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

 1978-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



McDowell 



Macon 



Madison 



Mecklenburg 



FARMS 



Land in farms , 



Harvested cropland _ 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 

 Full owners 



Harvested cropland _ 



Pan 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 . 



Harvested cropland . 



.farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



.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. 

 Otfier _ __ 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. 



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. 



1978. 



307 

 328 



83 

 86 

 67 

 89 



250 

 277 

 207 

 226 



158 

 207 

 253 

 278 



23 

 32 

 19 

 21 

 14 

 27 

 20 

 19 

 177 

 179 



46 

 18 



13 

 33 

 71 



208 

 19.1 



132 



15 

 12 

 59 



59 

 81 

 94 

 104 

 129 



114 

 130 

 84 

 79 

 50.8 

 50.7 



529 

 629 

 190 

 264 

 120 

 125 



608 

 765 

 231 

 253 



416 

 558 

 317 

 387 



54 

 81 

 34 

 45 

 20 

 31 

 26 

 29 

 183 

 201 



106 

 73 



50 

 60 

 104 

 396 

 18.3 

 229 



28 

 35 

 109 

 171 

 171 

 198 

 199 

 223 



204 

 266 

 128 

 125 

 49.8 

 48.4 



560 

 569 



69 404 

 75 437 

 476 

 509 

 28 010 

 27 919 



386 



360 



34 225 



32 610 



312 



309 



8 189 



8 736 



154 



176 



31 942 



38 705 



14 190 



19 291 



17 752 



19 414 



147 



170 



17 991 



17 347 



20 

 33 



3 237 



4 122 



17 



30 



1 830 



1 836 



403 

 406 

 64 

 67 

 93 

 96 



231 

 232 

 329 



337 



161 

 183 

 345 

 355 



25 

 35 

 18 

 17 

 25 

 17 

 21 

 15 

 256 

 271 



54 

 31 



23 

 40 

 61 

 262 

 19.9 

 174 



7 



11 



42 



39 



95 



100 



129 



140 



149 

 171 

 138 

 108 

 541 

 52.8 



274 



208 



24 374 



20 500 



213 



176 



4 865 



3 922 



199 

 143 

 15 873 

 12 059 

 148 

 117 



2 262 



1 649 



68 



57 



8 184 



8 199 



4 303 



5 063 



3 881 

 3 136 



58 

 52 



2 463 

 2 155 



7 



8 



317 



242 



7 



7 



140 



118 



208 

 145 

 31 

 21 

 35 

 42 



94 



88 



180 



120 



77 

 66 

 176 

 125 



12 

 10 

 10 

 2 

 2 

 9 

 19 

 2 

 133 

 102 



21 

 17 



14 

 25 

 55 

 115 

 14.6 

 65 



24 

 IS 

 63 

 45 

 67 

 52 



63 

 48 

 56 

 48 

 52.2 

 53.2 



429 

 378 

 29 769 

 31 290 

 343 

 321 



4 677 



5 161 



291 

 270 

 19 462 

 19 957 

 216 

 222 



1 908 



2 368 



104 

 84 



8 464 



9 895 

 5 249 

 5 601 



3 215 



4 294 



96 



75 



2 287 



2 494 



34 

 24 



1 843 



1 438 



31 



24 



482 



299 



292 

 270 

 76 

 47 

 61 

 61 



190 

 148 

 239 

 230 



130 

 120 

 253 

 232 



23 

 30 

 13 

 10 

 15 

 13 

 30 

 28 

 172 

 151 



46 

 26 



25 



27 

 53 



203 

 20.1 



121 



6 

 5 

 42 

 48 

 71 

 44 

 73 

 85 



99 

 85 

 138 

 111 

 55.1 

 54.1 



1 481 



1 527 



106 550 



118 884 



1 380 



1 464 



8 077 



10 023 



1 079 



1 129 



80 333 



90 979 



989 



1 069 



5 093 



6 486 



267 



249 



22 852 



24 183 



11 592 



12 189 

 11 260 

 11 994 



257 

 247 



2 479 

 2 885 



135 

 149 

 365 

 722 

 134 

 148 

 505 

 652 



1 057 

 1 032 

 217 

 240 

 207 

 255 



760 

 812 

 721 

 715 



525 

 611 

 799 

 828 



112 



135 



64 



58 



56 



54 



69 



90 



498 



491 



157 



73 

 132 

 172 

 632 

 18.8 

 472 



29 

 40 

 179 

 167 

 269 

 247 

 281 

 297 



358 

 395 

 365 

 381 

 53.0 

 53.1 



728 

 872 



145 269 



150 669 



665 



800 



82 943 



74 417 



311 



373 



57 775 



56 875 



262 



311 



23 574 



18 942 



246 

 261 

 65 757 

 68 167 

 26 438 

 32 473 

 39 319 



35 694 

 243 

 260 



42 404 



36 308 



171 



238 



21 737 



25 627 



160 



229 



16 965 



19 167 



428 

 501 

 204 

 221 

 96 

 150 



530 

 651 

 198 

 221 



337 

 469 

 286 

 343 



85 

 87 

 22 

 29 

 16 

 29 

 23 

 24 

 140 

 174 



105 

 60 



35 



44 



93 



349 



19.2 



207 



27 



25 

 91 

 87 

 129 

 149 

 157 

 220 



197 

 249 

 127 

 142 

 50.6 

 51.5 



429 



419 



46 084 



52 188 



326 



347 



15 435 



17 732 



278 



256 



19 134 



19 833 



195 



198 



3 554 



3 896 



126 

 124 

 24 811 

 29 028 

 12 422 

 15 248 



12 389 



13 780 

 112 

 119 



10 890 

 12 868 



25 

 39 



139 

 327 

 19 

 30 

 991 

 968 



314 

 301 

 72 

 67 

 43 

 51 



169 

 147 

 260 

 272 



120 

 134 

 271 

 269 



22 



14 



16 



17 



8 



19 



20 



20 



205 



199 



38 

 16 



16 

 22 

 63 



221 

 21.3 



107 



1 

 4 

 29 

 30 

 64 

 51 

 87 

 106 



115 

 138 

 133 

 90 

 56.0 

 54.5 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



NORTH CAROLINA 199 



