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 
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 
3,174 
2,953 
3,106 
3,195 
2,177 
acres 
38,047,018 
14,677,993 
7,676,752 
5,576,461 
3,923,931 
1,499,403 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
695 
84 
38 
55 
42 
38 
acres 
962,423 
553,018 
89,001 
83,792 
62,676 
42,977 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
27,578 
2,337 
2,664 
2,952 
3,042 
2,056 
acres 
31,181,498 
10,300,471 
6,756,320 
5,289,658 
3,702,680 
1,410,492 
Partnership 
farms 
2,124 
686 
200 
124 
150 
108 
acres 
5,470,405 
3,914,181 
723,260 
225,015 
205,089 
83,913 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,344 
473 
126 
83 
61 
67 
acres 
3,537,372 
2,608,422 
426,476 
152,388 
76,620 
58,195 
Corporation 
farms 
707 
300 
133 
58 
47 
30 
acres 
1 ,578,330 
1,089,734 
307,765 
86,176 
30,453 
17,833 
Family held 
farms 
662 
291 
124 
56 
46 
29 
acres 
1,504,821 
1,044,414 
285,704 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
10 
4 
1 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
652 
287 
123 
56 
46 
25 
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 
13 
21 
22 
acres 
1,032,380 
129,370 
20,263 
41,047 
47,508 
13,729 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
9,300 
2,866 
1,765 
1,281 
971 
437 
workers 
27,414 
13,134 
4,347 
2,725 
1,913 
877 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,610 
2,130 
863 
505 
333 
147 
workers 
9,188 
5,447 
1,394 
771 
442 
249 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
6,729 
2,016 
1,261 
966 
719 
329 
workers 
18,226 
7,687 
2,953 
1,954 
1,471 
628 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
284 
181 
53 
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 
989 
1,009 
1,130 
1,163 
730 
workers 
21,632 
2,055 
2,119 
2,321 
2,481 
1,689 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
689 
8 
14 
14 
39 
40 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,711 
7 
11 
5 
17 
33 
50 to 69 acres 
1,063 
4 
- 
- 
2 
12 
70 to 99 acres 
1,455 
2 
- 
2 
7 
36 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,407 
1 
- 
3 
16 
76 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,632 
4 
8 
4 
64 
197 
180 to 219 acres 
958 
- 
5 
3 
40 
85 
220 to 259 acres 
862 
1 
1 
5 
57 
83 
260 to 499 acres 
4,086 
7 
15 
99 
531 
499 
500 to 999 acres 
4,237 
25 
147 
719 
1,005 
704 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,424 
208 
1,080 
1,365 
970 
366 
2,000 acres or more 
6,437 
3,077 
1,723 
928 
512 
85 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
12,218 
2,997 
2,647 
2,476 
1,938 
986 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
136 
54 
7 
2 
7 
2 
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 
115 
89 
177 
310 
346 
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 1199) 
10,807 
115 
89 
177 
310 
346 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,949 
105 
211 
431 
848 
763 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
157 
28 
7 
6 
37 
20 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
90 
15 
8 
19 
43 
- 
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 
29 
70 
83 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
9,868 
918 
1,049 
1,399 
1,796 
1,246 
number 
1,809,613 
495,213 
394,277 
336,023 
329,278 
125,813 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
836 
15 
14 
20 
21 
33 
1 0 to 49 
2,813 
58 
83 
154 
221 
306 
50 to 99 
1,625 
69 
127 
176 
319 
407 
100 to 199 
1,806 
151 
199 
327 
586 
397 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
122 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
