Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
692 
646 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
2,434 
2,181 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,912 
1,735 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,508 
3,190 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,535 
2,307 
$50,000 or more 
11,705 
10,039 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
8,175 
7,480 
Average net loss 
dollars 
33,495 
28,930 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
691 
625 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
1,934 
1,789 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,633 
1,528 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,129 
1,972 
$25,000 to $49,999 
730 
675 
$50,000 or more 
1,058 
891 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
272 
231 
$1,000 
32,954 
20,706 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
20,393 
18,259 
$1,000 
518,967 
421,540 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,152 
1,861 
$1,000 
52,342 
40,533 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
10,608 
9,488 
$1,000 
211,202 
180,625 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
22 
18 
$1,000 
114 
102 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
167 
143 
$1,000 
1,110 
880 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
11,938 
10,772 
$1,000 
66,853 
54,593 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
4,268 
3,779 
$1,000 
151,617 
119,889 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
427 
370 
$1,000 
3,242 
2,919 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,775 
1,614 
$1,000 
32,486 
21,998 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
27,440 
24,304 
acres 
27,147,240 
21,312,056 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
19,391 
17,246 
acres 
23,469,816 
18,269,703 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
2,481 
2,331 
50 to 99 acres 
1,410 
1,315 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,991 
1,844 
200 to 499 acres 
3,072 
2,864 
500 to 999 acres 
2,942 
2,735 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
3,451 
3,126 
2,000 acres or more 
4,044 
3,031 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,549 
1,415 
acres 
321,936 
265,691 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,823 
1,594 
acres 
377,660 
309,410 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
13,494 
11,761 
acres 
2,665,385 
2,219,894 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,603 
1,397 
acres 
312,443 
247,358 
Total woodland 
farms 
2,851 
2,559 
acres 
271 ,799 
212,831 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,088 
984 
acres 
125,002 
109,486 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
2,017 
1,797 
acres 
146,797 
103,345 
Partnership 
38 
134 
102 
198 
135 
1,074 
443 
86,998 
43 
88 
83 
91 
27 
111 
34 
1 1 ,240 
1,300 
59,461 
179 
7,800 
674 
18,015 
2 
(D) 
11 
135 
723 
8,686 
333 
22,843 
39 
(D) 
84 
(D) 
1,991 
4,275,993 
1,416 
3,830,863 
85 
59 
100 
145 
134 
183 
710 
97 
48,063 
155 
54,241 
1,072 
285,109 
156 
57,717 
162 
(D) 
61 
7,391 
124 
(D) 
Registered 
under 
state law 
21 
64 
62 
135 
87 
703 
272 
114,747 
27 
55 
44 
63 
17 
66 
24 
8,793 
867 
46,043 
136 
5,824 
447 
13,465 
2 
(D) 
11 
135 
468 
6,114 
220 
19,078 
33 
(D) 
51 
(D) 
1,261 
2,831,490 
903 
2,545,647 
48 
45 
52 
77 
89 
119 
473 
28,220 
108 
38,503 
699 
187,350 
94 
31,770 
113 
13,008 
39 
4,719 
86 
8,289 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
--continued 
140 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
