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



1978 -Con. 



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



Characteristics 



Beaufort 



Bertie 



Bladen 



Bnjnswick 



Buncombe 



Cabarrus 



FARMS 



Land in farms - 



Harvested cropland . 



-farms. 1982., 



1978., 



acres. 1982., 



1978., 



-farms. 1982-, 



1978-, 



acres. 1982-, 



1978-, 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms. 1982- 



1978- 



acres. 1982- 



1978- 



Harvested cropland farms. 1982- 



1978- 



acres. 1982_ 



1978- 



Part owners farms. 1982-, 



1978-, 



acres. 1982-, 



1978-, 



Owned land in fanns 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: 

 Farming _— 1982.. 



1978.. 

 Other _ 1982.. 



1978.. 



Operators by days of work off fami: 

 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-. 



1982 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 



1976.. 



530 

 643 

 181 

 227 

 104 

 177 



560 



717 

 255 

 330 



373 

 506 

 352 

 465 



60 

 102 

 37 

 40 

 24 

 37 

 37 

 37 

 194 

 249 



90 

 76 



47 

 51 

 118 

 382 

 19,0 

 217 



29 

 34 

 104 

 152 

 151 

 205 

 172 

 228 



205 

 248 

 154 

 180 

 50.8 

 49.9 



373 

 491 

 225 

 284 

 126 

 175 



515 

 648 

 209 

 302 



325 

 471 

 294 

 390 



53 

 63 

 28 

 31 

 19 

 25 

 28 

 32 

 166 

 239 



105 

 89 



41 



67 



94 



287 



17.4 



235 



7 



30 



84 



87 



126 



151 



200 



268 



194 

 279 

 113 

 136 

 51,1 

 51.6 



919 



1 274 



148 495 



177 167 



849 



1 156 



76 013 



78 892 



469 



636 



63 174 



71 724 



403 



539 



20 790 



19 131 



359 



493 



73 693 



92 159 



32 451 



45 184 

 41 242 



46 975 

 357 

 481 



46 442 

 50 130 



91 



145 



11 628 



13 284 



89 



136 



8 781 



9 631 



591 

 784 

 184 

 232 

 144 

 258 



570 

 817 

 349 

 457 



386 

 565 

 407 

 575 



49 

 84 

 36 

 65 

 48 

 30 

 34 

 56 

 240 

 340 



126 



134 



47 

 67 

 107 

 417 

 18.9 

 281 



16 

 37 

 124 

 177 

 167 

 218 

 196 

 294 



235 

 275 

 181 

 273 

 51.4 

 51.0 



476 



671 



61 325 



67 368 



442 



620 



27 943 



23 629 



281 



391 



25 156 



32 147 



253 



351 



7 585 



7 973 



158 



224 



34 050 



32 887 



17 950 

 22 686 

 16 100 

 10 201 



152 

 215 



18 897 

 13 530 



37 

 56 

 2 119 

 2 334 

 37 

 54 



1 461 



2 126 



356 

 441 



71 

 115 



49 

 115 



278 

 349 

 198 

 322 



192 

 282 

 250 

 358 



36 

 36 

 15 

 29 

 24 

 30 

 25 

 37 

 150 

 226 



34 

 31 



15 



27 



72 



220 



19,1 

 142 



17 



15 



50 



84 



85 



122 



113 



164 



115 

 159 

 96 

 127 

 51.3 

 51.0 



1 529 

 1 369 



111 649 



110 312 



1 377 



1 269 



17 373 



16 906 



1 144 



1 062 



73 023 



77 909 



1 013 



972 



7 879 

 9 131 



296 

 249 



35 286 

 29 190 

 18 698 

 14 683 

 16 588 

 14 507 

 284 

 243 



8 752 

 7 360 



89 



58 



3 340 



3 213 



80 



54 



742 



415 



1 107 

 957 

 207 

 165 

 215 

 247 



612 

 538 

 917 

 831 



475 

 484 

 913 

 810 



56 

 31 

 44 

 50 

 56 

 53 

 681 

 590 



141 

 75 



90 

 109 

 198 

 682 

 18.1 

 450 



24 



18 

 156 

 131 

 290 

 247 

 309 

 291 



349 

 330 

 401 

 352 

 53.7 

 53.7 



281 

 276 

 73 

 64 

 55 

 68 



140 

 125 

 269 

 283 



116 

 109 

 262 

 279 



30 

 25 

 12 

 16 

 22 

 19 

 18 

 21 

 180 

 198 



31 

 20 



27 

 30 

 61 

 179 

 17.0 

 112 



7 

 2 

 33 

 34 

 94 

 82 

 78 

 95 



109 

 112 

 88 

 83 

 52.7 

 52.6 



395 



38S 



97 



93 



211 

 198 



167 

 151 

 377 

 368 



33 

 27 

 17 

 11 

 24 

 27 

 31 

 17 

 272 

 286 



36 

 25 



23 

 41 

 65 



287 

 20.7 



164 



11 

 14 

 50 

 49 

 87 

 82 

 102 

 121 



170 

 162 

 160 

 116 

 54.9 

 53.5 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



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