Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Morton 
Mountrail 
Nelson 
Oliver 
Pembina 
Pierce 
Ramsey 
Ransom 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
887 
670 
603 
290 
584 
521 
573 
548 
2007 
836 
659 
651 
273 
521 
530 
629 
560 
acres, 2012 
1,220,004 
963,672 
560,478 
394,528 
692,140 
598,228 
698,412 
501,632 
2007 
1,165,098 
1 ,036,572 
550,121 
377,904 
649,281 
581,146 
714,525 
527,276 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
606 
440 
241 
227 
370 
314 
304 
297 
2007 
610 
461 
265 
204 
364 
319 
344 
305 
acres, 2012 
493,852 
497,966 
335,409 
153,356 
595,348 
400,370 
518,572 
265,992 
TENURE 
2007 
456,077 
548,932 
313,753 
151,856 
548,015 
342,600 
507,238 
254,856 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
472 
349 
419 
127 
275 
290 
335 
332 
2007 
428 
300 
459 
118 
214 
298 
364 
299 
acres, 2012 
354,353 
258,941 
158,931 
42,732 
99,325 
147,893 
160,378 
107,712 
2007 
241,619 
211,241 
151,533 
49,451 
52,316 
142,005 
124,375 
106,060 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
259 
156 
72 
78 
85 
88 
71 
112 
2007 
239 
125 
90 
66 
74 
97 
97 
90 
acres, 2012 
107,016 
72,589 
28,606 
10,070 
52,316 
60,575 
60,530 
31,771 
2007 
68,774 
49,742 
20,809 
14,124 
15,255 
34,788 
31,727 
31,618 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
337 
251 
158 
151 
227 
203 
191 
174 
2007 
348 
311 
158 
133 
241 
194 
209 
195 
acres, 2012 
824,208 
629,668 
379,158 
345,241 
535,345 
434,319 
485,524 
334,788 
2007 
880,005 
771 ,267 
360,004 
299,294 
533,970 
397,433 
525,266 
348,422 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
390,991 
261,569 
137,981 
153,617 
197,152 
221,837 
203,805 
122,981 
2007 
421,168 
333,327 
139,685 
155,756 
191,198 
212,608 
211,534 
129,371 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
433,217 
368,099 
241,177 
191,624 
338,193 
212,482 
281,719 
211,807 
2007 
458,837 
437,940 
220,319 
143,538 
342,772 
184,825 
313,732 
219,051 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
301 
226 
151 
142 
219 
200 
186 
155 
2007 
326 
297 
150 
119 
230 
188 
198 
167 
acres, 2012 
372,770 
371,113 
292,515 
141,831 
490,690 
327,603 
411,822 
190,620 
2007 
365,140 
461,539 
264,186 
128,057 
475,791 
274,800 
421,485 
182,007 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
78 
70 
26 
12 
82 
28 
47 
42 
2007 
60 
48 
34 
22 
66 
38 
56 
66 
acres, 2012 
41,443 
75,063 
22,389 
6,555 
57,470 
16,016 
52,510 
59,132 
2007 
43,474 
54,064 
38,584 
29,159 
62,995 
41,708 
64,884 
72,794 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
46 
58 
18 
7 
66 
26 
47 
30 
2007 
45 
39 
25 
19 
60 
34 
49 
48 
acres, 2012 
14,066 
54,264 
14,288 
1,455 
52,342 
12,192 
46,220 
43,601 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
22,163 
37,651 
28,758 
9,675 
56,969 
33,012 
54,026 
41,231 
Total operators 
number 
1,428 
935 
790 
480 
818 
748 
832 
764 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
418 
454 
443 
139 
403 
335 
365 
368 
2 operators 
404 
178 
139 
120 
145 
147 
170 
153 
3 operators 
60 
28 
15 
26 
24 
37 
28 
19 
4 operators 
3 
9 
6 
3 
7 
2 
7 
7 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
- 
2 
5 
- 
3 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
435 
242 
201 
147 
149 
216 
214 
213 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
405 
230 
179 
127 
120 
208 
206 
197 
2 operators 
15 
6 
7 
4 
7 
4 
4 
5 
3 operators 
- 
- 
- 
4 
5 
- 
- 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
1,267 
938 
825 
446 
750 
801 
884 
783 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
455 
420 
507 
140 
352 
321 
429 
386 
2 operators 
336 
206 
124 
99 
125 
153 
161 
147 
3 operators 
40 
27 
11 
30 
33 
52 
28 
20 
4 operators 
5 
5 
8 
2 
7 
3 
7 
4 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
1 
2 
4 
1 
4 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
343 
238 
224 
115 
141 
209 
237 
178 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
321 
230 
208 
111 
131 
204 
206 
157 
2 operators 
11 
4 
3 
2 
5 
1 
14 
2 
3 operators 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
2 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
833 
589 
524 
271 
540 
449 
490 
444 
2007 
785 
582 
521 
253 
464 
462 
529 
501 
acres, 2012 
1,174,468 
920,267 
537,084 
388,065 
678,516 
580,480 
662,806 
409,488 
2007 
1,123,762 
999,068 
508,377 
368,719 
630,573 
559,621 
665,621 
440,861 
Female 
farms, 2012 
54 
81 
79 
19 
44 
72 
83 
104 
2007 
51 
77 
130 
20 
57 
68 
100 
59 
acres, 2012 
45,536 
43,405 
23,394 
6,463 
13,624 
17,748 
35,606 
92,144 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
41,336 
37,504 
41,744 
9,185 
18,708 
21,525 
48,904 
86,415 
Farming 
2012 
490 
445 
220 
155 
364 
304 
295 
267 
2007 
492 
409 
271 
152 
353 
306 
362 
258 
Other 
2012 
397 
225 
383 
135 
220 
217 
278 
281 
Place of residence: 
2007 
344 
250 
380 
121 
168 
224 
267 
302 
On farm operated 
2012 
742 
456 
251 
255 
291 
300 
333 
338 
2007 
659 
432 
282 
217 
274 
320 
371 
369 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
145 
214 
352 
35 
293 
221 
240 
210 
2007 
177 
227 
369 
56 
247 
210 
258 
191 
-continued 
434 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
