Table 68. Summary by North American industry Classification System: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
30,961 
12,218 
136 
41 
56 
10,807 
_ 
percent 
100.0 
39.5 
0.4 
0.1 
0.2 
34.9 
- 
Land in farms 
acres 
39,262,613 
26,569,751 
168,781 
3,894 
2,322 
4,922,396 
- 
Average size of farm 
acres 
1,268 
2,175 
1,241 
95 
41 
455 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
30,961 
12,218 
136 
41 
56 
10,807 
_ 
$1,000 
11,332,391 
9,397,722 
251,884 
260 
7,093 
547,034 
- 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
366,021 
769,170 
1,852,085 
6,345 
126,658 
50,618 
- 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
2,449 
10 
1 
5 
4 
1,036 
- 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
2,224 
38 
8 
3 
3 
1,771 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,820 
73 
14 
17 
7 
2,247 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,065 
152 
17 
11 
8 
2,211 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,284 
383 
17 
3 
7 
1,866 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,148 
518 
7 
2 
8 
639 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,216 
986 
2 
- 
8 
346 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
3,260 
1,938 
7 
- 
5 
310 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
3,147 
2,476 
2 
- 
3 
177 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
3,004 
2,647 
7 
_ 
1 
89 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
3,344 
2,997 
54 
- 
2 
115 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
2,687 
2,464 
21 
- 
2 
81 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
508 
432 
13 
- 
- 
26 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
149 
101 
20 
- 
- 
8 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
30,961 
12,218 
136 
41 
56 
10,807 
_ 
$1,000 
10,950,680 
9,121,258 
250,332 
166 
7,065 
476,071 
- 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
14,370 
12,214 
56 
1 
2 
772 
- 
$1,000 
8,813,348 
8,465,727 
46,957 
(D) 
(D) 
152,528 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11,858 
10,800 
48 
440 
- 
$1,000 
8,757,977 
8,432,759 
46,893 
- 
- 
145,317 
- 
Corn 
farms 
7,137 
6,109 
27 
1 
- 
311 
- 
$1,000 
2,461,368 
2,360,407 
10,315 
(D) 
- 
28,402 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,449 
5,014 
18 
- 
135 
- 
$1,000 
2,421,530 
2,332,355 
10,174 
- 
- 
24,809 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
10,353 
9,077 
40 
- 
- 
544 
- 
$1,000 
2,535,187 
2,408,488 
17,892 
- 
- 
66,197 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7,741 
7,223 
37 
- 
- 
271 
- 
$1,000 
2,470,865 
2,360,951 
17,861 
- 
- 
59,763 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
7,219 
6,765 
38 
- 
- 
185 
- 
$1,000 
1 ,968,362 
1,918,058 
10,851 
- 
- 
21,480 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,829 
5,612 
32 
- 
- 
98 
- 
$1,000 
1,931,234 
1 ,886,475 
10,673 
- 
- 
19,442 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
54 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
3,146 
2,710 
8 
- 
- 
161 
- 
$1,000 
367,666 
(D) 
646 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,889 
1,805 
4 
- 
- 
38 
- 
$1,000 
342,229 
332,587 
535 
- 
- 
5,098 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds. 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
7,419 
6,557 
22 
- 
2 
322 
- 
$1,000 
1,480,711 
1 ,425,956 
7,253 
- 
(D) 
29,324 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,170 
4,974 
22 
- 
98 
- 
$1,000 
1,434,312 
1,388,125 
7,253 
- 
- 
26,117 
- 
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 
61 
136 
2 
10 
38 
- 
$1,000 
251,033 
(D) 
195,366 
(D) 
34 
26,362 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
125 
31 
71 
- 
21 
- 
$1,000 
250,044 
(D) 
194,803 
- 
- 
26,229 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
74 
12 
9 
40 
2 
4 
_ 
$1,000 
247 
37 
15 
156 
(D) 
24 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
42 
4 
3 
28 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
127 
7 
(D) 
91 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
39 
9 
6 
18 
2 
2 
- 
$1,000 
120 
30 
(D) 
65 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
158 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
