Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. 



(Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Item 



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



Farming 



Total 



Age of operator (years) 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Otfier -_ _ _ , 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



None 



Any 



1 to 99 days 



100 to 199 days 



200 days or more 



Not reported 



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 — _ 



Female. 



Operators of Spanish origin 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family farms.. 



acres.. 



Partnership farms.. 



acres-. 

 Corporation: 



Family held farms.. 



acres-. 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 



Other than family held _ farms.. 



acres. . 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust. 



institutional, etc farms.. 



acres.. 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres _ 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres _ 



180 to 219 acres _ , 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres , 



500 to 999 acres 



1,000 to 1.999 acres 



2,000 acres or more 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0t32) 



Sugar crops. Irish potatoes, hay, 

 peanuts, and other field crops (0133. 



0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and 



animal specialties (021) , ., 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024).. 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



27 777 

 6 383 

 5 605 



569 



413 

 101 



488 

 489 

 305 

 104 

 80 

 106 



262 

 321 

 203 



3.4 



297 



1 058 

 25 



950 

 97 092 



125 

 12 677 



4 

 1 137 



4 



1 



(D) 



3 

 (D) 



176 



300 



124 



116 



134 



67 



48 



35 



60 



17 



5 



1 



187 



648 



2 



619 



2 760 



1 368 



571 



2 453 

 1 652 

 944 

 368 

 340 

 614 



475 

 708 



1 646 

 805 

 6.7 



1 085 



4 572 

 147 



3 955 



638 932 



642 



168 232 



96 

 70 539 



6 

 90 



7 

 (D) 



2 



5 



19 

 (D) 



476 

 062 

 432 

 424 

 496 

 361 

 243 

 217 

 619 

 290 

 76 

 23 



2 587 



9 



2 441 



137 

 74 

 49 

 79 



196 



482 

 168 

 145 

 353 

 46 

 10 



4 026 



1 182 



857 



3 221 



1 800 



893 



446 



461 



1 044 



307 

 472 



1 219 



2 511 

 11.5 



1 556 



6 065 



39.6 



5 832 

 233 



5 197 

 1 094 912 



675 

 200 015 



156 



168 804 



9 



147 



17 



16 630 



4 



13 



20 



6 741 



443 

 1 247 

 566 

 575 

 591 

 429 

 366 

 291 

 841 

 488 

 162 

 66 



853 



3 177 



11 



3 006 



160 



106 



72 



84 



235 



666 

 250 

 235 

 546 

 75 

 16 



5 665 

 1 158 

 1 174 



4 495 

 1 952 

 1 000 

 453 

 499 

 1 550 



236 

 294 

 812 



4 401 

 18.6 



2 254 



7 997 

 49.8 



7 587 

 410 



6 822 



1 392 666 



946 



270 502 



170 



117 940 



4 



166 



36 



19 059 



5 



31 



23 

 4 625 



500 



1 653 



699 



822 



835 



630 



450 



388 



1 137 



636 



190 



57 



1 084 



4 105 



16 



3 878 



211 



117 



87 



93 



390 



1 004 



490 



334 



683 



72 



28 



7 751 

 1 371 

 1 494 



6 239 

 2 094 



1 229 

 477 

 388 



2 283 



201 

 306 

 555 



6 500 

 26.1 



3 054 



10 616 

 S9.5 



9 926 

 690 



8 984 



1 533 980 



1 345 



375 794 



218 



178 340 



6 



212 



33 



25 257 



2 



31 



36 

 5 920 



553 



2 436 



1 087 



1 233 



1 258 



785 



581 



459 



1 307 



648 



207 



62 



1 694 



5 016 



34 



4 640 



342 

 167 

 124 



121 

 501 



1 771 



1 012 



433 



693 



51 



45 



42 NORTH CAROLINA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



