Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
27,728 
13,138 
11,904 
2,686 
17,133 
10,595 
Female 
3,233 
2,829 
269 
135 
2,361 
872 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
17,509 
5,604 
10,063 
1,842 
10,902 
6,607 
Other 
13,452 
10,363 
2,110 
979 
8,592 
4,860 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
19,918 
8,394 
10,029 
1,495 
1 1 ,664 
8,254 
Not on farm operated 
1 1 ,043 
7,573 
2,144 
1,326 
7,830 
3,213 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
14,496 
6,281 
7,148 
1,067 
9,462 
5,034 
Any 
16,465 
9,686 
5,025 
1,754 
10,032 
6,433 
1 to 49 days 
2,548 
1,265 
1,013 
270 
1,598 
950 
50 to 99 days 
1,233 
581 
489 
163 
698 
535 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,418 
1,324 
840 
254 
1,508 
910 
200 days or more 
10,266 
6,51 6 
2,683 
1,067 
6,228 
4,038 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
850 
446 
143 
261 
542 
308 
3 or 4 years 
1,197 
566 
264 
367 
732 
465 
5 to 9 years 
3,241 
1,774 
943 
524 
1,902 
1,339 
1 0 years or more 
25,673 
13,181 
10,823 
1,669 
16,318 
9,355 
Average years on present farm 
26.4 
26.8 
28.1 
17.0 
27.2 
25.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
605 
334 
81 
190 
404 
201 
3 or 4 years 
959 
471 
197 
291 
594 
365 
5 to 9 years 
2,868 
1,547 
798 
523 
1,695 
1,173 
1 0 years or more 
26,529 
13,615 
11,097 
1,817 
16,801 
9,728 
Average years operating any farm 
27.9 
28.4 
29.4 
19.3 
28.6 
26.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
330 
61 
97 
172 
244 
86 
25 to 34 years 
2,432 
625 
1,055 
752 
1,448 
984 
35 to 44 years 
3,572 
1,292 
1,773 
507 
2,095 
1,477 
45 to 49 years 
2,484 
1,064 
1,189 
231 
1,467 
1,017 
50 to 54 years 
4,119 
1,740 
2,061 
318 
2,384 
1,735 
55 to 59 years 
4,469 
2,127 
2,070 
272 
2,701 
1,768 
60 to 64 years 
4,157 
2,246 
1,719 
192 
2,577 
1,580 
65 to 69 years 
3,335 
2,111 
1,072 
152 
2,124 
1,211 
70 years and over 
6,063 
4,701 
1,137 
225 
4,454 
1,609 
Average age 
57.0 
61.7 
53.5 
45.5 
58.1 
55.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
122 
67 
49 
6 
90 
32 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
348 
184 
109 
55 
226 
122 
Asian 
16 
16 
- 
- 
11 
5 
Black or African American 
3 
2 
1 
- 
2 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
- 
4 
4 
- 
White 
30,539 
15,733 
12,054 
2,752 
19,232 
11,307 
More than one race reported 
51 
32 
9 
10 
19 
32 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
5,953 
3,788 
1,549 
616 
5,197 
756 
2 people 
14,459 
8,027 
5,400 
1,032 
8,389 
6,070 
3 people 
3,704 
1,505 
1,782 
417 
2,116 
1,588 
4 people 
3,789 
1,525 
1,835 
429 
2,175 
1,614 
5 or more people 
3,056 
1,122 
1,607 
327 
1,617 
1,439 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
13,863 
10,444 
2,332 
1,087 
8,827 
5,036 
25 to 49 percent 
3,049 
1,646 
1,045 
358 
1,863 
1,186 
50 to 74 percent 
4,555 
1,880 
2,179 
496 
2,882 
1,673 
75 to 99 percent 
5,156 
1,346 
3,320 
490 
3,135 
2,021 
1 00 percent 
4,338 
651 
3,297 
390 
2,787 
1,551 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
649 
256 
302 
91 
365 
284 
acres 
1,856,212 
261,606 
972,729 
621,877 
1,165,682 
690,530 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
23,223 
10,740 
10,193 
2,290 
13,869 
9,354 
Dial-up service 
1,701 
904 
693 
104 
1,043 
658 
DSL service 
9,829 
4,151 
4,683 
995 
5,830 
3,999 
Cable modem service 
3,582 
2,171 
1,014 
397 
2,261 
1,321 
Fiber-optic service 
5,836 
2,377 
2,838 
621 
3,222 
2,614 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,372 
1,556 
1,385 
431 
2,045 
1,327 
Satellite service 
2,380 
968 
1,245 
167 
1,279 
1,101 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
348 
149 
163 
36 
183 
165 
Other Internet service 
384 
214 
139 
31 
269 
115 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
24,457 
12,706 
9,535 
2,216 
16,811 
7,646 
2 households 
4,755 
2,280 
2,010 
465 
1,976 
2,779 
3 households 
1,069 
579 
397 
93 
379 
690 
4 households 
384 
207 
145 
32 
199 
185 
5 or more households 
296 
195 
86 
15 
129 
167 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
218 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
