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 



Washington 



Watauga 



Wayne 



FARMS 



Land in (arms . 



Han/ested cropland _ 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 

 Full owners 



Harvested cropland , 



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 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. 

 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 



470 



591 



92 821 



101 568 



432 



554 



26 510 



26 946 



217 

 259 

 31 518 

 35 940 

 182 

 232 



4 328 



5 542 



187 

 249 



55 795 



56 956 

 29 405 

 29 597 



26 390 



27 359 

 186 

 241 



19 697 

 17 148 



66 



83 

 5 508 

 8 672 

 64 

 81 

 2 485 

 4 256 



310 

 367 



87 

 108 



73 

 116 



316 

 365 

 154 

 226 



194 

 259 

 219 

 290 



32 

 41 

 25 

 28 

 30 

 35 

 19 

 27 

 113 

 159 



57 

 42 



20 



19 



49 



216 



19.7 



166 



9 

 9 

 45 

 70 

 65 

 97 

 106 

 141 



144 

 182 

 101 

 92 

 53.8 

 51.9 



347 



385 



127 365 



110 699 



305 



347 



(D) 



69 764 



163 

 180 

 42 254 

 42 439 

 126 

 148 

 (0) 



13 721 



132 



137 



70 797 



53 451 



35 836 



21 511 



34 961 



31 940 



130 



134 



(D) 



42 158 



52 

 68 



14 314 

 14 809 



49 



65 



(D) 



13 885 



208 

 241 

 83 

 90 

 56 

 54 



201 

 229 

 146 

 156 



131 

 159 

 175 

 204 



16 



36 



17 



12 



7 



14 



4 



15 



131 



127 



41 

 22 



24 

 18 

 62 

 155 

 16.2 

 88 



13 

 22 

 62 

 72 

 74 

 70 

 68 

 91 



84 

 75 

 46 

 56 

 48.3 

 47.3 



885 



875 



55 420 



59 980 



798 



786 



6 795 



6 290 



642 



674 



36 994 



44 237 



570 



595 



3 803 



3 984 



168 



145 



16 510 



14 298 



8 640 



7 824 



7 870 



6 474 



158 



137 



2 663 



2 026 



75 



56 



1 916 



1 445 



70 



54 



329 



280 



611 

 591 

 144 

 119 

 130 

 165 



365 

 366 

 520 

 509 



288 

 302 

 524 

 522 



64 

 49 

 39 

 27 

 37 

 40 

 47 

 53 

 337 

 353 



73 

 51 



63 



59 



98 



378 



19.9 



287 



27 



17 

 108 

 100 

 155 

 143 

 155 

 189 



223 

 230 

 217 

 196 

 52.8 

 53.0 



1 350 



1 660 



198 852 



210 890 



1 221 



1 520 



134 677 



130 200 



562 



634 



55 840 



60 838 



446 



512 



26 047 



25 169 



472 



587 



113 261 



109 214 



41 286 



38 902 



71 975 



70 312 



464 



581 



82 922 



74 155 



316 

 439 



29 751 

 40 838 



311 



427 



25 708 



30 876 



792 

 998 

 347 

 384 

 211 

 278 



959 

 190 

 391 

 470 



622 

 810 

 552 

 726 



181 

 61 

 66 

 42 

 60 

 48 

 50 

 302 

 369 



176 

 124 



54 

 93 

 210 

 616 

 18.4 

 377 



51 

 52 

 171 

 238 

 252 

 340 

 326 

 429 



388 

 416 

 162 

 185 

 49.7 

 48.7 



1 332 



1 349 



127 953 



131 630 



950 



1 000 



23 868 



23 187 



1 005 



1 029 



85 414 



91 784 



661 



711 



11 294 



12 577 



281 

 274 

 40 895 

 36 812 

 25 080 

 22 898 

 15 815 



13 914 

 256 

 252 



11 883 

 9 866 



46 



46 



1 644 



3 034 



33 



37 



691 



744 



986 

 943 

 154 

 155 

 192 

 251 



641 

 664 

 691 

 685 



487 

 521 

 683 

 728 



58 

 80 

 37 

 42 

 33 

 42 

 49 

 49 

 506 

 515 



162 

 100 



43 

 86 

 140 

 635 

 19.5 

 428 



6 



19 

 135 

 151 

 278 

 269 

 293 

 338 



339 

 323 

 281 

 249 

 525 

 51.7 



910 



1 118 



143 496 



155 892 



867 



1 088 



90 060 



82 368 



357 



366 



46 306 



41 853 

 317 

 339 



21 027 

 16 203 



280 



343 



67 926 



77 057 



24 994 

 31 760 



42 932 

 45 297 



280 



342 



45 424 



40 951 



273 



409 



29 264 



36 982 



270 



407 



23 609 



25 214 



539 

 651 

 233 

 318 

 138 

 149 



671 

 862 

 239 

 256 



446 

 615 

 336 

 420 



69 

 90 

 33 

 51 

 19 

 33 

 25 

 45 

 190 

 201 



128 

 83 



38 

 52 

 145 

 452 

 18.9 

 223 



30 



31 

 123 

 158 

 152 

 185 

 198 

 261 



261 

 343 

 146 

 140 



508 

 50.0 



1 301 



1 454 



115 962 



119 426 



1 174 



1 366 



48 683 



45 767 



736 

 773 



53 629 



54 015 

 624 

 695 



14 609 

 13 600 



447 

 511 



56 233 



57 090 



25 629 



26 954 

 30 604 

 30 136 



439 



502 



29 993 



26 843 



118 

 170 

 6 100 

 8 321 

 111 

 169 



4 081 



5 324 



879 

 972 

 224 

 247 

 198 

 235 



689 

 840 

 612 

 614 



428 

 571 

 700 

 800 



90 



109 



33 



75 



33 



46 



60 



71 



484 



499 



173 

 83 



51 

 90 

 142 

 616 

 19.2 

 402 



37 

 55 

 168 

 186 

 239 

 246 

 298 

 364 



334 

 345 

 225 

 258 

 50.9 

 50.6 



204 NORTH CAROLINA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



