Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Steele 
Stutsman 
Towner 
Traill 
Walsh 
Ward 
Wells 
Williams 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
208 
484 
241 
192 
506 
440 
301 
424 
2007 
173 
476 
255 
233 
483 
394 
338 
377 
Any 
2012 
147 
544 
288 
276 
456 
521 
242 
334 
2007 
169 
567 
241 
227 
485 
552 
280 
480 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
20 
95 
25 
51 
87 
73 
66 
33 
2007 
34 
105 
52 
41 
127 
92 
87 
61 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
10 
39 
20 
18 
18 
39 
6 
31 
2007 
9 
55 
17 
22 
28 
53 
21 
38 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
27 
123 
26 
36 
35 
123 
34 
25 
2007 
12 
60 
32 
34 
69 
94 
35 
67 
200 days or more 
2012 
90 
287 
217 
171 
316 
286 
136 
245 
2007 
114 
347 
140 
130 
261 
313 
137 
314 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
5 
39 
17 
9 
35 
25 
16 
16 
2007 
18 
20 
13 
6 
11 
21 
28 
20 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
22 
41 
22 
22 
34 
32 
10 
12 
2007 
18 
61 
30 
23 
56 
51 
21 
40 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
29 
101 
76 
53 
117 
123 
52 
89 
2007 
24 
117 
49 
65 
85 
99 
85 
124 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
299 
847 
414 
384 
776 
781 
465 
641 
2007 
282 
845 
404 
366 
816 
775 
484 
673 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
24.9 
26.9 
24.8 
24.1 
27.8 
25.2 
26.5 
26.8 
2007 
24.4 
27.5 
26.4 
24.7 
27.3 
25.5 
25.5 
25.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
5 
18 
11 
7 
25 
20 
9 
12 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
19 
26 
21 
15 
21 
28 
10 
11 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
22 
102 
39 
44 
108 
117 
47 
78 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
309 
882 
458 
402 
808 
796 
477 
657 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
26.0 
28.4 
27.0 
25.7 
29.1 
26.2 
28.1 
28.0 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
4 
8 
6 
3 
5 
14 
10 
2 
2007 
6 
7 
7 
13 
18 
5 
14 
16 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
27 
96 
38 
44 
85 
66 
11 
44 
2007 
27 
51 
32 
39 
59 
79 
23 
53 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
29 
93 
68 
56 
112 
160 
58 
67 
2007 
40 
119 
77 
64 
94 
128 
84 
98 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
88 
214 
111 
104 
213 
212 
137 
157 
2007 
119 
281 
111 
137 
250 
258 
161 
219 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
53 
143 
71 
103 
111 
138 
117 
84 
2007 
38 
170 
69 
61 
98 
159 
93 
138 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
69 
199 
94 
68 
90 
131 
60 
136 
2007 
39 
103 
78 
53 
132 
101 
60 
89 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
34 
83 
52 
45 
91 
90 
47 
85 
2007 
18 
72 
35 
35 
95 
78 
52 
71 
70 years and over 
2012 
51 
192 
89 
45 
255 
150 
103 
183 
2007 
55 
240 
87 
58 
222 
138 
131 
173 
Average age 
2012 
56.2 
57.1 
56.7 
54.3 
58.1 
55.3 
57.7 
60.0 
2007 
54.2 
57.7 
55.4 
53.2 
57.7 
54.5 
56.8 
56.7 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
298 
790 
356 
376 
681 
850 
385 
513 
2007 
225 
596 
313 
350 
531 
712 
391 
506 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
16 
112 
13 
24 
21 
140 
15 
42 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
106 
122 
220 
90 
241 
424 
174 
265 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
45 
72 
48 
112 
202 
102 
61 
82 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
farms, 2012 
9 
409 
41 
77 
143 
158 
126 
80 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
84 
110 
44 
96 
112 
97 
32 
47 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
52 
83 
17 
45 
54 
75 
24 
41 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
9 
13 
5 
3 
7 
11 
4 
11 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
6 
15 
12 
7 
8 
6 
1 
7 
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 
344 
998 
505 
454 
878 
935 
530 
741 
acres, 2012 
410,893 
1 ,256,028 
618,640 
503,368 
708,888 
1,051,955 
728,116 
1,045,915 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
4 
12 
16 
5 
7 
11 
17 
8 
acres, 2012 
3,297 
13,921 
15,492 
21,580 
5,292 
16,424 
19,280 
7,930 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
321 
923 
464 
379 
766 
869 
471 
704 
2007 
300 
906 
405 
386 
822 
843 
538 
773 
acres, 2012 
360,248 
1,032,810 
538,306 
(D) 
505,265 
890,069 
552,963 
938,176 
2007 
322,217 
935,046 
455,616 
393,392 
530,087 
899,058 
600,521 
1,009,127 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
17 
55 
40 
37 
128 
51 
35 
35 
2007 
29 
96 
60 
29 
99 
80 
46 
58 
acres, 2012 
34,919 
157,069 
87,942 
102,448 
195,648 
103,859 
97,727 
98,722 
2007 
60,112 
183,129 
129,780 
76,222 
181,836 
138,017 
108,032 
113,312 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
9 
26 
6 
47 
35 
22 
28 
7 
2007 
8 
19 
8 
39 
31 
9 
17 
7 
acres, 2012 
29,659 
95,703 
1 1 ,200 
75,097 
96,639 
55,785 
83,879 
19,084 
2007 
18,973 
67,827 
14,550 
69,066 
78,775 
22,266 
40,449 
8,694 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
- 
3 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
2007 
- 
5 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres, 2012 
- 
5,703 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
2007 
- 
2,760 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
8 
21 
19 
4 
32 
19 
8 
12 
2007 
5 
17 
23 
5 
16 
14 
17 
18 
acres, 2012 
1,008 
1 1 ,338 
7,997 
652 
(D) 
23,570 
(D) 
7,127 
2007 
657 
4,469 
7,384 
(D) 
4,717 
6,901 
8,006 
(D) 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Dakota 443 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
