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State Fact Sheets: North Dakota
• Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment
• Federal Funds
• Organic Agriculture
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated January 17, 2012

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Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment

Population
  Rural * Urban * Total
Year
    1980 418,382 234,335 652,717
    1990 381,412 257,388 638,800
    2000 358,234 283,966 642,200
    2010 347,173 325,418 672,591

More information on North Dakota population
• County-level Population Data
• Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

Income
  Rural * Urban * Total
Per-capita income (2009 dollars)
    2008 42,464 40,051 41,292
    2009 41,649 39,916 40,802
    Percent change -1.9 -0.3 -1.2
 
Earnings per job (2009 dollars)
    2008 43,716 42,267 42,967
    2009 42,213 42,722 42,475
    Percent change -3.4 1.1 -1.1
 
Poverty rate (percent)
    1979 14.4 9.5 12.6
    1989 16.3 11.5 14.4
    1999 13.3 10.0 11.9
    2010 (latest model-based estimates) 12.9 12.0 12.5

More information on North Dakota poverty rates
• County-level Poverty Data
• Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room
• See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates
• Contact Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489

Household-level Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
  2002-04 Avg. 2005-07 Avg. 2008-10 Avg.
Percent of households
    Food insecure 6.3 6.5 7.1
    Very low food security 1.9 2.2 2.7

More information on Food Insecurity
• Food Security in the United States Briefing Room
• Definitions of Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
• Comparisons of prevalence rates of food insecurity between States must take account of the margins of error, which are sizeable for many States. Margins of error are published along with State prevalence rates in each year’s Household Food Security in the United States report.
• Contact Alisha Coleman-Jensen, 202-694-5456.

Education (Persons 25 and older)
  Rural * Urban * Total
Percent not completing high school
    1980 (Census) 38.2 24.6 33.6
    1990 (Census) 28.0 15.9 23.3
    2000 (Census) 19.7 11.3 16.1
    2006-2010 (ACS) 13.3 7.4 10.6
 
Percent completing high school only
    1980 (Census) 31.0 31.6 31.3
    1990 (Census) 29.6 25.6 28.0
    2000 (Census) 30.5 24.3 27.9
    2006-2010 (ACS) 31.4 24.2 28.1
 
Percent completing some college
    1980 (Census) 19.1 22.6 20.3
    1990 (Census) 28.6 33.8 30.6
    2000 (Census) 32.5 35.9 34.0
    2006-2010 (ACS) 35.0 35.0 35.0
 
Percent completing college
    1980 (Census) 11.5 21.2 14.8
    1990 (Census) 13.9 24.8 18.1
    2000 (Census) 17.2 28.5 22.0
    2006-2010 (ACS) 20.3 33.4 26.3

More information on North Dakota education
• County-level Education Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Alexander Marré, 202-694-5338

Employment
  Rural * Urban * Total
Total number of jobs
    2008 237,565 253,623 491,188
    2009 237,753 252,122 489,875
 
Percent employment change
    2007-2008 1.4 0.0 0.7
    2008-2009 -0.1 -1.3 -0.7
    2009-2010 2.7 -1.2 0.7
 
Unemployment rate (percent)
    2009 4.4 4.1 4.3
    2010 4.0 3.9 3.9

More information on North Dakota unemployment rates
• County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

Federal Funds, FY 2010
  Rural * Urban * Total
Federal funding, dollars per person
   All Federal funds 15,882 11,980 13,993
 
Federal funding by purpose (function codes)
      Agriculture and natural resources 4,278 517 2,458
      Community resources 1,829 3,629 2,700
      Defense and space 1,500 1,264 1,386
      Human resources 465 157 316
      Income security 6,503 4,077 5,329
      National functions 1,307 2,336 1,805
 
Federal funding by type of payments (object codes)
      Grants 2,455 1,319 1,905
      Direct loans 686 446 570
      Guaranteed/insured loans 1,232 3,479 2,320
      Retirement/disability payments 3,235 2,462 2,861
      Other direct payments to
      individuals		 2,139 1,107 1,639
      Direct payments, not to
      individuals		 3,605 445 2,075
      Procurement contracts 942 1,095 1,016
      Salaries and wages 1,589 1,625 1,606

Total does not include Statewide funds undistributed at the county level.

More information on Federal Funds
• Program Function and Object Code Definitions
• Federal Funds and Development Policy Briefing Room
• Federal Funds Data
• Contact Richard Reeder, 202-694-5360


* The terms “rural” and “urban” here refer to data for nonmetro and metro areas, a county-level classification defined by the Office of Management and Budget. We use the June 2003 version of nonmetro and metro areas because it reflects conditions at the beginning of the decade. See Measuring Rurality: What is Rural? for a discussion of differences between metro-nonmetro categories and the Census Bureau’s rural-urban classification.
 
More information on socioeconomic conditions
• Rural Emphasis Page
• Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.

Organic Agriculture

  2006 2007 2008
Number of certified operations 143 155 152
Crops (acres) 121,433 151,251 164,029
Pasture & rangeland (acres) 27,370 48,588 52,539
Total acres 148,802 199,839 216,568

More information on organic agriculture
• Organic Production Data
• Organic Agriculture Briefing Room
• Contact Catherine Greene, 202-694-5541.

