Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 

 1978 



1982 and 



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



Characteristics 



North Carolina 



Alleghany 



FARMS 



Land in farms . 



Harvested cropland . 



-farms. 1982. 



1978- 



acres. 1982- 



1978- 



. farms, 1982- 



1978- 



acres. 1982. 



1978- 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners (arms. 1982.. 



1978. 



acres. 1982. 



1978. 



Harvested cropland. farms. 1982. 



1978., 



acres. 1982.. 



1978., 



Part owners - farms. 1982., 



1978., 



acres. 1982., 



1978., 



Owned land in farms acres. 1982-, 



1978., 



Rented land in farms acres. 1982., 



1978., 



Harvested cropland farms. 1982. 



1978., 



acres. 1982., 



1978., 



Tenants farms. 1982., 



1978., 



acres. 1982., 



1978., 



Harvested cropland farms. 1982., 



1978., 



acres. 1982-, 



1978.. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence; 

 On farm operated - 1982.. 



1978-. 

 Not on farm operated 1982.. 



1978.. 

 Not reported 1982.. 



1978.. 



Operators by principal occupation: 

 Inarming - 1982.. 



1978.. 

 Other 1982-. 



1978-. 



Operators by days of work off farm: 

 None- 1982-. 



1978-. 

 Any -- - 1982-. 



1978-, 



1 to 49 days 1982-. 



1978-. 

 50 to 99 days-- 1982-. 



1978-. 

 100 to 149 days 1982- 



1978-. 

 150 to 199 days 1982-. 



1978-. 

 200 days or more 1982-. 



1978-. 



Not reported - 1982.. 



1978.. 



1962 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 1982. 



1978., 

 25 to 34 years 1982. 



1978., 

 35 to 44 years 1982., 



1978. 

 45 to 54 years 1982. 



1978. 



55 to 64 years 1982. 



1978. 

 65 years and over 1982. 



1978. 

 Average age 1982., 



1978. 



72 792 

 81 706 



10 320 832 



10 998 652 



63 392 



73 870 

 4 659 283 

 4 467 045 



40 913 



43 773 



4 278 803 



4 434 610 



32 770 



36 982 



1 148 785 



1 024 372 



23 184 

 26 235 



5 172 793 

 5 479 502 



2 305 255 

 2 520 306 

 2 867 538 

 2 959 196 



22 390 



25 644 



2 899 743 



2 741 429 



8 695 



11 698 



869 236 



1 084 540 



8 232 



11 244 



610 755 



701 244 



664 

 661 

 149 

 171 

 159 

 181 



456 

 629 

 616 

 484 



306 

 380 

 567 

 577 



59 

 61 

 36 

 28 

 40 

 43 

 41 

 31 

 391 

 414 



99 

 56 



41 

 60 

 128 

 423 

 18.7 

 320 



26 

 28 



120 

 98 

 159 

 156 

 219 

 248 



236 

 269 

 212 

 214 

 52.1 

 52.5 



488 



462 



63 



78 



107 



99 



289 

 302 

 369 

 337 



232 

 234 

 373 

 378 



30 

 37 

 16 

 26 

 15 

 21 

 19 

 43 

 293 

 251 



53 

 27 



24 



40 



87 



315 



19.3 



192 



9 

 12 

 83 

 98 

 122 

 103 

 132 

 151 



165 

 140 

 147 

 135 

 52.4 

 51.2 



568 



599 



78 025 



78 794 



494 



539 



15 076 



13 968 



364 

 413 

 35 693 

 40 097 

 304 

 365 



5 572 



6 109 



176 



149 



39 513 



34 290 



19 763 



17 820 



19 750 



16 470 



164 



142 



8 818 



7 008 



28 



37 



2 819 



4 407 



26 



32 



686 



851 



390 

 381 

 113 

 132 

 65 



291 

 315 

 277 

 284 



199 

 239 

 311 

 331 



35 

 44 

 12 

 25 

 13 

 22 

 28 

 20 

 223 

 220 



58 

 29 



24 

 41 

 82 

 279 

 19.6 

 142 



15 

 14 

 62 

 66 

 91 

 94 

 124 

 143 



151 

 158 

 125 

 124 

 52.8 

 62.8 



267 

 275 

 68 

 86 

 55 

 76 



196 

 221 

 196 

 216 



124 

 162 

 231 

 247 



26 



30 



6 



15 



21 



16 



13 



14 



166 



172 



35 

 27 



16 



33 



53 



174 



18.6 



114 



5 

 49 

 66 

 76 

 81 

 81 

 98 



104 

 111 

 72 

 75 

 51.0 

 50.6 



1 032 

 1 028 

 251 

 233 

 221 

 252 



684 

 731 

 820 

 782 



561 

 584 

 798 

 828 



108 



110 



56 



53 



50 



48 



77 



73 



507 



544 



145 

 101 



72 

 75 

 162 

 706 

 20.8 

 489 



35 

 27 

 146 

 141 

 239 

 198 

 279 

 333 



333 

 368 

 472 

 446 

 55.0 

 55.3 



192 NORTH CAROLINA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



