Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[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) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Ethanol farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
239 
103 
- 
- 
- 
65 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
15,967 
2,387 
70 
34 
51 
9,297 
_ 
Part owners farms 
12,173 
8,077 
46 
2 
4 
1,212 
- 
Tenants farms 
2,821 
1,754 
20 
5 
1 
298 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
28,447 
10,670 
116 
36 
55 
10,548 
_ 
acres 
24,928,152 
13,137,662 
102,559 
5,936 
2,940 
6,462,290 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
28,140 
10,464 
116 
36 
55 
10,509 
- 
acres 
19,819,026 
11,824,236 
88,872 
3,832 
1,910 
3,728,429 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
15,090 
9,856 
66 
7 
5 
1,553 
_ 
acres 
19,593,352 
14,809,493 
94,371 
62 
412 
1 ,243,454 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
14,994 
9,831 
66 
7 
5 
1,510 
- 
acres 
19,443,587 
14,745,515 
79,909 
62 
412 
1,193,967 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
10,292 
2,837 
34 
10 
9 
5,305 
_ 
acres 
5,258,891 
1 ,377,404 
28,149 
2,104 
1,030 
2,783,348 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
45,015 
17,718 
246 
65 
92 
14,884 
_ 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
19,494 
7,763 
61 
17 
29 
7,595 
- 
2 operators 
9,518 
3,626 
50 
24 
21 
2,632 
- 
3 operators 
1,511 
670 
19 
- 
5 
411 
- 
4 operators 
314 
120 
4 
- 
- 
103 
- 
5 or more operators 
124 
39 
2 
- 
1 
66 
- 
Total women operators number 
11,617 
3,075 
65 
25 
31 
4,660 
_ 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
10,532 
2,865 
58 
25 
22 
4,039 
- 
2 operators 
341 
90 
2 
- 
3 
154 
- 
3 operators 
96 
10 
1 
- 
1 
66 
- 
4 operators 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
- 
5 or more operators 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
27,728 
1 1 ,980 
114 
32 
47 
8,586 
- 
Female 
3,233 
238 
22 
9 
9 
2,221 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
17,509 
10,510 
98 
14 
22 
2,918 
- 
Other 
13,452 
1,708 
38 
27 
34 
7,889 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
19,918 
8,987 
98 
33 
33 
4,439 
- 
Not on farm operated 
11,043 
3,231 
38 
8 
23 
6,368 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,496 
7,553 
76 
6 
19 
4,227 
- 
Any 
1 6,465 
4,665 
60 
35 
37 
6,580 
- 
1 to 49 days 
2,548 
1,023 
6 
3 
8 
901 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1,233 
481 
7 
- 
9 
405 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,418 
691 
13 
4 
5 
888 
- 
200 days or more 
10,266 
2,470 
34 
28 
15 
4,386 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
850 
310 
9 
- 
1 
299 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,197 
404 
12 
7 
1 
371 
- 
5 to 9 years 
3,241 
1,126 
12 
12 
14 
1,168 
- 
1 0 years or more 
25,673 
10,378 
103 
22 
40 
8,969 
- 
Average years on present farm 
26.4 
27.8 
24.0 
14.5 
18.1 
27.1 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
605 
219 
8 
- 
1 
222 
- 
3 or 4 years 
959 
299 
10 
7 
1 
330 
- 
5 to 9 years 
2,868 
1,015 
7 
12 
11 
1,057 
- 
1 0 years or more 
26,529 
10,685 
111 
22 
43 
9,198 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
27.9 
29.2 
26.0 
16.1 
20.0 
28.5 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
330 
195 
- 
- 
- 
30 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2,432 
1,333 
7 
3 
2 
355 
- 
35 to 44 years 
3,572 
1,699 
18 
6 
9 
768 
- 
45 to 49 years 
2,484 
1,089 
13 
6 
3 
579 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
172 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
