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 



Mitchell 



Montgomery 



Moore 



Nash 



New Hanover 



Northampton 



FARMS 



Land in farms - 



Harvested cropland _ 



-famis, 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 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 repotted - - 1982. 



1978. 



Operators by principal occupation: 

 Farming ._ 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. 



1 982 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. 



454 

 419 



28 599 



29 094 

 434 

 396 



3 151 

 3 485 



361 

 348 

 21 780 

 21 885 

 343 

 326 



1 936 



2 484 



73 



60 



6 191 



6 699 



2 759 



3 043 

 3 432 

 3 656 



72 



60 



1 128 



926 



20 

 11 

 628 

 510 

 19 

 10 

 87 

 75 



309 



276 



65 



69 



80 



•74 



190 

 170 

 264 

 249 



127 

 135 

 291 

 269 



26 



50 



24 



6 



22 



19 



38 



28 



181 



166 



36 



15 



19 



28 



58 



192 



18.7 



157 



7 

 6 

 44 

 35 

 90 

 71 

 104 

 101 



111 

 107 

 98 

 99 

 52.4 

 53.8 



288 



321 



49 547 



54 922 



216 



258 



14 277 



12 846 



183 

 178 



26 843 



29 227 



118 



118 



5 363 



4 300 



120 

 20 741 

 22 451 

 12 964 

 14 558 

 7 777 



7 893 



94 

 118 



8 746 

 7 834 



6 

 23 



963 

 244 

 4 

 22 

 168 

 712 



204 

 214 

 47 

 60 

 37 

 47 



149 

 156 

 139 

 165 



111 

 109 

 154 

 193 



12 



29 



14 



9 



8 



4 



10 



18 



110 



133 



23 

 19 



11 

 21 

 45 

 135 

 19.0 

 76 



2 

 3 

 38 

 36 

 46 

 52 

 52 

 75 



92 

 87 

 58 

 68 

 52.7 

 52.8 



861 



957 



97 688 



112 771 



656 



755 



23 413 



22 054 



586 

 622 



59 717 



68 336 



401 



438 



7 782 



7 322 



218 



257 



35 394 



41 669 



20 513 



25 583 



14 881 



16 076 



205 



247 



14 477 



13 027 



57 



78 



2 577 



2 776 



50 



70 



1 154 



1 705 



624 

 648 

 126 

 139 

 111 

 170 



421 

 493 



440 

 464 



305 

 370 

 478 

 537 



57 

 60 

 30 

 39 

 25 

 44 

 44 

 43 

 322 

 351 



78 

 50 



31 

 54 

 107 

 431 

 19.5 

 238 



20 

 27 

 81 

 109 

 165 

 177 

 220 

 269 



214 

 216 

 161 

 159 

 51.8 

 50.3 



997 



1 213 



214 759 



211 469 



889 



1 142 



100 803 



87 979 



415 



470 



57 476 



54 646 

 325 

 413 



18 658 

 13 561 



383 



464 



138 040 



127 962 



60 650 



55 291 

 77 390 

 72 671 



378 



460 



69 073 



56 580 



199 

 279 



19 243 

 28 861 



186 



269 



13 072 



17 838 



608 

 758 

 266 

 291 

 123 

 164 



663 

 867 



334 

 346 



434 

 620 

 454 

 524 



89 

 104 

 41 

 47 

 39 

 44 

 26 

 53 

 259 

 276 



109 

 69 



57 

 102 

 140 

 444 

 17.2 

 254 



35 

 47 

 146 



142 

 176 

 228 

 217 

 307 



274 

 321 

 149 

 168 

 49.8 

 49.8 



80 



83 



12 473 



12 943 



63 



71 



4 238 



3 658 



57 

 56 



8 371 



6 791 



44 



46 



2 313 



1 682 



15 

 21 



3 151 



2 931 

 1 517 

 1 861 

 1 634 

 1 070 



15 



20 



1 787 



1 269 



8 



6 



951 



3 221 



4 



5 



138 



707 



43 

 49 

 23 



21 

 14 



13 



41 

 34 

 39 

 49 



32 



33 

 39 

 47 



3 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 9 

 2 

 2 

 27 

 29 



9 

 3 



5 



7 



14 



36 



17.5 



18 



9 

 6 

 10 

 17 

 16 

 16 



28 

 25 

 17 

 19 

 54.0 

 53.7 



513 



665 



169 231 



206 636 



444 



587 



92 657 



98 463 



209 

 268 



37 279 



43 085 



153 



208 



13 424 



14 248 



219 



290 



116 515 



145 283 



46 197 



58 172 



70 318 



87 111 



212 



283 



67 137 



72 066 



85 

 107 



15 437 

 18 268 



79 



96 



12 096 



12 149 



281 

 341 

 161 

 195 

 71 

 129 



382 

 445 

 131 

 220 



246 

 323 

 180 

 291 



33 



63 



17 



10 



9 



20 



6 



21 



115 



177 



87 



51 



24 



37 



79 



238 



18.8 



135 



9 

 19 

 76 

 78 

 97 

 128 

 106 

 142 



150 

 206 

 75 

 92 

 50.2 

 50.4 



578 



740 



75 804 



85 419 



532 



687 



43 884 



42 596 



291 



378 



30 528 



32 379 



252 



328 



11 074 



8 514 



209 



250 



40 742 



42 000 



15 049 



16 751 

 25 693 

 25 249 



204 



248 



28 782 



24 552 



78 



112 



4 534 



11 040 



76 



111 



4 028 



9 530 



381 

 470 

 125 

 172 

 72 



329 

 431 

 249 

 309 



219 

 313 

 308 

 361 



41 

 55 

 26 

 19 

 24 

 23 

 34 

 31 

 183 

 233 



51 

 66 



37 

 40 

 66 

 291 

 18.1 

 144 



12 



22 



76 



94 



107 



120 



164 



199 



128 

 199 

 91 

 106 

 50.0 

 50.2 



200 NORTH CAROLINA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



