) 
10,807 
112 
89 
164 
303 
268 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
10,807 
112 
89 
164 
303 
268 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,949 
103 
189 
410 
842 
720 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
157 
24 
9 
8 
36 
13 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
90 
15 
8 
19 
42 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
66 
9 
3 
1 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
105 
5 
- 
1 
- 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
251 
- 
1 
2 
2 
6 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,085 
14 
30 
28 
64 
86 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
9,868 
868 
1,013 
1,367 
1,815 
1,197 
number 
1,809,613 
477,851 
382,406 
339,141 
345,723 
125,840 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
836 
15 
14 
17 
22 
27 
10 to 49 
2,813 
53 
81 
149 
215 
268 
50 to 99 
1,625 
64 
120 
179 
290 
397 
100 to 199 
1,806 
147 
191 
309 
584 
393 
200 to 499 
1,941 
284 
304 
581 
620 
100 
500 or more 
847 
305 
303 
132 
84 
12 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
9,049 
783 
942 
1,294 
1,736 
1,137 
number 
899,558 
192,055 
183,978 
184,793 
187,374 
71,470 
Beef cows 
farms 
8,964 
766 
936 
1,280 
1,715 
1,135 
number 
881,682 
180,607 
182,748 
182,524 
184,764 
71,394 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
985 
9 
27 
31 
40 
37 
1 0 to 49 
3,071 
86 
130 
213 
333 
411 
50 to 99 
1,867 
108 
158 
292 
475 
502 
100 to 199 
1,734 
205 
250 
392 
665 
172 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
