Table 1. Historical Highlights: 1987 and Earlier Census Years 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



All tarms 



Farms .__ number.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Estimated market value of 

 all mactiinery and 



equipment^ __ $1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 to 1.999 acres 



2.000 acres or more 



Total cropland.. farms.. 



acres-- 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Irrigated land farms.. 



acres.. 



Market value of agricultural 



products sold^ $1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery 

 and greenfiouse crops .. $1.000.. 

 Livestock, poultry, and 

 ttieir products $1.000.. 



Farms by value of sates^; 



Less than $2,500 



$2,500 to $4.999 



$5,000 to $9,999 _. 



$10,000 to $24.999' 



$25,000 to $49.999' 



$50,000 to $99.999. 



$100,000 to $499.999 



$500,000 or more 



Farms by type of 

 organization: 

 Individual or family (sole 



proprietorsfiip) 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other— cooperative, 

 estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc. 



Operators by days wor1<ed 

 off farm": 



None 



Any 



200 days or more 



Operators by principal 

 occupation': 



Farming 



Other 



Average age of operator* years.. 



Total famn production 

 expenses' $1.000.. 



Selected farm production 

 expenses^ 

 Livestock and poultry 



purchased $1.000.. 



Feed for livestock and 



poultry $1.000.. 



(Commercial fertilizer' $1.000.. 



Petroleum products $1.000.. 



Hired farm labor $1,000.. 



Interest expense' $1,000.. 



Agncultural chemicals'... $1.000.. 



Livestock and poultry: 

 Cattle and calves 



inventory farms.. 



numlwr.. 



Beef cows farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows farms.. 



number.. 



Cattle and calves sold farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs inventory... farms.. 



numtier.. 

 Hogs and pigs sold farms.. 



numt)er.. 

 Chickens 3 months old or 

 older inventory* farms.. 



number.. 

 Broilers and other meat- 

 type chk:kens sold farms.. 



number.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



59 284 



9 447 705 



159 



199 781 

 1 263 



1 799 492 

 30 403 



5 253 

 18 088 

 22 680 



9 337 



2 676 



938 



312 



54 972 

 5 716 256 



50 108 

 3 779 164 



6 445 

 137 858 



3 541 419 

 59 737 



1 436 988 



2 104 430 



16 758 

 8 461 

 8 344 

 8 515 

 4 817 

 4 271 

 7 034 

 1 084 



52 398 

 5 238 

 1 355 



23 261 

 31 914 

 21 702 



30 687 

 28 597 



53.3 



323 978 



921 654 

 179 396 

 143 686 

 287 037 

 130 580 

 107 655 



24 985 

 784 136 



20 630 

 320 641 



2 336 

 110 127 



22 682 



395 732 



6 921 

 2 547 127 



6 290 

 5 180 960 



3 330 

 20 070 337 



2 153 

 408 721 082 



72 792 



10 320 832 



142 



187 840 

 1 314 



2 097 628 

 28 932 



6 682 



23 286 



28 120 



10 914 



2 690 



823 



277 



68 439 

 5 950 155 



63 392 

 4 659 283 



4 026 

 81 078 



3 500 750 

 48 093 



1 898 109 

 1 602 642 



19 845 

 9 958 

 9 720 



11 056 

 6 948 

 6 246 

 8 237 

 741 



64 150 

 7 092 

 1 225 



325 



27 579 



37 303 

 24 717 



39 795 

 32 997 



(NA) 



81 706 



10 998 652 



135 



141 464 

 1 038 



1 818 315 

 22 331 



7 837 



25 567 



32 667 



11 887 



2 667 



839 



242 



77 836 

 6 049 163 



73 870 

 4 467 045 



6 082 

 89 861 



2 980 078 

 36 473 



1 669 769 

 1 310 309 



19 912 

 11 725 

 11 806 

 14 425 

 9 290 

 7 536 

 6 492 

 468 



71 388 

 8 520 

 1 559 



34 538 

 41 917 

 26 675 



46 637 

 35 069 



(NA) 



} 



91 280 



11 243 933 



123 



72 672 

 590 



1 185 798 

 14 761 



7 467 



30 195 



38 221 



12 103 



2 323 



734 



237 



87 862 

 752 767 



82 844 

 075 221 



4 002 

 51 340 



119 386 



12 733 751 



107 



35 551 

 333 



624 023 

 5 580 



10 346 



42 911 



49 180 



13 836 



2 306 



602 



205 



113 506 



5 967 294 



102 316 



3 472 307 



5 170 

 59 153 



1 195 069 

 10 010 



669 281 

 513 671 



54 675 



17 598 



18 710 



1 127 

 38 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



148 202 



14 381 724 



97 



24 442 

 252 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



14 138 



57 199 



58 723 

 14 976 



2 361 

 579 

 226 



143 134 

 5 781 785 



137 737 

 3 985 904 



12 583 

 96 874 



1 067 567 

 7 203 



750 484 

 305 074 



64 997 

 23 901 

 28 870 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 63 707 

 32 372 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



190 567 



15 887 724 



83 



15 475 

 186 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



17 806 

 81 112 

 73 435 

 15 503 

 2 041 



670 



182 762 

 6 415 783 



177 251 

 4 746 364 



8 537 

 65 743 



797 214 

 4 183 



553 426 

 228 546 



97 227 

 43 311 

 33 579 

 16 284 



1954 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 81 086 

 39 811 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



49.8 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



156 249 



110 706 

 51 405 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



48,0 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



NORTH CAROLINA 7 



