Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
3,344 
3,004 
3,147 
3,260 
2,216 
percent 
100.0 
10.8 
9.7 
10.2 
10.5 
7.2 
Land in farms 
acres 
39,262,613 
15,433,756 
7,807,608 
5,641,896 
3,985,730 
1,525,967 
Average size of farm 
acres 
1,268 
4,615 
2,599 
1,793 
1,223 
689 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
30,961 
3,344 
3,004 
3,147 
3,260 
2,216 
$1,000 
11,332,391 
7,054,238 
2,204,448 
1,177,920 
567,778 
161,186 
Average per farm 
dollars 
366,021 
2,109,521 
733,838 
374,299 
174,165 
72,737 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,216 
$100,000 to $249,999 
3,260 
- 
- 
- 
3,260 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
3,147 
- 
- 
3,147 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
3,004 
- 
3,004 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
3,344 
3,344 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
2,687 
2,687 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
508 
508 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
149 
149 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
30,961 
3,344 
3,004 
3,147 
3,260 
2,216 
$1,000 
10,950,680 
6,909,651 
2,128,521 
1,129,798 
538,235 
145,455 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
14,370 
3,280 
2,921 
2,929 
2,554 
1,293 
$1,000 
8,813,348 
5,702,053 
1,820,417 
873,898 
324,600 
67,280 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 1 ,858 
3,275 
2,898 
2,810 
2,129 
746 
$1,000 
8,757,977 
5,701,969 
1,819,950 
870,577 
313,077 
52,404 
Corn 
farms 
7,137 
2,396 
1,743 
1,490 
978 
323 
$1,000 
2,461,368 
1,804,454 
406,304 
178,244 
58,802 
10,789 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,449 
2,265 
1,519 
1,100 
486 
79 
$1,000 
2,421,530 
1 ,801 ,008 
400,286 
167,858 
47,139 
5,239 
Wheat 
farms 
10,353 
2,589 
2,320 
2,213 
1,738 
744 
$1,000 
2,535,187 
1,486,682 
589,129 
302,443 
118,261 
26,785 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7,741 
2,523 
2,177 
1,827 
1,016 
198 
$1,000 
2,470,865 
1 ,484,720 
584,588 
290,435 
97,735 
13,387 
Soybeans 
farms 
7,219 
2,271 
1,766 
1,524 
1,003 
397 
$1,000 
1,968,362 
1,261,098 
420,655 
195,239 
71 ,544 
15,353 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,829 
2,183 
1,648 
1,256 
629 
113 
$1,000 
1,931,234 
1,258,401 
417,282 
187,136 
61,193 
7,222 
Sorghum 
farms 
4 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
54 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
3,146 
935 
818 
680 
433 
166 
$1,000 
367,666 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
16,197 
3,040 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,889 
820 
603 
336 
116 
14 
$1,000 
342,229 
216,153 
80,675 
34,761 
9,676 
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 
2,090 
1,735 
1,597 
1,207 
419 
$1,000 
1,480,711 
930,942 
318,809 
155,481 
59,795 
11,313 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,170 
1,995 
1,492 
1,120 
494 
69 
$1,000 
1,434,312 
928,566 
312,253 
144,591 
44,055 
4,846 
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 
105 
20 
8 
23 
4 
$1,000 
251,033 
243,718 
(D) 
587 
923 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
125 
99 
13 
4 
8 
1 
$1,000 
250,044 
243,642 
4,998 
(D) 
765 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
74 
2 
4 
2 
7 
_ 
$1,000 
247 
(D) 
12 
(D) 
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 
3 
1 
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 
11 
$1,000 
7,271 
(D) 
(D) 
1,167 
887 
548 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
20 
2 
1 
5 
5 
7 
$1,000 
6,627 
(D) 
(D) 
1,167 
(D) 
437 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
106 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
