Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Eddy 
Emmons 
Foster 
Golden Valley 
Grand Forks 
Grant 
Griggs 
Hettinger 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
155 
245 
198 
114 
368 
235 
205 
294 
2007 
166 
347 
180 
109 
477 
259 
198 
276 
Any 
2012 
176 
364 
112 
137 
602 
273 
251 
200 
2007 
200 
347 
130 
134 
496 
269 
281 
270 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
16 
61 
15 
23 
72 
65 
32 
52 
2007 
43 
77 
29 
40 
89 
56 
50 
52 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
40 
18 
16 
10 
38 
15 
18 
10 
2007 
4 
28 
14 
6 
52 
34 
32 
20 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
28 
54 
16 
24 
53 
24 
53 
20 
2007 
18 
62 
13 
24 
76 
26 
32 
41 
200 days or more 
2012 
92 
231 
65 
80 
439 
169 
148 
118 
2007 
135 
180 
74 
64 
279 
153 
167 
157 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
4 
19 
5 
2 
50 
37 
16 
18 
2007 
13 
7 
8 
8 
20 
6 
19 
10 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
9 
15 
17 
15 
42 
15 
15 
20 
2007 
19 
34 
15 
10 
43 
24 
33 
17 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
63 
55 
25 
36 
82 
61 
57 
47 
2007 
38 
94 
39 
38 
122 
49 
60 
62 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
255 
520 
263 
198 
796 
395 
368 
409 
2007 
296 
559 
248 
187 
788 
449 
367 
457 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
27.8 
24.5 
25.5 
23.7 
26.0 
25.0 
26.5 
24.6 
2007 
26.6 
25.5 
26.1 
27.0 
27.6 
27.5 
26.7 
27.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
2 
16 
2 
41 
14 
14 
18 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
7 
15 
17 
13 
40 
12 
5 
16 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
60 
45 
16 
30 
77 
47 
58 
44 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
262 
533 
275 
208 
812 
435 
379 
416 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
28.9 
26.0 
27.0 
26.6 
27.3 
26.6 
27.7 
26.2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
6 
. 
. 
14 
9 
3 
11 
2007 
6 
4 
3 
1 
9 
7 
19 
5 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
23 
96 
24 
33 
74 
81 
48 
34 
2007 
12 
36 
29 
22 
79 
27 
37 
21 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
16 
75 
33 
33 
126 
56 
31 
46 
2007 
52 
105 
39 
36 
104 
73 
32 
51 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
70 
157 
73 
37 
155 
88 
71 
102 
2007 
91 
214 
75 
45 
248 
143 
106 
133 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
37 
84 
43 
30 
145 
77 
54 
80 
2007 
63 
82 
37 
39 
119 
83 
57 
87 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
69 
64 
40 
31 
147 
65 
69 
59 
2007 
27 
73 
45 
19 
100 
58 
77 
47 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
36 
40 
32 
30 
128 
47 
74 
55 
2007 
44 
50 
13 
27 
77 
58 
41 
62 
70 years and over 
2012 
80 
87 
65 
57 
181 
85 
106 
107 
2007 
71 
130 
69 
54 
237 
79 
110 
140 
Average age 
2012 
60.5 
52.7 
57.5 
57.0 
57.5 
53.9 
59.0 
57.7 
2007 
56.9 
55.2 
56.1 
57.6 
57.4 
55.4 
57.6 
59.5 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
246 
480 
204 
194 
778 
374 
370 
344 
2007 
213 
386 
203 
130 
600 
308 
270 
294 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
12 
89 
8 
5 
37 
22 
34 
18 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
147 
253 
41 
82 
179 
217 
170 
78 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
25 
77 
22 
34 
124 
49 
82 
116 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
51 
96 
117 
75 
44 
15 
42 
116 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
27 
19 
11 
37 
330 
42 
56 
53 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
16 
27 
11 
15 
158 
53 
21 
17 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
4 
20 
8 
3 
22 
4 
3 
3 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
- 
- 
6 
1 
35 
11 
- 
10 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
328 
596 
304 
245 
942 
494 
435 
464 
acres, 2012 
395,210 
726,792 
362,572 
555,533 
765,051 
1,001,856 
436,636 
705,474 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
4 
18 
2 
3 
12 
6 
5 
24 
acres, 2012 
5,138 
77,998 
(D) 
16,390 
13,358 
1 1 ,088 
(D) 
34,992 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
307 
553 
286 
229 
858 
459 
399 
431 
2007 
324 
634 
275 
222 
844 
460 
417 
467 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
663,462 
325,121 
(D) 
581,569 
(D) 
341,857 
632,200 
2007 
316,912 
772,759 
348,739 
447,573 
578,966 
851,296 
313,173 
585,757 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
17 
42 
12 
15 
57 
42 
38 
42 
2007 
36 
49 
28 
14 
90 
61 
43 
55 
acres, 2012 
40,120 
60,600 
33,965 
55,288 
163,015 
187,754 
67,943 
64,398 
2007 
55,629 
78,733 
40,365 
55,710 
193,105 
189,257 
83,649 
98,506 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
1 
9 
6 
1 
31 
2 
4 
4 
2007 
3 
7 
2 
2 
25 
4 
- 
7 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
18,005 
8,940 
(D) 
63,749 
(D) 
6,601 
(D) 
2007 
3,367 
18,816 
(D) 
(D) 
49,781 
(D) 
- 
10,755 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
2 
- 
1 
2 
- 
4 
2007 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,488 
2007 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
4 
5 
6 
5 
22 
5 
15 
13 
2007 
1 
4 
5 
5 
14 
3 
19 
15 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
1,858 
5,944 
(D) 
(D) 
702 
29,079 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
1,458 
(D) 
(D) 
3,700 
(D) 
9,293 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Dakota 439 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
