Table 8. Land in Farms, Harvested Cropland, and irrigated Land, by Size of Farm: 1987 

 and 1982 



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



All farms 



1987 



Land In farms 

 (acres) 



Harvested cropland 

 (acres) 



1983 



Irrigated land 

 (acres) 



Land in farms 



Farms by size; 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres -._ 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres _ 



140 to 179 acres 



180 to 219 acres 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres -._ 



1.000 to 1,999 acres 



2,000 acres or more 



5.000 acres or more 



Farms with harvested cropland. 

 Farms by size; 



1 to 9 acres _._ 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres __ 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres 



180 to 219 acres 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1,000 to 1,999 acres 



2,000 acres or more _ 



5.000 acres or more 



Farms with irrigated land 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres 



180 to 219 acres 



220 to 259 acres _ 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1,000 to 1,999 acres 



2,000 acres or more 



5,000 acres or more 



59 284 



5 253 

 18 088 



6 700 

 6 556 

 5 756 



3 668 

 2 591 



1 832 



4 914 



2 676 



938 



312 



35 



50 108 



3 095 

 14 195 



5 775 

 5 812 



5 180 



3 352 

 2 433 



1 750 



4 684 



2 610 



917 



305 



34 



6 445 



667 

 1 403 

 544 

 549 

 569 



451 

 351 

 253 

 825 

 548 



192 



93 

 10 



72 792 



6 682 

 23 286 



8 385 

 8 092 



7 210 



4 433 



3 035 

 2 216 



5 663 

 2 690 



823 



277 



29 



63 392 



4 741 

 19 236 



7 392 

 7 266 



6 618 



4 086 

 2 825 

 2 101 



5 429 

 2 620 



807 



271 



29 



571 

 888 

 331 

 394 

 393 



268 

 200 

 158 

 462 

 227 



77 

 57 



7 



21 587 

 504 828 

 390 448 

 543 242 

 668 663 



575 357 



512 028 



435 563 



1 734 844 



1 794 570 



1 239 058 



1 027 517 



280 405 



14 130 

 405 864 

 336 776 

 482 079 

 602 099 



525 969 



480 819 



416 053 



1 655 857 



1 749 117 



1 211 854 



1 000 468 



268 785 



2 826 

 38 039 

 31 677 

 45 579 

 65 861 



71 402 

 69 554 

 59 961 



292 970 

 362 489 



259 138 

 304 983 



72 660 



29 244 

 644 870 

 488 318 

 670 350 

 836 938 



697 519 



599 869 



528 020 



1 992 371 



1 794 003 



1 074 657 

 964 673 

 260 312 



22 246 



541 872 



430 511 



602 145 



768 539 



643 265 



558 505 



500 632 



1 913 561 



1 746 069 



1 052 880 

 948 197 

 280 312 



859 763 



2 401 

 24 454 

 19 232 

 32 826 



45 615 



42 292 

 39 155 

 37 792 

 162 594 

 151 505 



102 353 



199 544 



55 638 



9 133 

 161 246 

 114 413 

 152 885 

 199 898 



185 297 

 173 431 

 166 722 

 703 310 

 846 294 



628 136 

 438 401 

 114 652 



9 133 

 161 245 

 114 413 

 152 885 

 199 898 



185 297 

 173 431 

 166 722 

 703 310 

 846 294 



628 135 

 438 401 

 114 652 



628 193 



1 707 

 14 505 



11 192 



12 787 

 21 157 



23 027 



24 353 

 21 134 



108 816 

 159 085 



114 391 

 116 039 

 28 997 



4 659 283 



15 136 

 244 259 

 169 259 

 232 661 

 311 373 



276 565 

 249 910 

 237 528 

 979 079 

 968 661 



565 302 



409 550 



84 796 



4 659 283 



15 136 

 244 259 

 169 259 

 232 661 

 311 373 



276 565 

 249 910 

 237 528 

 979 079 

 968 661 



565 302 



409 550 



84 796 



372 877 



1 582 



9 985 



7 404 



11 853 



16 575 



16 315 

 18 005 

 14 901 

 73 146 

 67 202 



46 899 

 89 010 

 20 581 



81 078 



1 453 

 5 504 



3 119 



4 225 



5 267 



4 540 

 3 774 

 3 018 



14 427 

 12 603 



8 327 



14 821 



3 117 



80 546 



1 453 



5 369 



3 089 



4 202 



5 050 



4 437 

 3 774 



2 997 

 14 427 

 12 603 



8 324 

 14 821 



3 117 



81 078 



1 453 



5 504 



3 119 



4 225 



5 267 



4 540 

 3 774 

 3 018 

 14 427 

 12 603 



8 327 

 14 821 

 3 117 



Table 9. irrigation: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



(For meaning of abbreviations and symt>ols, see introductory text) 



Farms witti irrigation 



1978 



Farms witfi irrigation 



Farms number.. 



Proportion of farms percent. 



Irrigated land acres.. 



Average per farm acres- 

 Acres irrigated; 



1 to 9 acres farms. 



acres- 



10 to 49 acres farms. 



aaes- 



50 to 99 acres farms- 



acres- 



100 to 199 acres farms- 

 acres - 



6 445 

 10.9 



137 858 

 21 



3 726 



13 727 



2 161 



46 317 



345 



22 617 



139 



18 825 



4 026 

 5.5 



81 078 

 20 



2 304 



8 613 



1 425 



29 525 



180 



11 524 



76 



10 626 



6 082 

 7.4 



89 861 

 15 



3 317 



13 426 



2 494 



49 646 



208 



13 204 



48 



5 918 



Irrigated land— Con. 

 Acres irrigated— Con. 



200 to 499 acres farms. 



acres-. 



500 to 999 acres farms-. 



acres-. 



1,000 acres or more farms-. 



acres-. 



Irrigated land use; 

 Harvested cropland farms-. 



acres-. 

 Pastureland and other land farms-, 



acres-. 



Land in irrigated farms acres.. 



Cropland acres-. 



Harvested cropland acres-. 



53 



15 191 



13 



8 548 



8 



12 633 



6 318 



135 368 



233 



2 490 



1 604 479 

 946 172 

 628 193 



33 



10 337 



5 



3 643 



3 



6 810 



3 969 



79 607 



113 



1 471 



859 763 

 474 295 

 372 677 



12 



3 530 



1 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



5 959 



87 415 



(NA) 



2 446 



1 098 057 

 578 497 

 420 042 



16 NORTH CAROLINA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



