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



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



Other occupations 



Total 



Age of operator (years) 



25 to 34 



45 to 54 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place ot residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Curators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other _ _ 



Operators by days of wor1( 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 famns.. 



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 (0132) 



Sugar crops, Irish potatoes, hay. 

 peanuts, and other field crops (0133, 



0134. 0139) ___ - , 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fnjfts and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, pnmarily 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. 



20 561 

 7 511 

 4 914 



272 



235 



45 



60 



492 



48 



76 



368 



146 

 116 

 93 



3.3 

 197 



552 



22.0 



522 

 30 



497 



21 992 



50 



2 927 



1 

 (D) 



4 

 (D) 



150 



247 



53 



31 



32 



13 



7 



7 



10 



2 



148 

 207 



128 



81 



4 



22 



4 



5 



2 222 



1 203 



420 



179 



3 666 



207 



437 



3 022 



593 

 757 

 1 192 

 427 

 5.6 

 876 



30.5 



3 694 

 151 



3 419 



180 578 



376 



26 938 



21 



9 026 



2 



19 



12 



(D) 



2 



10 



17 

 (D) 



765 

 1 776 



414 



343 



213 



119 



69 



45 



71 



23 



6 



1 



998 



1 218 



4 



1 086 



53 



75 



101 



1 061 



688 



4 



119 



118 



18 



4 685 



1 763 



925 



331 



7 042 



349 



704 



5 989 



590 

 953 



1 852 



2 218 



8.8 

 1 760 



7 094 

 279 



1 735 



2 062 



4 

 1 801 



257 

 165 

 116 

 132 

 224 



2 358 



1 635 



17 



268 



253 



43 



5 439 

 1 762 

 1 052 



522 



7 731 



392 



873 



6 466 



372 

 592 



1 323 

 3 823 



14.4 



2 143 



S 253 

 49.6 



7 863 

 390 



854 



3 361 



1 126 



972 



711 



427 



239 



141 



292 



89 



31 



10 



1 690 



2 227 



5 

 1 949 



273 

 154 

 136 

 142 

 253 



3 052 



2 257 



41 



299 



189 



70 



5 042 

 1 588 

 1 227 



956 



6 901 



495 



877 



5 529 



220 

 307 

 695 



4 229 

 21.5 



2 406 



7 857 

 59.2 



7 303 

 554 



1 483 



2 028 



5 

 1 770 



253 

 137 

 114 

 115 

 242 



3 282 



2 534 



30 



244 



107 



75 



2 901 



960 



1 245 



2 627 



2 479 



494 



549 



1 436 



65 



88 



173 



2 409 



31.2 



2 371 



5 106 

 71.8 



4 375 

 731 



870 

 326 



1 

 162 



163 



101 



71 



60 



189 



2 258 



1 789 



30 



78 



54 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



NORTH CAROLINA 43 



