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 



Richmond 



Rockingham 



Rutherford 



Sampson 



Scotland 



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 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; 



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- 



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. 



273 

 326 

 57 187 

 66 321 

 230 

 288 



23 294 



24 785 



172 



205 



24 943 



33 453 



131 



169 



5 593 



7 461 



79 



84 



26 361 



28 304 



12 852 



13 472 



13 509 



14 832 



78 



83 



14 223 



14 233 



22 



37 



5 883 



4 564 



21 



36 



3 478 



3 091 



197 

 238 

 41 

 53 

 35 

 35 



150 

 172 

 123 

 154 



125 

 123 

 127 

 188 



16 

 36 

 13 

 16 



4 

 10 



9 



12 



85 



114 



21 

 16 



10 

 7 



32 

 161 

 21.6 



63 



4 

 15 

 30 

 36 

 47 

 60 

 51 

 72 



80 

 77 

 61 

 66 

 53.2 

 50.7 



1 943 



2 331 



310 710 

 320 788 



1 658 



2 223 

 208 387 

 194 533 



880 



1 097 



95 762 



100 835 



814 



1 008 



43 965 



43 574 



709 



737 



172 766 



168 262 



60 707 



64 881 



112 059 



103 381 



697 



731 



131 474 



110 230 



354 



497 



42 182 



51 691 



347 



484 



32 948 



40 729 



1 136 

 1 314 

 516 

 631 

 291 

 386 



1 261 



1 538 



682 



793 



799 

 1 093 



907 

 1 048 



118 

 197 

 64 

 94 

 70 



92 

 557 

 579 



237 

 190 



120 

 141 

 272 

 831 

 17,1 

 579 



28 

 54 

 248 

 287 

 359 

 374 

 480 

 638 



520 

 611 

 308 



367 

 51.1 

 51.0 



1 286 



1 512 



148 090 



163 647 



1 218 



1 468 



33 068 



33 554 



644 

 710 



73 910 

 69 668 



586 



672 



11 111 



11 092 



446 



487 



63 064 



74 603 

 28 672 

 32 861 

 34 382 

 41 642 



437 

 483 



18 459 

 17 122 



197 



316 



11 126 



19 476 

 196 

 313 



3 498 

 5 340 



795 

 900 

 282 

 337 

 209 

 275 



726 

 899 

 560 

 613 



460 

 633 

 669 

 790 



72 

 111 

 54 

 61 

 58 

 72 

 66 

 88 

 419 

 458 



157 

 89 



57 

 86 

 199 

 536 

 17.8 

 408 



49 

 73 

 153 

 193 

 248 

 317 

 276 

 334 



315 

 334 

 245 



261 

 50.9 

 49,5 



956 



893 



127 821 



126 025 



631 



812 



64 039 



49 025 



587 



644 



56 966 



54 233 



492 



472 



16 619 



13 661 



324 

 299 



65 366 



66 493 



31 828 

 34 052 



33 537 



32 441 

 301 

 292 



34 642 

 32 345 



45 

 50 



5 491 



5 299 



38 



48 



2 878 



3 129 



686 

 650 

 131 

 120 

 139 

 123 



361 

 364 

 595 

 529 



275 

 321 

 608 

 525 



36 

 34 

 17 

 21 

 35 

 40 

 41 

 20 

 479 

 410 



73 

 47 



30 

 72 

 126 

 449 

 19.8 

 279 



12 



9 



65 



58 



165 



139 



197 



214 



276 

 247 

 241 

 226 



54.7 

 54.8 



612 

 616 

 67 485 

 72 698 

 478 

 505 



16 550 



17 324 



408 

 430 

 38 102 

 43 197 

 291 

 328 



4 795 



5 958 



182 



165 



28 172 



28 307 



14 677 



15 644 

 13 495 

 12 763 



167 



160 



10 941 



10 821 



22 



20 



1 211 



1 194 



20 



17 



814 



545 



469 

 429 

 81 

 90 

 62 

 96 



217 

 203 

 395 

 412 



173 

 183 

 397 

 415 



34 

 38 

 18 

 16 

 22 

 22 

 39 

 19 

 284 

 320 



42 



17 



19 



51 



8'5 



322 



19.0 



135 



6 

 6 

 63 

 56 

 109 

 121 

 123 

 128 



145 

 163 

 166 

 141 

 54.0 

 63,3 



1 818 



2 311 

 263 007 

 284 251 



1 596 



2 094 

 162 281 

 157 099 



826 



1 098 



92 713 



99 973 



644 



917 



38 918 



34 010 



758 



873 



153 722 



159 033 



69 377 



73 398 



84 345 



85 635 

 740 

 855 



109 375 

 102 337 



235 



340 



16 572 



25 245 



212 



322 



13 988 



20 752 



1 116 

 1 460 

 388 

 475 

 314 

 376 



1 179 



1 491 



639 



820 



817 

 1 114 



752 

 1 027 



115 



174 



48 



77 



42 



59 



60 



90 



487 



627 



249 

 170 



84 



109 

 250 

 771 

 18,6 

 604 



44 

 55 

 221 

 304 

 372 

 462 

 437 

 571 



432 

 575 

 312 

 344 

 50.5 

 49.9 



142 



174 



89 466 



89 857 



128 



159 



44 681 



40 676 



75 



90 



38 687 



40 384 



62 



76 



8 608 



7 627 



51 

 56 

 44 510 

 43 141 

 20 785 

 18 863 



23 725 



24 278 



51 



56 



31 471 



28 219 



16 

 28 



6 269 

 6 332 



15 



27 



4 602 



4 830 



89 

 91 

 39 



71 

 14 

 12 



78 

 107 

 64 



67 



62 

 65 

 66 

 92 



8 



16 



2 



15 



5 



4 



7 



3 



44 



54 



14 

 17 



3 

 10 

 31 

 62 

 16.8 

 36 



.1 



15 

 29 

 40 

 30 

 24 

 34 



38 

 54 

 24 

 26 



51.0 

 51,1 



202 NORTH CAROLINA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



