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) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
4,119 
1,925 
24 
5 
9 
1,041 
- 
55 to 59 years 
4,469 
1,901 
21 
6 
13 
1,416 
- 
60 to 64 years 
4,157 
1,602 
20 
7 
12 
1,536 
- 
65 to 69 years 
3,335 
1,042 
10 
5 
7 
1,476 
- 
70 years and over 
6,063 
1,432 
23 
3 
1 
3,606 
- 
Average age 
57.0 
53.2 
56.2 
53.5 
54.6 
63.3 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
122 
28 
- 
- 
- 
41 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
348 
13 
- 
- 
2 
153 
- 
Asian 
16 
2 
2 
- 
- 
8 
- 
Black or African American 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
White 
30,539 
12,195 
134 
41 
54 
10,617 
- 
More than one race reported 
51 
7 
- 
- 
- 
23 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,953 
1,845 
10 
4 
11 
2,865 
- 
2 people 
14,459 
5,370 
67 
16 
28 
5,523 
- 
3 people 
3,704 
1,750 
23 
3 
5 
849 
- 
4 people 
3,789 
1,777 
15 
4 
6 
932 
- 
5 or more people 
3,056 
1,476 
21 
14 
6 
638 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
13,863 
1,985 
62 
37 
34 
7,393 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
3,049 
982 
9 
- 
6 
1,174 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
4,555 
2,336 
16 
4 
3 
1,139 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
5,156 
3,550 
29 
- 
4 
787 
- 
1 00 percent 
4,338 
3,365 
20 
- 
9 
314 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
649 
357 
9 
- 
7 
161 
- 
acres 
1,856,212 
1,012,230 
14,628 
- 
939 
113,969 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
23,223 
10,146 
120 
35 
48 
6,968 
- 
Dial-up service 
1,701 
669 
4 
- 
3 
581 
- 
DSL service 
9,829 
4,670 
50 
14 
22 
2,631 
- 
Cable modem service 
3,582 
1,224 
25 
7 
10 
1,615 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
5,836 
2,791 
31 
6 
9 
1,330 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,372 
1,540 
19 
9 
4 
1,096 
- 
Satellite service 
2,380 
1,082 
14 
2 
6 
549 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
348 
175 
2 
- 
2 
101 
- 
Other Internet service 
384 
146 
1 
- 
- 
171 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
24,457 
9,437 
101 
39 
47 
8,493 
- 
2 households 
4,755 
2,139 
17 
2 
7 
1,547 
- 
3 households 
1,069 
423 
10 
- 
2 
436 
- 
4 households 
384 
157 
5 
- 
- 
161 
- 
5 or more households 
296 
62 
3 
- 
- 
170 
- 
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 
11,919 
124 
40 
53 
10,413 
- 
acres 
38,047,018 
25,747,321 
132,881 
3,724 
1,622 
4,744,703 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
695 
188 
1 
5 
1 
343 
- 
acres 
962,423 
648,808 
(D) 
250 
(D) 
134,304 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
27,578 
10,715 
99 
35 
40 
9,527 
- 
acres 
31,181,498 
20,986,819 
(D) 
(D) 
1,492 
4,075,597 
- 
Partnership farms 
2,124 
993 
26 
4 
2 
733 
- 
acres 
5,470,405 
4,187,043 
(D) 
410 
(D) 
548,355 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
1,344 
646 
26 
3 
2 
451 
- 
acres 
3,537,372 
2,695,917 
(D) 
240 
(D) 
373,348 
- 
Corporation farms 
707 
451 
11 
2 
13 
137 
- 
acres 
1 ,578,330 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
150,551 
- 
Family held farms 
662 
439 
11 
2 
10 
113 
- 
acres 
1,504,821 
1,209,981 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
127,842 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
10 
4 
5 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
652 
435 
11 
2 
10 
108 
- 
Other than family held farms 
45 
12 
_ 
_ 
3 
24 
_ 
acres 
73,509 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
22,709 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
174 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
