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) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
3 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
42 
11 
- 
- 
3 
23 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
552 
59 
- 
- 
1 
410 
- 
acres 
1,032,380 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
147,893 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
9,300 
5,958 
86 
13 
27 
1,564 
_ 
workers 
27,414 
16,753 
1,663 
31 
268 
4,613 
- 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
4,610 
3,252 
56 
1 
18 
610 
- 
workers 
9,188 
6,135 
405 
(D) 
74 
1,063 
- 
Less than 1 50 days farms 
6,729 
4,281 
79 
12 
18 
1,125 
- 
workers 
18,226 
10,618 
1,258 
(D) 
194 
3,550 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
284 
174 
23 
- 
- 
54 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
11 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
10,096 
3,614 
47 
23 
14 
3,155 
- 
workers 
21,632 
6,902 
104 
58 
33 
6,661 
- 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
689 
1 
17 
11 
27 
23 
_ 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,711 
165 
32 
21 
19 
1,076 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
1,063 
73 
6 
- 
- 
624 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
1,455 
142 
7 
2 
3 
950 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,407 
179 
2 
4 
- 
860 
- 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,632 
442 
4 
2 
3 
1,693 
- 
180 te 219 acres 
958 
146 
- 
- 
3 
564 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
862 
166 
5 
- 
- 
519 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
4,086 
1,042 
5 
- 
- 
2,178 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
4,237 
1,882 
11 
- 
1 
1,309 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,424 
3,018 
14 
- 
- 
586 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
6,437 
4,962 
33 
1 
- 
425 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
12,218 
12,218 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
136 
- 
136 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
41 
- 
- 
41 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
56 
- 
- 
- 
56 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
10,807 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,807 
- 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,807 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,949 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
157 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
90 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
66 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
105 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
251 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,085 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
9,868 
3,249 
8 
_ 
4 
1,186 
_ 
number 
1,809,613 
678,217 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
165,785 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
836 
100 
4 
- 
2 
102 
- 
10 to 49 
2,813 
670 
3 
- 
2 
385 
- 
50 to 99 
1,625 
621 
- 
- 
- 
215 
- 
100 to 199 
1,806 
754 
1 
- 
- 
206 
- 
200 to 499 
1,941 
789 
- 
- 
- 
225 
- 
500 or more 
847 
315 
- 
- 
- 
53 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
9,049 
3,046 
6 
_ 
4 
1,113 
_ 
number 
899,558 
335,882 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
96,095 
- 
Beef cows farms 
8,964 
3,036 
6 
_ 
4 
1,109 
_ 
number 
881,682 
333,691 
26 
- 
(D) 
94,966 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
985 
135 
5 
- 
4 
147 
- 
1 0 to 49 
3,071 
914 
1 
- 
- 
392 
- 
50 to 99 
1,867 
767 
- 
- 
- 
258 
- 
100 to 199 
1,734 
728 
- 
- 
- 
187 
- 
200 to 499 
1,140 
434 
- 
- 
- 
108 
- 
500 or more 
167 
58 
- 
- 
- 
17 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
176 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
