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 



Stokes 



Suny 



Swain 



Transylvania 



Tyrrell 



Union 



FARMS 



Land in farms _ 



Harvested cropland . 



.farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



.lamis. 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 

 Full owners .._ 



Harvested cropland . 



.famns. 1982. 



1978.. 



acres. 1982. 



1978.. 



.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.. 



Han/ested cropland - ...famis. 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: 



Fanning 1982. 



1978. 



Ottier 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. 



1 078 

 347 

 326 

 234 

 329 



837 



1 016 



732 



717 



527 

 629 

 868 

 979 



94 



125 



52 



77 



62 



97 



95 



96 



565 



584 



174 

 125 



85 

 139 

 215 

 646 

 17.8 

 484 



37 



65 

 239 

 245 

 333 

 344 

 299 

 328 



349 

 409 

 312 

 342 



50.6 

 50.1 



1 092 

 1 191 

 289 

 320 

 224 

 328 



885 



1 108 



720 



731 



547 

 763 

 891 

 977 



126 



158 



66 



87 



56 



61 



93 



97 



550 



574 



167 

 99 



74 

 116 

 237 

 744 

 18.2 

 434 



55 

 73 

 199 

 242 

 309 

 364 

 354 

 400 



400 

 443 

 288 



317 

 50.6 

 50.1 



89 

 79 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 76 

 75 

 851 

 772 



56 

 51 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 47 

 47 

 299 

 378 



25 

 21 

 (D) 

 1 569 

 (D) 



910 

 (D) 



659 

 24 

 21 



527 



376 



8 



7 



(D) 



(D) 



5 



7 



25 



18 



6 



9 



14 



40 



19.0 



20 



2 

 3 

 9 

 6 

 11 

 7 

 20 

 16 



22 

 26 

 25 



21 

 54.9 

 55.5 



204 



185 



17 730 



20 568 



152 



163 



4 556 



4 334 



127 



112 



9 342 



7 473 



85 



91 



1 254 



1 230 



63 



51 



7 341 



1 121 

 3 792 

 7 685 

 3 549 

 3 436 



57 

 51 



2 886 

 2 255 



14 



22 



1 047 



1 964 



10 



21 



416 



849 



152 

 127 

 30 

 29 

 22 

 29 



84 

 63 

 120 

 122 



67 

 61 

 120 

 120 



15 



13 



7 



5 



4 



5 



13 



10 



81 



87 



17 

 4 



10 

 16 

 36 

 96 

 16.7 

 46 



4 

 18 

 24 

 46 

 36 

 49 

 32 



37 

 50 

 54 

 39 

 53.0 

 52.2 



74 

 105 

 49 

 36 

 18 

 32 



94 



116 



47 



57 



58 

 81 

 63 

 75 



6 

 16 

 6 

 2 

 4 

 4 

 7 

 2 

 40 

 51 



20 

 17 



17 

 12 

 22 



52 



15.1 



38 



8 

 11 

 25 

 29 

 37 

 28 

 25 

 33 



30 

 38 

 16 

 34 

 462 

 49,4 



915 

 985 

 148 

 195 

 200 

 234 



628 

 608 

 635 

 806 



462 

 510 

 672 

 844 



75 

 28 

 43 

 36 

 50 

 47 

 66 

 495 

 610 



129 



47 

 99 

 193 

 557 

 17.6 

 367 



23 

 35 

 167 

 181 

 232 

 306 

 301 

 317 



313 

 374 

 227 

 201 

 50.9 

 49.6 



326 



393 

 103 

 167 

 73 



324 

 441 

 178 

 217 



215 

 323 

 233 

 298 



28 

 49 

 28 

 25 

 29 

 31 

 11 

 21 

 137 

 172 



54 

 37 



31 

 35 

 74 



222 

 17.6 



140 



26 

 25 



58 

 86 

 111 

 134 

 98 

 148 



124 

 158 

 85 

 107 

 49.9 

 49.7 



865 

 939 

 283 

 340 

 143 

 203 



742 

 914 

 549 

 568 



526 

 672 

 651 

 710 



78 



103 



38 



53 



53 



62 



42 



55 



440 



437 



114 

 100 



63 

 114 

 212 

 585 

 16.7 

 317 



24 



56 

 186 

 181 

 247 

 260 

 305 

 407 



318 

 377 

 211 

 201 

 50.3 

 49.8 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



NORTH CAROLINA 203 



