Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1982, 1978, and 

 1974 -Con. 



[For meaning o1 abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



All farms 



1978 



1974 



Farms operated by Black and other races^ 



1982 



1978 



Operator characteristics— Con. 

 Operators by years on present farm: 



2 years or less 



3 or 4 years 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



Average years on present farm 



Not reported 



Operators by age group^: 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 54 years 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 

 Male __ _ - farms. 



acres. 

 Female farms. 



acres. 



Operators of Spanish origin farms. 



acres. 



Type of organization: 



Individual or family farms. 



acres. 



Partnership farms. 



acres. 



Corporation farms. 



acres. 

 Family held: 



More than 10 stockholders _ farms. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 

 Other than family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc farms. 



acres. 



(NA) 

 (NA 

 (NA 

 (NA) 



PI 



1 654 

 8 058 

 14 511 



23 055 



24 616 

 18 598 



52.9 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



P 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NAJ 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



P! 

 PI 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



78 

 495 

 957 



1 590 



2 107 

 1 739 



55.0 



6 218 



452 317 



748 



37 788 



4 

 798 



6 257 



425 820 



569 



49 853 



114 



12 515 



1 



(D) 



104 



9 081 



(D) 



26 

 1 917 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



128 

 453 



1 037 



2 086 

 2 657 

 2 244 



55.6 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



'For classificalion of social and ethnic groups, see text. 



^1 974 da a apply only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorship) and partnerships; see text. 



Table 6. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish Origin, 

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Spanish origin 



Black and other races 



Black 



American 

 Indian 



Other (see text) 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms numt)er. 1982.. 



1978.. 



(.and in farms acres, 1982.. 



1978. 



Harvested cropland farms, 1982.. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



1982 FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 139 acres 



140 to 219 acres 



220 to 499 acres _._ 



500 acres or more 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Pan owrners .farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres. 1982. 



1978. 



Tenants farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



102 



275 



13 221 



39 375 



89 



252 



4 461 



18 889 



56 

 142 



5 237 

 12 006 



32 

 94 



6 826 

 23 743 



14 



39 



1 158 



3 626 



5 352 



6 966 

 406 756 

 490 105 



4 814 



6 355 



201 297 



209 843 



755 



2 285 



1 615 



350 



260 



87 



2 817 



3 493 

 162 414 



193 448 



1 732 



2 309 



194 336 

 229 776 



803 



1 164 



49 006 



66 881 



4 413 



5 820 

 319 348 

 400 312 



3 941 



5 282 



139 907 



156 713 



668 



1 884 



1 331 



272 



200 



58 



2 310 



2 900 



135 748 



162 353 



1 435 



1 970 



144 731 



187 847 



668 



950 



38 869 



50 112 



911 



1 108 



83 505 



85 315 



851 



1 038 



59 662 



50 724 



82 



391 



277 



76 



58 



27 



487 

 576 



25 458 



29 942 

 291 

 326 

 (D) 



38 741 

 133 

 206 

 (D) 



16 632 



13 



11 



1 812 



799 



9 



8 



622 



148 



9 



7 



(D) 



659 



2 



1 



(D) 



(D) 



2 



3 



(D) 



(D) 



15 

 27 



1 091 

 3 679 



13 



27 



906 



2 258 



11 

 10 

 (0) 

 494 

 4 

 12 

 (D) 

 (D) 



(D) 



4 NORTH CAROLINA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



