Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
27,578 
1,494 
984 
acres 
38,047,018 
31,181,498 
4,516,092 
2,870,090 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
695 
455 
222 
192 
acres 
962,423 
498,100 
452,866 
370,544 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
27,578 
27,578 
_ 
_ 
acres 
31,181,498 
31,181,498 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
2,124 
- 
2,124 
1,344 
acres 
5,470,405 
- 
5,470,405 
3,537,372 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,344 
- 
1,344 
1,344 
acres 
3,537,372 
- 
3,537,372 
3,537,372 
Corporation 
farms 
707 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,578,330 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
662 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,504,821 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
652 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
45 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
73,509 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
42 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
552 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1 ,032,380 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
9,300 
7,698 
970 
671 
workers 
27,414 
19,513 
4,623 
3,602 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,610 
3,526 
638 
464 
workers 
9,188 
5,979 
1,869 
1,514 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
6,729 
5,616 
681 
469 
workers 
18,226 
13,534 
2,754 
2,088 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
284 
183 
64 
49 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
11 
10 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
10,096 
9,132 
657 
407 
workers 
21,632 
19,505 
1,469 
878 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
689 
630 
19 
13 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,711 
2,545 
101 
60 
50 to 69 acres 
1,063 
970 
57 
27 
70 to 99 acres 
1,455 
1,340 
65 
34 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,407 
1,291 
65 
40 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,632 
2,389 
131 
73 
180 to 219 acres 
958 
867 
42 
24 
220 to 259 acres 
862 
776 
45 
25 
260 to 499 acres 
4,086 
3,644 
276 
184 
500 to 999 acres 
4,237 
3,899 
223 
151 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,424 
4,046 
235 
147 
2,000 acres or more 
6,437 
5,181 
865 
566 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
12,218 
10,715 
993 
646 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
136 
99 
26 
26 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
41 
35 
4 
3 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
56 
40 
2 
2 
Other crop farming (1119) 
10,807 
9,527 
733 
451 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
10,807 
9,527 
733 
451 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,949 
4,612 
248 
136 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
157 
139 
13 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
90 
76 
11 
7 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
66 
54 
9 
6 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
105 
96 
6 
6 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
251 
245 
5 
2 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,085 
1,940 
74 
56 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
9,868 
9,078 
594 
346 
number 
1,809,613 
1,528,871 
212,451 
141,896 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
836 
803 
18 
16 
10 to 49 
2,813 
2,645 
121 
73 
50 to 99 
1,625 
1,531 
70 
35 
100 to 199 
1,806 
1,659 
114 
65 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
148 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
