Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
27,728 
3,314 
2,962 
3,099 
3,163 
2,116 
Female 
3,233 
30 
42 
48 
97 
100 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
17,509 
3,289 
2,895 
2,783 
2,614 
1,417 
Other 
13,452 
55 
109 
364 
646 
799 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
19,918 
2,653 
2,444 
2,491 
2,487 
1,559 
Not on farm operated 
1 1 ,043 
691 
560 
656 
773 
657 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,496 
2,575 
2,196 
1,928 
1,658 
846 
Any 
16,465 
769 
808 
1,219 
1,602 
1,370 
1 to 49 days 
2,548 
256 
276 
293 
254 
204 
50 to 99 days 
1,233 
84 
92 
129 
182 
113 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,418 
65 
94 
205 
304 
249 
200 days or more 
10,266 
364 
346 
592 
862 
804 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
850 
18 
33 
37 
91 
113 
3 or 4 years 
1,197 
29 
51 
94 
139 
113 
5 to 9 years 
3,241 
170 
224 
340 
321 
240 
1 0 years or more 
25,673 
3,127 
2,696 
2,676 
2,709 
1,750 
Average years on present farm 
26.4 
29.0 
28.9 
28.0 
27.4 
26.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
605 
9 
21 
21 
68 
65 
3 or 4 years 
959 
15 
33 
77 
102 
81 
5 to 9 years 
2,868 
125 
199 
317 
292 
226 
1 0 years or more 
26,529 
3,195 
2,751 
2,732 
2,798 
1,844 
Average years operating any farm 
27.9 
30.1 
29.8 
29.2 
29.0 
28.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
330 
3 
25 
63 
48 
54 
25 to 34 years 
2,432 
201 
316 
409 
373 
257 
35 to 44 years 
3,572 
589 
461 
396 
369 
266 
45 to 49 years 
2,484 
400 
288 
269 
300 
145 
50 to 54 years 
4,119 
699 
474 
491 
446 
277 
55 to 59 years 
4,469 
623 
541 
475 
494 
233 
60 to 64 years 
4,157 
429 
442 
431 
414 
301 
65 to 69 years 
3,335 
213 
231 
297 
302 
237 
70 years and over 
6,063 
187 
226 
316 
514 
446 
Average age 
57.0 
52.4 
52.4 
52.6 
54.5 
55.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
122 
15 
7 
9 
10 
15 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
348 
6 
4 
11 
21 
30 
Asian 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
30,539 
3,336 
2,997 
3,133 
3,236 
2,176 
More than one race reported 
51 
2 
3 
2 
3 
10 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,953 
319 
333 
481 
555 
393 
2 people 
14,459 
1,298 
1,324 
1,420 
1,525 
1,057 
3 people 
3,704 
565 
481 
447 
428 
300 
4 people 
3,789 
567 
444 
484 
409 
271 
5 or more people 
3,056 
595 
422 
315 
343 
195 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
13,863 
139 
189 
368 
681 
742 
25 to 49 percent 
3,049 
124 
94 
221 
430 
460 
50 to 74 percent 
4,555 
433 
505 
736 
817 
575 
75 to 99 percent 
5,156 
1,256 
1,112 
957 
765 
290 
1 00 percent 
4,338 
1,392 
1,104 
865 
567 
149 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
649 
217 
83 
43 
63 
26 
acres 
1,856,212 
880,195 
198,151 
87,749 
89,513 
12,061 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
23,223 
3,182 
2,609 
2,596 
2,431 
1,589 
Dial-up service 
1,701 
152 
166 
177 
197 
133 
DSL service 
9,829 
1,534 
1,177 
1,185 
1,016 
705 
Cable modem service 
3,582 
307 
262 
268 
307 
235 
Fiber-optic service 
5,836 
861 
775 
764 
666 
414 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,372 
517 
388 
350 
331 
211 
Satellite service 
2,380 
397 
330 
240 
272 
189 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
348 
57 
53 
49 
36 
29 
Other Internet service 
384 
57 
53 
15 
35 
18 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
24,457 
2,208 
2,337 
2,535 
2,651 
1,736 
2 households 
4,755 
783 
516 
496 
485 
380 
3 households 
1,069 
235 
92 
74 
89 
57 
4 households 
384 
82 
42 
20 
29 
24 
5 or more households 
296 
36 
17 
22 
6 
19 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
120 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