Farm Characteristics

1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture
 
  1997 2002 2007
Approximate total land area (acres) 61,441,588 44,144,595 44,161,773
    Total farmland (acres) 39,678,169 39,294,879 39,674,586
        Percent of total land area 89.9 89.0 89.8
 
        Cropland (acres) 27,384,403 26,506,477 27,527,180
            Percent of total farmland 69.0 67.5 69.4
            Percent in pasture 5.3 4.9 3.0
            Percent irrigated 0.7 0.8 0.8
 
            Harvested Cropland (acres) 20,674,991 19,908,697 22,035,717
 
        Woodland (acres) 282,426 235,927 233,883
            Percent of total farmland 0.7 0.6 0.6
            Percent in pasture 49.4 53.2 48.2
 
        Pastureland (acres) 10,292,729 10,984,441 10,418,885
            Percent of total farmland 25.9 28.0 26.3
 
        Land in house lots, ponds,
        roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)		 1,718,611 1,568,034 1,494,638
            Percent of total farmland 4.3 4.0 3.8
 
Conservation practices
        Farmland in conservation or
        wetlands reserve programs
        (acres)		 2,701,515 3,043,439 3,434,036
 
Average farm size (acres) 1,227 1,283 1,241
 
Farms by size (percent)
            1 to 99 acres 11.5 12.6 15.0
            100 to 499 acres 27.3 30.5 33.3
            500 to 999 acres 19.1 16.1 14.7
            1000 to 1,999 acres 23.3 19.6 16.8
            2,000 or more acres 18.7 21.2 20.3
 
Farms by sales (percent)
            Less than $9,999 27.8 38.5 42.1
            $10,000 to $49,999 28.4 20.1 12.9
            $50,000 to $99,999 16.8 12.6 9.0
            $100,000 to $499,999 24.9 24.8 24.6
            More than $500,000 2.2 4.0 11.3
 
Tenure of farmers
        Full owner (farms) 12,002 14,499 16,303
            Percent of total 37.1 47.4 51.0
 
        Part owner (farms) 15,373 13,070 12,796
            Percent of total 47.5 42.7 40.0
 
        Tenant owner (farms) 4,973 3,050 2,871
            Percent of total 15.4 10.0 9.0
 
Farm organization
        Individuals/family, sole
        proprietorship (farms)		 28,323 27,578 28,079
            Percent of total 87.6 90.1 87.8
 
        Family-held corporations
        (farms)		 530 418 519
            Percent of total 1.6 1.4 1.6
 
        Partnerships (farms) 3,218 2,289 2,834
            Percent of total 9.9 7.5 8.9
 
        Non-family corporations (farms) 30 28 41
            Percent of total 0.1 0.1 0.1
 
        Others - cooperative, estate or
        trust, institutional, etc. (farms)		 247 306 497
            Percent of total 0.8 1.0 1.6
 
Characteristics of principal farm operators
        Average operator age (years) 51.4 54.4 56.5
        Percent with farming as their
         primary occupation		 72.3 70.7 57.9
        Men 30,863 28,125 28,314
        Women 1,485 2,494 3,656
 

More information on farm characteristics
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Farm Financial Indicators

Farm income and value added data
  2009 2010
 
Number of farms 32,000 31,900
 
  Thousands $
       Final crop output 5,642,455 5,830,111
+     Final animal output 750,345 938,023
+     Services and forestry 922,412 862,263
=   Final agricultural sector output 7,315,212 7,630,397
 
-      Intermediate consumption outlays 3,911,705 3,873,681
+     Net government transactions 150,772 536,084
=   Gross value added 3,554,279 4,292,801
 
-      Capital consumption 653,951 664,503
 
=   Net value added 2,900,328 3,628,298
 
-    Factor payments 942,408 1,025,799
         Employee compensation (total hired labor) 197,329 170,661
         Net rent received by nonoperator landlords 416,040 542,272
         Real estate and nonreal estate interest 329,039 312,866
 
=   Net farm income 1,957,921 2,602,499
 

More information on farm income
• Farm Income Data
• Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Timothy Park, 202-694-5446.

Farm balance sheet
 
• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
 

Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2010
  Value of receipts
thousand $		 Percent of state total
farm receipts		 Percent of US value
1. Wheat 1,901,364 28.7 17.5
2. Soybeans 1,247,264 18.9 3.8
3. Cattle and calves 731,092 11.1 1.4
4. Corn 665,142 10.1 1.5
5. Canola 356,746 5.4 90.3
 
All commodities 6,613,603   2.1
 

More information on North Dakota's top agriculture commodities
• Leading commodities by cash receipts in Excel.
• Other cash receipts data.
• Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.

Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2010
  Rank among states Value
million $
1. Wheat and products 2 1,102.8
2. Soybeans and products 9 918.0
3. Feeds and fodders 4 387.7
4. Vegetables and preparations 4 373.7
5. Feed grains and products 12 281.6
 
Total export value 9 3,245.0
 

More information on agricultural exports
• State Export Data
• Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007
  Percent of state total receipts Thousands $
1. Cass County 4.4 267,898
2. Richland County 4.3 261,499
3. Grand Forks County 4.2 255,594
4. Pembina County 3.9 235,621
5. Walsh County 3.7 222,534
 
State total   6,084,218
 

More information on agricultural sales
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.



Data Sources

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker
Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov
Updated date: January 17, 2012